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In 2012, the world population was approximately 7,201,202,485 people[†]
2012Knut Torbjørn Eggen, Norwegian footballer and manager (born 1960)[†]
Knut Torbjørn Eggen was a Norwegian football coach and player, famous for his time in Rosenborg as a player, and Moss and Fredrikstad as a coach. He was the son of Norway's most successful football coach, Nils Arne Eggen.
2012Katie Hall, American educator and politician (born 1938)[†]
Katie Beatrice Hall was an American educator in Gary, Indiana, and a politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1982 to 1985. When Hall was sworn into federal office on November 2, 1982, she became the first black woman from Indiana elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. Hall represented Indiana's 1st Congressional District in the final months of the 97th Congress and an entire two-year term in the 98th Congress from 1983 to 1985. She is best known for sponsoring legislation and leading efforts on the floor of the U.S. House in 1983 to make Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a national holiday after previous efforts had failed. H.R. 3706 to establish the third Monday in January as a federal holiday in King's honor was introduced in July 1983 and passed in the House on August 2, 1983. President Ronald Reagan signed the bill into law on November 2, 1983.
Along with current syndicated TV favorites, a multitude of new daytime talk shows will arrive this fall in the first real test for the genre since Oprah Winfrey left the scene in May.
A trade agreement between the United States and China expands the number of movie exports, focusing on 3-D or large-screen Imax format extravaganzas.
Jeremy Lin’s hot streak for the Knicks over the past week has threatened the tabloid supply of puns and superlatives, where “Lincredible” was just the beginning.
The New York Times sportswriter who covered the Mets in 1962, their first season, recalls the cast of characters who gathered in St. Petersburg, Fla., for spring training.
Foxconn Technology’s decision to raise pay at its Chinese factories reflects shifts in China’s economic system.
Whether voters see a principled stand or ruthless capitalism in Mitt Romney’s 2008 opposition to the auto industry rescue will affect how he fares in Michigan’s primary and likely beyond.
Men’s retail sales dropped almost twice as fast as women’s in 2009, but with a jump in accessory sales, the beginning of this year could set a 20-year high for sales growth.
An attack would take at least 100 planes, American defense officials and military analysts said, and take far more time than earlier strikes on nuclear sites in Syria and Iraq.
Officials in states like Tennessee who are testing new teacher evaluation systems required by the Obama administration are struggling with problems philosophical and logistical.
Ransom kidnapping has long been a problem in Pakistan, but the increased involvement by the Taliban and their allies adds a new and disturbing element.
David Plouffe, a senior adviser to President Obama, has asserted himself as the main orchestrator of his political strategy, with a a first-among-equals status in White House’s closed circle.
A huge carved relief by the African-American sculptor Sargent Johnson, misplaced by the University of California, has become a prized item in the Huntington Library’s collection.