ON this day in history...
...2010, Carmen Kass credited her successful modelling career to her skills at chess. "In life we make decisions and we have choices," she said. "Chess trains you to see through the head." The model also suggested that she may quit modelling in favour of going to university to study either philosophy or law. "I didn't do the 11th grade exam, but am going back to school because one day I want to go to university."
SEE KASS ON THE COVER OF VOGUE
...2011, British businesses started counting the cost of the London riots. Lives were put at risk as fires were started across the country and shops were raided for electrical equipment, clothes, CDs and DVDS. "Clearly, with high streets under pressure anyway, at least some of the businesses destroyed will not be able to re-establish themselves, causing long-term damage," Stephen Robertson, director general of the British Retail Consortium, said.
...2011, Charlie's Angels star Farrah Fawcett was immortalised as a Barbie doll, inspired by her famous sell-out red swimsuit poster of 1977. The doll of the actress, whi dies in 2009 after a long battle with cancer, helped to raise money for the Farrah Fawcett Foundation. Priced at $34.95, it was an instant sell out.
