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March 18, 2012

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Historical Context for March 18, 2012

In 2012, the world population was approximately 7,201,202,485 people[†]

Notable Deaths

Furman Bisher

2012Furman Bisher, American journalist and author (born 1918)[†]

James Furman Bisher was an American newspaper sportswriter and columnist for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in Atlanta, Georgia.

William R. Charette

2012William R. Charette, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1932)[†]

William Richard Charette was a United States Navy master chief hospital corpsman who received the nation's highest military decoration for valor, the Medal of Honor. He was awarded the medal for heroic actions "above and beyond the call of duty" on March 27, 1953, while assigned to a Marine Corps rifle company during the Korean War. He retired from the Navy after 26 years of service.

William G. Moore Jr.

2012William G. Moore Jr., American general (born 1920)[†]

William Grover Moore Jr. was a general in the United States Air Force and the former commander-in-chief of Military Airlift Command. Moore was a combat veteran with 100 missions flown during World War II and the Korean War, and more than 140 missions in the Vietnam War.

George Tupou V

2012George Tupou V of Tonga (born 1948)[†]

George Tupou V was King of Tonga from 2006 until his death in 2012. He was the eldest son of King Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV.

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Headlines from March 18, 2012

Speaking Less Than Truth to Power

By Charles Isherwood

Nonfiction should mean facts and nothing but the facts, argues the theater critic Charles Isherwood, in support of the retraction by “This American Life” of a program about Mike Daisey’s “The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs.”

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