September 10th, 2003...

Today is Wednesday !

TIME Magazine: Is the Army Stretched Too Thin

(TIME Cover: September the 1st, 2003)

1169 - Alexius II Comnenus, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1183)
1487 - Pope Julius III (d. 1555)
1638 - Maria Theresa of Spain, queen of Louis XIV of France (d. 1683)
1659 - Henry Purcell, English composer (d. 1695)
1898 - Waldo Semon, American inventor (d. 1999)
1914 - Robert Wise, American film director (d. 2005)
1922 - Yma Súmac, Peruvian singer
1933 - Yevgeny Khrunov, cosmonaut (d. 2000)
1938 - Karl Lagerfeld, German fashion designer
1941 - Gunpei Yokoi, Japanese inventor and video game designer (d. 1997)
1950 - Joe Perry, American musician (Aerosmith)
1958 - Siobhan Fahey, Irish singer (Bananarama and Shakespear's Sister)

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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