Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Gold Digger" by Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx
In the UK:
"Push The Button" by Sugababes
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Living Better Longer
(TIME Cover: October the 17th, 2005)
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Famous people born on the 21st of October: |
1675 - Emperor Higashiyama of Japan (d. 1710)
1687 - Nicolaus I Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1759)
1833 - Alfred Nobel, Swedish inventor and founder of the Nobel Prize (d. 1896)
1917 - Dizzy Gillespie, American musician (d. 1993)
1949 - Benjamin Netanyahu, 9th Prime Minister of Israel
1952 - Brent Mydland, American keyboardist (Grateful Dead) (d. 1990)
1964 - Jon Carin, American musician (Pink Floyd, The Who)
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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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