Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Lean Back" by The Terror Squad
In the UK:
"These Words" by Natasha Bedingfield
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Famous people born on the 30th of August: |
1377 - Shah Rukh, ruler of Persia and Transoxonia (d. 1447)
1748 - Jacques-Louis David, French painter (d. 1825)
1871 - Ernest Rutherford, New Zealand-born Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate (d. 1937)
1937 - Bruce McLaren, New Zealand car racer, designer, and manufacturer (d. 1970)
1962 - Alexander Litvinenko, British citizen, ex-KGB colonel and ex-FSB lieutenant-colonel (d.2006)
1972 - Cameron Diaz, American actress
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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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