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In the USA:
"Bad Day" by Daniel Powter
In the UK:
"Crazy" by Gnarls Barkley
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Famous people born on the 4th of May: |
1008 - Khajeh Abdollah Ansari The Persian Sufi (d. 1088)
1008 - King Henry I of France (d. 1060)
1654 - Kangxi Emperor of China (d. 1722)
1852 - Alice Pleasance Liddell, English schoolgirl model for Alice in Wonderland (d. 1934)
1929 - Audrey Hepburn, Belgian actress (d. 1993)
1954 - Pia Zadora, American actres
1958 - Keith Haring, American graphical artist (d. 1990)
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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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