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In 2012, the world population was approximately 7,201,202,485 people[†]
2012Ernst Hinterberger, Austrian author and screenwriter (born 1931)[†]
Ernst Hinterberger was an Austrian writer of novels, particularly detective novels, plays and successful sitcoms. His first TV scripts were unusual for their use of genuine Vienna dialect.
2012Mario Trejo, Argentinian poet, playwright, and journalist (born 1926)[†]
Mario Trejo was an Argentine poet, playwright, screenwriter, and journalist.
2012Agni Air Flight CHT crashes in Nepal after a failed go-around, killing 15 people.[†]
On 14 May 2012, a Dornier 228 passenger aircraft of Agni Air operating Flight CHT, crashed near Jomsom Airport, Nepal, killing 15 of the 21 people on board, including both pilots and Indian child actress Taruni Sachdev and her mother.
Broadcast networks are offering shorter seasons and agreeing to air serialized shows uninterrupted by reruns to fight “cable envy” among series creators.
Manchester City’s victory against Queens Park Rangers delivered the narrowest of triumphs in a season-long contest with its city rival Manchester United atop England’s Premier League.
After President Obama announced his support for gay marriage, he and his team embarked on a quiet campaign to contain the possible damage among religious leaders and voters.
Kevin Na’s waggles invited heckling as he fell far off the lead in the Players Championship, but he said, “I deserve it.”
Records and lawsuits stemming from deaths and injuries reveal a strained, erratic upkeep system in which warning signs were missed and repairs were delayed to save money.
The practice of freezing eggs to enable a pregnancy later on is growing, doctors say, with parents lending emotional and financial support to adult daughters.
Fernando Henrique Cardoso, the former president of Brazil and a social scientist, will be awarded the John W. Kluge Prize by the Library of Congress.
Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was captured in 2009 and is America’s only known current prisoner of war, saw enlisting in the Army as a way to find a direction, relatives say.
A planned launching this weekend, if successful, would be a victory for private companies trying to make their mark in space.
With the balance of student debt topping $1 trillion, college presidents are recognizing that they must handle the costs of education through methods other than tuition increases.
Pedro Espada Jr., a Democrat who represented the Bronx in the New York Senate, was convicted of some charges, but a mistrial was declared on four others.
As artificial limbs are infused with better technology, some people are opting to amputate more extensively to regain something more akin to normal function.