| Number-one song in the charts today |
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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 |
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TIME Magazine: Stealth Killer, The
(TIME Cover: December the 6th, 2004)
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Famous people born on the 30th of December: |
39 - Roman Emperor Titus (d. 81)
1204 - Abû 'Uthmân Sa'îd Hakam al Qurashi, ruler of Minorca (d. 1282)
1673 - Ahmed III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1736)
1865 - Rudyard Kipling, British writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1936)
1935 - Omar Bongo, President of Gabon
1942 - Vladimir Bukovsky, Russian author and dissident
1946 - Patti Smith, American singer
1969 - Jay Kay, English musician and singer (Jamiroquai)
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The Nobel Peace Prize 2004 |
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Wangari Muta Maathai
1940-
for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace
Kenya
Photo: nobelprize.org
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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)
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Designed in 2004 |
The Easy stacking chair
by Jerszy seymour |
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