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In the USA:
"My Love" by Justin Timberlake featuring T.I.
In the UK:
"Smack That" by Akon featuring Eminem
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Famous people born on the 27th of November: |
1127 - Emperor Xiaozong of China (d. 1194)
1701 - Anders Celsius, Swedish inventor and astronomer (d. 1744)
1746 - Robert Livingston, signer of the United States Declaration of Independence (d. 1813)
1843 - Elizabeth Stride, victim of Jack the Ripper (d. 1888)
1874 - Chaim Weizmann, 1st President of Israel (d. 1952)
1897 - Vito Genovese, American mafioso (d. 1969)
1940 - Bruce Lee, American actor and martial artist (d. 1973)
1942 - Jimi Hendrix, American guitarist (d. 1970)
1952 - Daryl Stuermer, American guitarist (Genesis)
1959 - Charlie Burchill, Scottish guitarist and keyboardist (Simple Minds)
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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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