| Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Hollaback Girl" by Gwen Stefani
In the UK:
"(Is This The Way To) Amarillo" by Tony Christie featuring Peter Kay
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Last Star Wars, The
(TIME Cover: May the 9th, 2005)
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Famous people born on the 11th of May: |
1811 - Chang and Eng Bunker, Siamese Twins
1894 - Martha Graham, American dancer and choreographer (d. 1991)
1904 - Salvador Dalí, Catalan painter (d. 1989)
1941 - Eric Burdon, British singer (The Animals)
1978 - Laetitia Casta, French supermodel and actress
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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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