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In 2005, the world population was approximately 6,586,970,132 people[†]
2005Robert Creeley, American novelist, essayist, and poet (born 1926)[†]
Robert White Creeley was an American poet and author of more than 60 books. He is associated with the Black Mountain poets, although his verse aesthetic diverged from that school. Creeley was close with Charles Olson, Robert Duncan, Allen Ginsberg, John Wieners and Ed Dorn.
2005Milton Green, American hurdler and soldier (born 1913)[†]
Milton G. Green was a Jewish American track and field athlete who was a world record holder in high hurdles during the 1930s.
2005Fred Korematsu, American political activist (born 1919)[†]
Fred Toyosaburo Korematsu was an American civil rights activist who resisted the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. Shortly after the Imperial Japanese Navy launched its attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066, which authorized the removal of individuals of Japanese ancestry living on the West Coast from their homes and their mandatory imprisonment in incarceration camps. Korematsu challenged the order and became a fugitive.
2005Chrysanthos Theodoridis, Greek singer and songwriter (born 1934)[†]
Chrysanthos Theodoridis, or simply Chrysanthos was a Greek singer and songwriter. He was born in Oinoi, Kozani to a Pontic Greek family from Kars and he wrote several songs for the Pontic music. He became a symbol for the people from Pontus worldwide. He died of a heart attack in Greece and his body was placed to accept pilgrimage by hundreds of people. Apart from the songs of Pontus, he also sang artistic songs, while collaborating with Christodoulos Chalaris.
2005O. V. Vijayan, Indian author and illustrator (born 1930)[†]
Ottupulackal Velukkuty Vijayan, commonly known as O. V. Vijayan, was an Indian author and cartoonist, who was an important figure in modern Malayalam language literature. Best known for his first novel Khasakkinte Itihasam (1969), Vijayan was the author of six novels, nine short-story collections, and nine collections of essays, memoirs and reflections.
2005Mitch Hedberg, American stand-up comedian (born 1968)[†]
Mitchell Lee Hedberg was an American stand-up comedian known for his surreal humor and deadpan delivery. His comedy typically featured short, sometimes one-line jokes mixed with absurd elements and non sequiturs.
Hewlett-Packard Co decides to return to its traditional low-key management style after flamboyance of chairwoman-chief executive Carleton S Fiorina, who was fired in February, in naming Mark V Hurd, little-known president and chief executive of NCR, to succeed Fiorina; Hurd's appointment underscores Hewlett-Packard board's commitment to growth strategy led by expansion into consumer electronics; chairwoman Patricia C Dunn says appointment of Hurd is strong statement that company does not intend to unravel its merger with Compaq or sell off other major pieces of business; graphs; photo (M)
Rudolph W. Giuliani's empire is expanding. The former New York City mayor will open the Manhattan office of Bracewell & Patterson, a politically connected Texas law firm that employs many prominent Republicans and former members of the Bush administration and has a roster of oil, gas and banking clients. This week, it will be renamed Bracewell & Giuliani, with the ex-mayor as a partner. A former federal prosecutor, Mr. Giuliani noted that he was not restarting his legal career at the expense of a future return to politics. ''At some point I'll probably want to run again,'' he said. Article, Page B3.
Philip J Purcell, who secured position at top of Morgan Stanley by ousting rival in bitter power struggle, faces own revolt as long-simmering dispute erupts into resignation of two senior executives; eight former executives have now urged board to replace him; firm has been split since 1997 merger of Morgan's investment banking with financial retailer Dean Witter, where Purcell came from; Vikram S Pandit and John P Havens, respected figures in blue-chip institutional business, resign after Stephen S Crawford and Zoe Cruz are named co-presidents above them; photos; critics believe firm's securities franchise is being torn down and charge crisis of confidence under Purcell; former management consultant has been aloof presence who eschews Wall Street's larger-than-life scene and commutes back to Chicago on weekends (M)
MCI accepts sweetened takeover offer of about $7.6 billion from Verizon Communications, spurning rival bid of $8.45 billion from Qwest Communications International; Qwest declines to say whether it will raise its own offer, which it has already bumped up twice; Qwest's bid is still favored by some MCI shareholders, who have already filed lawsuits hoping to force MCI's board to accept higher offer (M)
Much-heralded Supreme Court showdown in Grokster case between old-fashioned entertainment and newfangled technology finds justices surprisingly responsive to warnings from Grokster, software maker that allows Internet users to share computer files on peer-to-peer networks, that broad definition of copyright infringement could curtail innovation; Justice David H Souter asks Donald B Verrilli Jr, lawyer arguing for Hollywood studios and recording industry, to envision 'a guy sitting in his garage inventing iPod'; adds he knows perfectly well he can buy CD and put it on an iPod, but also knows if he can get music without buying it, he is going to do so; that Souter, least technically minded of justices, could even invite dialogue about Apple iPods, much less suggest that he could be tempted to engage in illegal filing sharing, is indication of how confrontation of powerful interests has engaged court; any prediction about what court will actually decide appears perilous; justice seem taken aback by procedural complexities of case, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios v Grokster Ltd, which moved through lower federal courts on summary judgment, without trial; other defendant in case is StreamCast Networks, which offers Morpheus file-sharing service; photo (M)
Holland Cotter reviews Chairs, Dayanita Singh photography exhibit at Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston; also discusses Edge of Desire: Recent Art in India, traveling survey at Asia Society and Queens Museum of Art which includes photographs by Singh; photos (M)
Museum expansion is booming, even as attendance, membership and sponsorship lag; marketing tools once primarily applied to consumer products are being used by museums to broaden their demographic and get their message across effectively; LaPlaca Cohen, New York City firm, creates ad campaigns, brochures and other materials for museums; 11-year-old firm has full menu of services for its museum clients; photo (M)
Sicily is fast becoming next culinary destination as its imaginative chefs deconstruct grandmothers' cooking, reinvent tradition of sweet and sour combinations and serve local ingredients in lighter and more creative ways; among foremost practitioners of cuisine is Nino Graziano, author of My Sicilian Cooking; photos (M)
NCAA tournament men's Final Four teams are exemplary of programs that embrace team work ethic and value backup and reserve players (M)
Metropolitan Transportation Authority has awarded three-month, $832,283 contract to Booz Allen Hamilton, consulting firm, to help authority become more efficient; heavily indebted authority is in middle of huge political effort that seems to be bearing fruit: persuading Albany to provide $27.7 billion to repair, upgrade and expand transit network through 2009 (M)
Meeting of Iraqi national assembly falls apart along ethnic and sectarian lines after members hurl accusations over failure to form new government; Sheik Dhari al-Fayadh, presiding, bans reporters and calls meeting for next week in hopes of filling some top posts; photos; leading Sunni Haichem al-Hassani and others say August 15 date for constitution draft will have to be pushed back, which will also set back any US plans for withdrawal; some of many disputes noted; bomb explodes in Kirkuk as provincial council meets; 15 non-Kurdish members storm out (M)
Venus Williams defeats Serena Williams in quarterfinals of Nasdaq-100 Open; photos (M)