Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Let Me Love You" by Mario
In the UK:
"Jailhouse Rock (re-issue) (second time at no. 1)" by Elvis Presley
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Famous people born on the 17th of January: |
1504 - Pope Pius V (d. 1572)
1706 - Benjamin Franklin American statesman (d. 1790)
1899 - Al Capone, American gangster (d. 1947)
1911 - George Joseph Stigler, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)
1927 - Eartha Kitt, American actress and singer
1933 - Dalida, French singer (d. 1987)
1942 - Muhammad Ali, American boxer
1944 - Françoise Hardy, French singer
1956 - Paul Young, English musician
1962 - Jim Carrey, Canadian actor and comedian
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The Nobel Peace Prize 2005 |
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Mohamed ElBaradei
1942-
with the IAEA, for their efforts to prevent nuclear energy from being used for military purposes and to ensure that nuclear energy for peaceful purposes is used in the safest possible way
Egypt
Director General of IAEA
Photo: nobelprize.org
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Oscar of the best picture in 2005 |
Crash
directed by Paul Haggis
with Matt Dillon (Officer Ryan)
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Designed in 2005 |
The Kirk chair
by René Holten |
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