| Number-one song in the charts today |
 |
In the USA:
"My Boo" by Usher and Alicia Keys
In the UK:
"Wonderful" by Ja Rule featuring R Kelly & Ashanti
|
TIME Magazine cover this week |
 |
TIME Magazine: Joy of Sox, The
(TIME Cover: November the 8th, 2004)
|
Famous people born on the 8th of November: |
35 - Nerva, Roman Emperor (d. 98)
1622 - King Charles X of Sweden (d. 1660)
1656 (N.S.) - Edmond Halley, British astronomer and mathematician (d. 1742)
1866 - Herbert Austin, English automobile pioneer (d. 1941)
1893 - Prajadhipok, Rama VII, king of Thailand (d. 1941)
1900 - Margaret Mitchell, American author (d. 1949)
1935 - Alain Delon, French actor
1957 - Porl Thompson, British musician (The Cure)
1968 - Zara Whites, Dutch actress
|
The Nobel Peace Prize 2004 |
|
Wangari Muta Maathai
1940-
for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace
Kenya
Photo: nobelprize.org
|
|
|
|
|
Oscar of the best picture in 2004 |
Million Dollar Baby
directed by Clint Eastwood
with Clint Eastwood (Frankie Dunn), Morgan Freeman (Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris) and Hilary Swank (Maggie Fitzgerald)
|
Designed in 2004 |
The Easy stacking chair
by Jerszy seymour |
|