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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Famous people born on the 28th of August: |
1025 - Emperor Go-Reizei of Japan (d. 1068)
1582 (O.S.) - Taichang Emperor, of the Ming dynasty of China (d. 1620)
1749 - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German writer and scientist (d. 1832)
1828 (O.S.) - Leo Tolstoy, Russian writer (d. 1910)
1903 - Bruno Bettelheim, American psychologist (d. 1990)
1942 - Sterling Morrison, American guitarist (The Velvet Underground) (d. 1995)
1943 - David Soul, American actor
1999 - Prince Nikolai of Denmark, Prince of Denmark
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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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