December 31st, 2005

December 31st, 2005...

Today is Saturday !

Number-one song in the charts today
	In the USA: "Don't Forget about Us" by Mariah Carey In the UK: "That's My Goal" by Shayne Ward

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TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: The Year in Medicine from A to Z

(TIME Cover: December the 5th, 2005)

Famous people born on the 31st of December:

1378 - Pope Callixtus III (d. 1458)
1491 - Jacques Cartier, French explorer (d. 1557)
1514 - Vesalius, Flemish anatomist (d. 1564)
1572 - Emperor Go-Yozei of Japan, (d. 1617)
1830 - Isma'il Pasha, Governor of Egypt (d. 1895)
1869 - Henri Matisse, French painter (d. 1954)
1937 - Anthony Hopkins, Welsh actor
1942 - Andy Summers, British musician (The Police)
1943 - Ben Kingsley, English actor
1948 - Donna Summer, American singer
1951 - Tom Hamilton, American musician (Aerosmith)
1963 - Scott Ian, American musician (Anthrax)

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

Jay-Z / Rolling Stone Magazine Vol. 989, December 15, 2005

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