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In 2011, the world population was approximately 7,110,923,765 people[â ]
2011Patricia Breslin, American actress (born 1931)[â ]
Patricia Rose Breslin was an American actress and philanthropist. She had a prominent career in television, which included recurring roles as Amanda Miller on The People's Choice (1955â58), and as Laura Harrington Brooks on Peyton Place (1964â65). She also appeared in Go, Man, Go! (1954), and the William Castle horror films Homicidal (1961) and I Saw What You Did (1965).
2011Dennis Ritchie, American computer scientist, created the C programming language (born 1941)[â ]
Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie was an American computer scientist. He created the C programming language and the Unix operating system and B language with long-time colleague Ken Thompson. Ritchie and Thompson were awarded the Turing Award from the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) in 1983, the IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 1990, and the National Medal of Technology from President Bill Clinton in 1999.
The Financial Stability Oversight Council voted to seek public comment on a proposed rule that laid out the standards by which some financial companies could fall under stricter regulation.
The iPhone 4S is loaded with dazzlers: faster speed, a camera that takes crisper shots, global reach and transformative voice recognition.
The backing of a politician popular with Republican conservatives may help give cover to a presidential candidate who has had some trouble with them.
The suffocating, esteem-shrinking Jewish mother, typically blamed as the root of all her childrenâs unhappiness, is the center of âThe Lyons,â Nicky Silverâs portrait of familial loneliness.
The canvassing of nearly 100 homes and workplaces of donors that were listed on John C. Liuâs campaign finance reports has raised questions about the source and legitimacy of some donations.
N.B.A. owners and players are locked in a labor dispute that is both philosophical and financial.
A year after the globally televised rescue of 33 miners in Chile, most are unemployed, many are poorer than before and some are experiencing post-traumatic stress.
A six-month far-flung festival of events at 130 institutions makes a case for Southern California as a major art center.
The president of the European Commission said on Wednesday that banks should temporarily increase their capital buffers to better withstand the crisis.
The trouble couldnât come at a worse time for Research in Motion, as the handset maker faces a shrinking market share and agitated investors.
The New York City Ballet came closer to its dual mission of advancing music and dance in its fall season, but still the company conveyed the feeling that it was treading water.
Approval of long-awaited free trade agreements with three countries offered a rare moment of bipartisan agreement in Washington.