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In the USA:
"Promiscuous" by Nelly Furtado featuring Timbaland
In the UK:
"Hips Don't Lie" by Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean
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Famous people born on the 8th of July: |
1621 - Jean de la Fontaine, French writer (d. 1695)
1839 - John D. Rockefeller, American businessman (d. 1937)
1935 - Vitali Sevastyanov, cosmonaut
1951 - Anjelica Huston, American actress
1970 - Beck, American singer
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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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