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August 25th, 2004...

Today is Wednesday !

 
 
 Number-one song in the charts today


In the USA:

"Lean Back"
by The Terror Squad

In the UK:
"Babycakes"
by 3 Of A Kind
 TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Saving the Big Cats

(TIME Cover: August the 23rd, 2004)

 Famous people born on the 25th of August:

1530 - Tsar Ivan IV of Russia (d. 1584)
1772 - King William I of the Netherlands (d. 1843)
1786 - King Ludwig I of Bavaria (d. 1868)
1819 - Allan Pinkerton, American private detective (d. 1884)
1845 - King Ludwig II of Bavaria (d. 1886)
1918 - Leonard Bernstein, American conductor, composer, educator and pianist (d. 1990)
1930 - Sir Sean Connery, British actor
1949 - Gene Simmons, Israeli-born bassist and singer (KISS)
1951 - Rob Halford, English singer (Judas Priest)
1954 - Elvis Costello, English musician
1958 - Tim Burton, American film director, producer, and screenwriter

 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



Prince / Rolling Stone Magazine Vol. 949, May 27, 2004

 

 
 
 
     

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