September 9th, 2003...

Today is Tuesday !

TIME Magazine: Is the Army Stretched Too Thin

(TIME Cover: September the 1st, 2003)

1466 - Ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (d. 1523)
1585 - Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Richelieu, French statesman (d. 1642)
1737 - Luigi Galvani, Italian physician and physicist (d. 1798)
1828 (N.S.) - Leo Tolstoy, Russian novelist (d. 1910)
1908 - Cesare Pavese, Italian poet and novelist (d. 1950)
1941 - Otis Redding, American singer and songwriter (d. 1967)
1941 - Dennis Ritchie, American computer scientist
1952 - David A. Stewart, English musician (Eurythmics)
1960 - Hugh Grant, British actor

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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