Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"London Bridge" by Fergie
In the UK:
"Hips Don't Lie" by Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Who Needs Harvard?
(TIME Cover: August the 21st, 2006)
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Famous people born on the 21st of August: |
1165 - King Philip II of France (d. 1223)
1535 - Shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1619)
1643 - King Afonso VI of Portugal (d. 1683)
1765 - William IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1837)
1789 - Augustin Louis Cauchy, French mathematician (d. 1857)
1930 - Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (d. 2002)
1952 - Joe Strummer, British musician and singer (The Clash) (d. 2002)
1952 - Glenn Hughes, British bassist and vocalist (Finders Keepers/Trapeze/Deep Purple)
1963 - King Mohammed VI of Morocco
1971 - Liam Howlett, British musician (The Prodigy)
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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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