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May 18th, 2004...

Today is Tuesday !

 
 
 Number-one song in the charts today


In the USA:

"Yeah!"
by Usher featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris

In the UK:
"F**k It (I Don't Want You Back)"
by Eamon
 TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Iraq: How Did It Come To This?

(TIME Cover: May the 17th, 2004)

 Famous people born on the 18th of May:

1048 - Omar Khayyám, Persian poet (d. 1131)
1868 - Nikolai Aleksandrovich Romanov , Nicholas II, Last Emperor of Russia. (d. 1918)
1897 - Frank Capra, American producer, director, and writer (d. 1991)
1914 - Pierre Balmain, French fashion designer (d. 1982)
1920 - Pope John Paul II (d. 2005)
1950 - Mark Mothersbaugh, American composer, musician, and singer (Devo)
1960 - Yannick Noah, French tennis player

 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



Usher / Rolling Stone Magazine Vol. 948, May 13, 2004

 

 
 
 
     

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