Number-one song in the charts today |
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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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Famous people born on the 6th of January: |
1367 - Richard II of England (d. 1400)
1412 - Joan of Arc, Roman Catholic Saint and national heroine of France (legendary date) (d. 1431)
1807 - Jozef Maximilián Petzval, Slovak inventor (d. 1891)
1832 - Gustave Doré, French painter and sculptor (d. 1883)
1946 - Syd Barrett, English guitarist (d. 2006)
1965 - Muhammed al-Ahari, American Muslim writer
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The Nobel Prize in Literature 2006 |
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Orhan Pamuk
1952-
who in the quest for the melancholic soul of his native city has discovered new symbols for the clash and interlacing of cultures
Turkey
Photo: nobelprize.org
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Oscar of the best picture in 2006 |
The Departed
directed by Martin Scorsese
with Matt Damon (Colin Sullivan), Leonardo DiCaprio (Billy Costigan), Jack Nicholson (Frank Costello)
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Designed in 2006 |
The Zanotta veryround seat
by Louise Campbell |
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