November 17th, 2005

November 17th, 2005...

Today is Thursday !

Number-one song in the charts today
	In the USA: "Gold Digger" by Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx In the UK: "You Raise Me Up" by Westlife

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TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: The Secrets of Ambition

(TIME Cover: November the 14th, 2005)

Famous people born on the 17th of November:

9 - Vespasian, Roman Emperor (d. 79)
1502 - Atahualpa, last emperor of the Inca (d. 1533)
1612 - Dorgon, Manchu prince (d. 1650)
1755 - Louis XVIII of France (d. 1824)
1878 - Lise Meitner, Austrian physicist (d. 1968)
1905 - Queen Astrid of the Belgians (d. 1935)
1925 - Rock Hudson, American actor (d. 1985)
1942 - Martin Scorsese, American film director
1944 - Danny DeVito, American actor
1966 - Sophie Marceau, French actress

The Nobel Peace Prize 2005

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

Oscar of the best picture in 2005

Crash
directed by Paul Haggis
with Matt Dillon (Officer Ryan)

Designed in 2005

The Kirk chair
by René Holten

Rolling Stone Magazine cover

Billie Joe Armstrong / Rolling Stone Magazine Vol. 987, November 17, 2005

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