December 22nd, 2004

December 22nd, 2004...

Today is Wednesday !

Number-one song in the charts today
	In the USA: "Drop It Like It's Hot" by Snoop Dogg featuring Pharrell In the UK: "Do They Know It's Christmas?" by Band Aid 20

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TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Stealth Killer, The

(TIME Cover: December the 6th, 2004)

Famous people born on the 22nd of December:

1178 - Emperor Antoku of Japan (d. 1185)
1639 - Jean Racine, French dramatist (d. 1699)
1666 - Guru Gobind Singh, Sikh guru (d. 1708)
1690 - Meidingnu Pamheiba, King of Manipur (d. 1751)
1858 - Giacomo Puccini, Italian composer (d. 1924)
1898 - Vladimir Aleksandrovich Fock, Russian physicist (d. 1974)
1942 - Dick Parry, English musician (Pink Floyd)
1949 - Maurice Gibb, English musician (The Bee Gees) (d. 2003)
1949 - Robin Gibb, English musician (The Bee Gees)
1972 - Vanessa Paradis, French singer and actress
1974 - Heather Donahue, American actress, famous for her role in The Blair Witch Project

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

Rolling Stone Magazine cover

500 Greatest Songs / Rolling Stone Magazine Vol. 963

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