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 26th of October: |
1491 - Zhengde, Emperor of China (d. 1521)
1685 - Domenico Scarlatti, Italian composer (d. 1757)
1759 - Georges Jacques Danton, French Revolutionary leader (d. 1794)
1802 - King Miguel of Portugal (d. 1866)
1913 - Charlie Barnet, American jazz saxophonist and bandleader (d. 1991)
1916 - François Mitterrand, President of France (d. 1996)
1919 - Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran, Shah of Iran (d. 1980)
1947 - Hillary Rodham Clinton, First Lady of the United States and United States Senator
1959 - Evo Morales, President of Bolivia
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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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