On this day
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In “And God Created Great Whales,” Rinde Eckert reprises his role as a composer who is losing his memory and struggling to finish an opera based on “Moby-Dick.”
Reassessing Arcosanti, an “urban laboratory” in the Arizona desert founded in the 1970s by students, architects and seekers.
The Obama administration’s plan to require insurers to cover the costs of birth control is being complicated by the fact that many religiously affiliated organizations insure themselves.
The lack of opportunity is feeding a mounting alienation and anger among young people across Europe, threatening to poison the aspirations of a generation.
A proposed sale to a group composed of the region’s most powerful Democrats is pitting newspaper management against the newsroom.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of February 15, 2012, covering February 16, 2012.
Adele
Lana Del Rey
Leonard Cohen
Various Artists
Kidz Bop Kids
2012Gary Carter, American baseball player and coach (born 1954)[†]
Gary Edmund Carter was an American professional baseball catcher whose 19-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career was spent primarily with the Montreal Expos and New York Mets. Nicknamed "Kid" for his youthful exuberance, Carter was named an All-Star 11 times and was a member of the 1986 World Series champion Mets.
2012Elyse Knox, American model, actress, and fashion designer (born 1917)[†]
Elyse Knox was an American actress, model, and fashion designer. She was the mother of actor Mark Harmon.
2012John Macionis, American swimmer and lieutenant (born 1916)[†]
John Joseph Macionis was an American competition swimmer who represented the United States at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.
2012Anthony Shadid, American journalist (born 1968)[†]
Anthony Shadid was a foreign correspondent for The New York Times based in Baghdad and Beirut who won the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting twice, in 2004 and 2010.
In 2012, the world population was approximately 7,201,202,485 people[†]