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David Granger, Esquireâs editor in chief, departed from standard design templates and modernized the magazine, helping to revive a publication many had left for dead.
N.F.L. Films documents and promotes the National Football League, makes money for the organization and uses its signature style to turn each weekâs games into epic battles.
Joe Paterno did much to forward Penn Stateâs academic and athletic reputation. In the end, as he dealt with a scandal, he wished he had done more.
Pakistanâs Supreme Court has inserted itself as the third player in a bruising confrontation between military and civilian leaders at a time when Pakistan faces a dizzying array of threats.
Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis are stepping down at a time when investors wonder whether RIM has the ability to compete in the rapidly changing markets for smartphones.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 18, 2012, covering January 23, 2012.
Adele
Drake
The Black Keys
Young Jeezy
Coldplay
2012Wesley E. Brown, American lawyer and jurist (born 1907)[â ]
Wesley Ernest Brown was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Kansas. At his death at age 104, he was the oldest person to serve as a federal judge in the history of the United States, actively hearing cases until approximately one month before his death.
2012Maurice Meisner, American historian, author, and academic (born 1931)[â ]
Maurice Jerome Meisner was an American sinologist and professor at the University of WisconsinâMadison. He studied the Chinese Communist Revolution and the People's Republic and held a strong interest in socialist ideology, Marxism, and Maoism in particular. He authored a number of books including Mao's China: A History of the People's Republic which became a standard academic text for scholars in the field.
2012Bingham Ray, American businessman, co-founded October Films (born 1954)[â ]
Bingham Ray was an American independent film executive.
In 2012, the world population was approximately 7,201,202,485 people[â ]