Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Check on It" by Beyoncé featuring Slim Thug
In the UK:
"Nelly, Jagged Edge & Avery Storm" by Notorious BIG featuring Diddy,
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Famous people born on the 6th of February: |
1611 - Chongzhen, Emperor of China (d. 1644)
1664 - Mustafa II, Ottoman Sultan (d, 1703)
1665 - Queen Anne of England (d. 1714)
1695 - Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1726)
1911 - Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States (d. 2004)
1917 - Zsa Zsa Gabor, Hungarian actress
1922 - Patrick Macnee, British actor
1932 - François Truffaut, French film director (d. 1984)
1945 - Bob Marley, Jamaican singer and musician (d. 1981)
1962 - Axl Rose, American singer (Guns N' Roses)
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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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