Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"SexyBack" by Justin Timberlake
In the UK:
"Sexyback" by Justin Timberlake
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Famous people born on the 9th of September: |
1466 - Ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (d. 1523)
1585 - Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Richelieu, French statesman (d. 1642)
1737 - Luigi Galvani, Italian physician and physicist (d. 1798)
1828 (N.S.) - Leo Tolstoy, Russian novelist (d. 1910)
1908 - Cesare Pavese, Italian poet and novelist (d. 1950)
1941 - Otis Redding, American singer and songwriter (d. 1967)
1941 - Dennis Ritchie, American computer scientist
1952 - David A. Stewart, English musician (Eurythmics)
1960 - Hugh Grant, British actor
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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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