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October 24th, 2003...

Today is Friday !

 
 
 Number-one song in the charts today


In the USA:

"Baby Boy"
by Beyoncé featuring Sean Paul

In the UK:
"Where Is The Love?"
by Black Eyed Peas
 TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Secrets of Eating Smarter, The

(TIME Cover: October the 20th, 2003)

 Famous people born on the 24th of October:

51 - Domitian, Roman Emperor (d. 96)
1503 - Isabella of Portugal, queen of Spain and empress of Germany, wife of Charles I of Spain
1901 - Gilda Gray, Polish-born American actress and dancer (d. 1959)
1915 - Bob Kane, American cartoonist (d. 1998)
1930 - Sultan Ahmad Shah, King of Malaysia
1932 - Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
1936 - Bill Wyman, English musician (The Rolling Stones)
1940 - Martin Campbell, New Zealand film director
1980 - Monica, American singer

 The Nobel Peace Prize 2003


Shirin Ebadi
1947-

for her efforts for democracy and human rights. She has focused especially on the struggle for the rights of women and children.

Iran



Photo: nobelprize.org


     
Oscar of the best picture in 2003

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
directed by Peter Jackson
with Elijah Wood (Frodo) and Ian McKellen (gandalf)

Designed in 2003

The Ondo sofa
by René Holten

Rolling Stone Magazine cover



Ashton Kutcher / Rolling Stone Magazine Vol. 923, May 29, 2003

 

 
 
 
     

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