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In 2012, the world population was approximately 7,201,202,485 people[†]
2012Brian Curvis, Welsh boxer (born 1937)[†]
Brian Nancurvis, who fought under the name Brian Curvis as a professional, was a boxer from Swansea, Wales who was active from 1959 to 1966. He fought as a Welterweight, becoming British welterweight champion in 1960. He retired as undefeated champion and is the only welterweight to have won two Lonsdale Belts outright. The four defeats in his professional career were all to foreign boxers; he was never beaten by a British boxer.
2012William G. Roll, German-American psychologist and parapsychologist (born 1926)[†]
William G. Roll was an American psychologist and parapsychologist on the faculty of the Psychology Department of the University of West Georgia in Carrollton, Georgia. Roll is most notable for his belief in poltergeist activity. He coined the term "recurrent spontaneous psychokinesis" (RSPK) to explain poltergeist cases. However, RSPK was never accepted by mainstream science and skeptics have described Roll as a credulous investigator.
2012Malam Bacai Sanhá, Guinea-Bissau politician, President of Guinea-Bissau (born 1947)[†]
Malam Bacai Sanhá was a Guinea-Bissau politician who was President of Guinea-Bissau from 8 September 2009 until his death on 9 January 2012. A member of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC), Sanhá was President of the National People's Assembly from 1994 to 1999 and then served as acting President of Guinea-Bissau from 14 May 1999, to 17 February 2000, following the ouster of President João Bernardo Vieira. Standing as the PAIGC candidate, he placed second in the 1999–2000 presidential election as well as the 2005 presidential election before winning the June–July 2009 presidential election.
2012László Szekeres, Hungarian physician and academic (born 1921)[†]
László Szekeres. Professor Emeritus, Institute of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Medical Faculty of the University of Szeged, Hungary. He has held a number of notable positions and received a number of awards. His research contributed to the development of cardiac drugs.
A mere six months into their partnership, Keith Olbermann and Current TV are communicating through lawyers — just in time for the primaries.
Trent Richardson went to the same high school as Emmitt Smith, who calls Richardson “the best running-back prospect in a long time.”
Tim Tebow connected with Demaryius Thomas on an 80-yard touchdown pass on the first play of overtime to lift the Broncos past the favored Steelers in their wild-card game.
Edul Ahmad, who came to New York from Guyana, allegedly ran a $50 million mortgage fraud, seeming to exemplify a trend of immigrant brokers accused of preying on their own.
The monologuist Daniel Kitson returns to St. Ann’s Warehouse with a one-man show about two people who never knew each other in 19th-century England.
As Greece’s economy plunges and unemployment rises, many Greeks are fleeing to the countryside and looking to the nation’s rich agricultural past as a guide to the future.
Suze Orman, who offers guidance on personal finance through her books and CNBC show, is bringing out her own prepaid debit card, promising low fees and access to credit reports.
The new Fusion sedan is one aspect of Ford’s all-out bid to gain share in the competitive midsize car segment dominated in recent decades by Japanese automakers.
A former United States serviceman, Amir Mirzaei Hekmati, has become the first American to receive a death sentence in Iran since the Islamic Revolution more than 30 years ago.
On Monday, Wizards of the Coast, the Hasbro subsidiary that owns Dungeons & Dragons, announced that a new edition is under development: and players will weigh in on how to reboot the franchise.
The Broadway adaptation of “Porgy and Bess,” opening Thursday, is just one of a series of attempts by composers’ estates to get the most out their work before copyrights expire.
Some archaeologists and historians worry that the next generation to visit the moon might carelessly obliterate the site of one of humanity’s greatest accomplishments.