| Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Lean Back" by The Terror Squad
In the UK:
"Babycakes" by 3 Of A Kind
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Saving the Big Cats
(TIME Cover: August the 23rd, 2004)
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Famous people born on the 26th of August: |
1469 - Ferdinand II of Naples (d. 1496)
1540 - King Magnus of Livonia (d. 1583)
1743 - Antoine Lavoisier, French chemist (d. 1794)
1845 - Mary Ann 'Polly' Nichols, widely believed to be the first victim of Jack the Ripper (d. 1888)
1880 - Guillaume Apollinaire, French poet and art critic (d. 1918)
1910 - Mother Teresa, Humanitarian Activist and Worker (d. 1997)
1944 - Maureen Tucker, American musician (The Velvet Underground)
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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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