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December 12th, 2003...

Today is Friday !

 
 
 Number-one song in the charts today


In the USA:

"Stand Up"
by Ludacris featuring Shawnna

In the UK:
"Leave Right Now"
by Will Young
 TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: President Bush: Love Him, Hate Him

(TIME Cover: December the 1st, 2003)

 Famous people born on the 12th of December:

1298 - Albert II of Austria (d. 1358)
1418 - Albert VI of Austria (d. 1463)
1821 - Gustave Flaubert, French writer (d. 1880)
1863 - Edvard Munch, Norwegian expressionist painter (d. 1944)
1915 - Frank Sinatra, American singer and actor (d. 1998)
1934 - Miguel de la Madrid, President of Mexico
1976 - Dan Hawkins, British guitarist (The Darkness)

 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



Jessica Simpson / Rolling Stone Magazine Vol. 936, November 27, 2003

 

 
 
 
     

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