December 9th, 2004

December 9th, 2004...

Today is Thursday !

Number-one song in the charts today
	In the USA: "My Boo" by Usher and Alicia Keys In the UK: "I'll Stand By You" by Girls Aloud

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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 9th of December:

1447 - Chenghua, Emperor of China (d. 1487)
1571 - Metius (Adriaan Adriaanszoon), Dutch mathematician and astronomer (d. 1635)
1868 - Fritz Haber, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1934)
1901 - Jean Mermoz, French pilot (d. 1936)
1906 - Grace Murray Hopper, American computer pioneer (d. 1992)
1916 - Kirk Douglas, American actor
1927 - Pierre Henry, French composer
1929 - John Cassavetes, American actor and director (d. 1989)
1953 - John Malkovich, American actor
1972 - Fabrice Santoro, Tahitian-born French tennis player
1991 - Prince Joachim, Archduke of Austria-Este, Belgian Prince

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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