On this day
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
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Some recipients of aid under the Clinton-era Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program have taken desperate measures to make ends meet.
The friendship between Mitt Romney and Benjamin Netanyahu, little known to outsiders, is now rich with political intrigue.
An agreement on raids that are deeply unpopular in Afghanistan would give legal oversight to Afghan forces, putting American troops in a supporting role.
A reporter with the presence of a performer, Mr. Wallace went head-to-head with chiefs of state, celebrities and con artists for more than 50 years.
While bond purchases pushed down borrowing costs and helped Spain and Italy avoid a Greek-style bailout from the euro zone, they once again have enmeshed the banks in their debt woes.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 4, 2012, covering April 8, 2012.
Soundtrack
Adele
The Shins
One Direction
Odd Future
2012Blair Kiel, American football player and coach (born 1961)[†]
Blair Armstrong Kiel was an American professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL), Canadian Football League (CFL), and Arena Football League (AFL). He was a four-year starting quarterback and punter in college football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish from 1980 to 1983. He was inducted into the Indiana Football Hall of Fame in 1998. Kiel worked as an advisor to corporate real estate clients in the Indianapolis area. He retired to start a non-profit organization to help young athletes plan for when their athletic careers are over.
2012Jack Tramiel, Polish-American businessman, founded Commodore International (born 1928)[†]
Jack Tramiel ; born Idek Trzmiel was a Polish-American businessman and Holocaust survivor, best known for founding Commodore International. The Commodore PET, VIC-20, and Commodore 64 are some home computers produced while he was running the company. Tramiel later formed Atari Corporation after he purchased the remnants of the original Atari, Inc. from its parent company. He was one of six people spotlighted when the computer was denoted "Machine of the Year" by Time magazine in 1982.
2012Janusz K. Zawodny, Polish-American soldier, historian, and political scientist (born 1921)[†]
Janusz Kazimierz Zawodny was a Polish-American historian, political scientist, and World War II soldier and resistance fighter of the Polish Underground State.
In 2012, the world population was approximately 7,201,202,485 people[†]