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In 2012, the world population was approximately 7,201,202,485 people[†]
2012Fernando Lopes, Portuguese director and screenwriter (born 1935)[†]
Fernando Lopes, GCIH was a Portuguese film director. He was a Film teacher at the Portuguese National Conservatory, nowadays the Lisbon Theatre and Film School. He died, aged 76, in Lisbon due to throat cancer.
2012Zenaida Manfugás, Cuban-born American-naturalized pianist (born 1932)[†]
Zenaida Elvira González Manfugás was a Cuban-born American-naturalized pianist, considered to be one of the best Cuban pianists in history.
2012Tufan Miñnullin, Russian playwright and politician (born 1936)[†]
Miñnullin Tufan Ğabdulla ulı aka Tufan Miñnullin was a famous Tatar writer, playwright, publicist, Tatarstan State Council deputy and honorary citizen of Kazan. He was a permanent member of State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan since 1990. International PEN club member.
2012Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih, Indonesian physician and politician, Indonesian Minister of Health (born 1955)[†]
Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih was an Indonesian physician, researcher, and author. She served as Minister of Health of the Republic of Indonesia from 22 October 2009 until 30 April 2012.
2012Akira Tonomura, Japanese physicist, author, and academic (born 1942)[†]
Akira Tonomura was a Japanese physicist, best known for his development of electron holography and his experimental verification of the Aharonov–Bohm effect.
2012Lourdes Valera, Venezuelan actress (born 1963)[†]
Lourdes del Valle Valera Galvis was a Venezuelan actress who took part in over twenty film and television productions during her career, particularly known for her acting in many telenovelas.
2012A pastel version of The Scream, by Norwegian painter Edvard Munch, sells for $120 million in a New York City auction, setting a new world record for a work of art at auction.[†]
A pastel is an art medium that consists of powdered pigment and a binder. It can exist in a variety of forms, including a stick, a square, a pebble, and a pan of color, among other forms. The pigments used in pastels are similar to those used to produce some other colored visual arts media, such as oil paints; the binder is of a neutral hue and low saturation. The color effect of pastels is closer to the natural dry pigments than that of any other process.
Chesapeake Energy announced that it would replace Aubrey K. McClendon as chairman and end his controversial compensation plan.
Renzo Piano’s Nasher museum in Dallas is suffering from excessive glare shining off a new condo tower the museum’s fame helped attract to the area.
The slow economy and cost-cutting at companies have hurt many of the nation’s law firms, including Dewey & LeBoeuf.
With its best-selling drugs losing patent protection, Pfizer is shedding money-making but noncore businesses to focus on pharmaceutical sciences.
Though President Obama and Mitt Romney publicly disagree with New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg on a range of issues, they are both determined to score his endorsement.
While the blind lawyer Chen Guangcheng gave varying reasons for leaving American protection, he maintained that he did not feel that he and his family would be safe in China.
The fourth volume of Robert Caro’s series on Lyndon Johnson starts shortly before the 1960 presidential election and ends a few months after John F. Kennedy’s assassination.
Revelations in the United States that a Google employee had informed colleagues that his program would collect personal data has cast doubt on the company’s excuses.
The United States is similar to developing countries in the percentage of mothers who give birth before their child is due, according to the World Health Organization and other agencies.
After more than 18 months in the wilderness, Earl Sweatshirt returned to a world in which he had become a rap sensation.
“Ghost Brothers of Darkland County,” the Southern gothic musical by Stephen King and John Mellencamp that opened at the Alliance Theater in Atlanta, has the feel of something devised over Skype.
Business travel spending has continued to rise, but that growth has mostly come from higher prices. Amid cutbacks, companies have become increasingly strategic about managing travel.