Number-one song in the charts today |
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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 6th of August: |
1180 - Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (d. 1239)
1697 - Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1745)
1881 - Alexander Fleming, Scottish scientist, Nobel laureate (d. 1955)
1917 - Robert Mitchum, American actor (d. 1997)
1928 - Andy Warhol, American artist (d. 1987)
1969 - Elliott Smith, American musician (d. 2003)
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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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