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24-hour walkout by Central Bank workers in Brasilia is extended another day as union officials press for 75 percent raise, among other demands (S)
Novelist Sena Jeter Naslund article on preparing Thanksgiving feast for her far-flung family and Hindu and Muslim students of her husband's; photos (M)
Tom Ridge, director of homeland security, will seek billions of dollars in Pres Bush's next budget, with priority on more agents and equipment for strapped federal law enforcement agencies, and urgent improvements in public health facilities in wake of anthrax attacks; calls for more laboratories, epidemiologists and facilities for handling bioterror in each region of country; interview (M)
Percy Barnevik, chmn of ABB, Europe's biggest electrical engineering group, unexpectedly steps down, saying he is taking his share of responsibility for sagging profits and stock price at company he was instrumental in shaping; photo (S)
Former New Jersey Gov Thomas H Kean says he will not run for United States Senate against Democratic Sen Robert G Torricelli; photo (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 21, 2001, covering November 22, 2001.
Britney Spears
Pink Floyd
Michael Jackson
Enrique Iglesias
Enya
2001Chenle, Chinese singer[†]
Zhong Chenle, known mononymously as Chenle, is a Chinese singer and former child actor based in South Korea. Chenle began his career as a child singer, having performed in various concerts and television shows in China and abroad. At age nine, he became the youngest singer to be invited to perform solo at the Golden Hall of Vienna. Through his solo career, Chenle has released three albums and hosted one concert in China. At the age of fourteen, Chenle signed with South Korean entertainment company SM Entertainment and subsequently moved to South Korea in 2016 to debut as a member of the South Korean boy band NCT through its fixed sub-unit NCT Dream, which has gone on to become one of the best-selling boy groups in South Korea.
2001Mary Kay Ash, American businesswoman, founded Mary Kay, Inc. (born 1918)[†]
Mary Kay Ash was an American businesswoman and founder of multi-level marketing company Mary Kay Cosmetics, Inc. At the time of her death, she had a fortune of $98 million, and her company had more than $1.2 billion in sales with a sales force of more than 800,000 in at least three dozen countries.
2001Theo Barker, English historian and academic (born 1923)[†]
Theodore Cardwell Barker, usually known as Theo Barker, was a British social and economic historian.
2001Norman Granz, American record producer, founded Verve Records (born 1918)[†]
Norman Granz was an American jazz record producer and concert promoter. He founded the record labels Clef, Norgran, Down Home, Verve, and Pablo and the Jazz at the Philharmonic concert series. Granz was acknowledged as "the most successful impresario in the history of jazz". He was also a champion of racial equality, insisting, for example, on integrating audiences at concerts he promoted.
In 2001, the world population was approximately 6,254,936,459 people[†]