August 2nd, 2003...

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TIME Magazine: Overcoming Dyslexia

(TIME Cover: July the 28th, 2003)

1696 - Mahmud I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1754)
1834 - Frédéric Bartholdi, French sculptor (d. 1904)
1868 - King Constantine I of Greece (d. 1923)
1939 - Wes Craven, American film director
1942 - Isabel Allende, Chilean author
1960 - Neal Morse, American singer, guitarist and keyboardist (Spock's Beard and Transatlantic)

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