February 18th, 2003...

Today is Tuesday !

TIME Magazine: DNA Turns 50

(TIME Cover: February the 17th, 2003)

1516 - Queen Mary I of England (d. 1558)
1530 - Uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1578)
1898 - Enzo Ferrari, Italian race car driver (d. 1988)
1903 - Nikolai Podgorny, President of the Soviet Union (d. 1983)
1932 - Milos Forman, Czech film director
1933 - Yoko Ono, Japanese-born singer
1947 - Princess Christina of the Netherlands
1954 - John Travolta, American actor
1973 - Claude Makélélé, French footballer

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

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