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The last of the big toy stores struggles to revamp its business as sales decline, management defects, and debt and competition mount.
A problem with wires in a defibrillator is the industry’s third highly visible safety episode in seven years, inviting discussion of a greater role for the F.D.A.
Fred Couples, 52, shot the lowest score of the day, a five-under 67, to move into the lead with Jason Dufner after two rounds at the Masters.
For more than 30 years after some pioneering albums, Giuseppi Logan was one of jazz’s missing persons, impaired by drugs and mental illness.
The Oratory Church of St. Boniface, in Brooklyn, is an intentional parish, a destination church that attracts people from beyond its geographic boundaries.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 4, 2012, covering April 7, 2012.
Soundtrack
Adele
The Shins
One Direction
Odd Future
2012Steven Kanumba, Tanzanian actor and director (born 1984)[†]
Steven Charles Kanumba was a Tanzanian actor and director of Sukuma heritage, born in Shinyanga Region. Kanumba died in 2012 at the age of 28, for which actress Elizabeth Michael was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and sentenced to two years in prison in November 2017. Over 30,000 people were estimated to have attended his funeral. He was described as "Tanzania's most popular film star", and appeared in Nollywood films.
2012Satsue Mito, Japanese zoologist and academic (born 1914)[†]
Satsue Mito was a Japanese school teacher and primate researcher. She helped with the Kyoto University Primatology group studying wild monkeys on an island called Kōjima, in Miyazaki Prefecture. She identified every monkey in the island and recorded their relationships. She discovered the origin and spreading of sweet potato washing by monkeys. She was an instructor of Kyoto University working with other researchers between 1970 and 1984.
2012Ignatius Moses I Daoud, Syrian cardinal (born 1930)[†]
Ignatius Basile Moses I Daoud was Patriarch of Antioch for the Syrian Catholic Church, a Cardinal Bishop, and Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches in the Catholic Church.
2012David E. Pergrin, American colonel and engineer (born 1917)[†]
Colonel David E. Pergrin was commanding officer of the 291st Engineer Combat Battalion of the United States Army during World War II. Before the war he earned an engineering degree at Pennsylvania State University, graduating in 1940. While at Penn State he participated in the ROTC program. In addition, Pergrin played on the university's football team, was elected to the Tau Beta Pi and Chi Epsilon engineering honor societies, and was senior class president. Before graduation he was voted Outstanding Non-Fraternity senior. In his role as senior class president, he presented the university with the Class of 1940 gift – the Nittany Lion Shrine, a 14-ton limestone monument symbolizing the Penn State tradition. However, the monument was not officially dedicated until 1942.
2012Bashir Ahmed Qureshi, Pakistani politician (born 1959)[†]
Bashir Khan Qureshi was a Sindhi nationalist who served as the leader of Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (JSQM), a Sindhi nationalist movement in Sindh, founded by G. M. Syed. He died at the age of 54 years on 7 April 2012.
2012Mike Wallace, American television news journalist (born 1918)[†]
Myron Leon Wallace was an American journalist, game show host, actor, and media personality. Known for his investigative journalism, he interviewed a wide range of prominent newsmakers during his seven-decade career. He was one of the original correspondents featured on CBS news program 60 Minutes, which debuted in 1968. Wallace retired as a regular full-time correspondent in 2006, but still appeared occasionally on the series until 2008. He is the father of Chris Wallace.
In 2012, the world population was approximately 7,201,202,485 people[†]