August 11th, 2005

August 11th, 2005...

Today is Thursday !

Number-one song in the charts today
	In the USA: "We Belong Together" by Mariah Carey In the UK: "You're Beautiful" by James Blunt

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TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Being 13

(TIME Cover: August the 8th, 2005)

Famous people born on the 11th of August:

1667 - Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, last of the Medicis (d. 1743)
1897 - Enid Blyton, English author (d. 1968)
1932 - Fernando Arrabal, Spanish writer
1943 - Pervez Musharraf, Pakistani general, 12th President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
1950 - Steve Wozniak, American computer pioneer
1954 - Joe Jackson, English singer
1957 - Richie Ramone, American musician (The Ramones)
1970 - Andy Bell, English musician (Oasis)

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

Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughan / Rolling Stone Magazine Vol. 979

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