August 30th, 2003

August 30th, 2003...

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Number-one song in the charts today
	In the USA: "Crazy in Love" by Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z In the UK: "Breathe" by Blu Cantrell featuring Sean Paul

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TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Blackout

(TIME Cover: August the 25th, 2003)

Famous people born on the 30th of August:

1377 - Shah Rukh, ruler of Persia and Transoxonia (d. 1447)
1748 - Jacques-Louis David, French painter (d. 1825)
1871 - Ernest Rutherford, New Zealand-born Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate (d. 1937)
1937 - Bruce McLaren, New Zealand car racer, designer, and manufacturer (d. 1970)
1962 - Alexander Litvinenko, British citizen, ex-KGB colonel and ex-FSB lieutenant-colonel (d.2006)
1972 - Cameron Diaz, American actress

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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