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October 30th, 2003...

Today is Thursday !

 
 
 Number-one song in the charts today


In the USA:

"Baby Boy"
by Beyoncé featuring Sean Paul

In the UK:
"Hole In The Head"
by Sugababes
 TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Inside the New SATs

(TIME Cover: October the 27th, 2003)

 Famous people born on the 30th of October:

1218 - Emperor Chukyo of Japan (d. 1234)
1735 - John Adams, American revolutionary leader and President of the United States (d. 1826)
1821 - Fyodor Dostoevsky, Russian writer (d. 1881)
1871 - Paul Valery, French poet (d. 1945)
1939 - Grace Slick, American singer (Jefferson Airplane)
1945 - Henry Winkler, American actor
1947 - Timothy B. Schmit, bass guitarist (Eagles)
1960 - Diego Armando Maradona, Argentine footballe

 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



Women Who Rock (Missy Elliott, Alicia Keys, Eve) / Rolling Stone Magazine Vol. 934, October 30, 2003

 

 
 
 
     

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