| Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Yeah!" by Usher featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris
In the UK:
"Yeah" by Usher featuring Lil' Jon & Ludacris
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Feeling the Heat
(TIME Cover: April the 5th, 2004)
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Famous people born on the 9th of April: |
1821 - Charles Baudelaire, French poet (d. 1867)
1835 - King Léopold II of Belgium (d. 1909)
1908 - Victor Vasarely, Hungarian-born painter (d. 1997)
1932 - Cheeta, animal actor, the longest living known chimpanzee in history
1933 - Jean-Paul Belmondo, French actor
1979 - Albert Hammond, Jr., American guitarist in NYC-based band The Strokes
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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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