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Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other social media can add to the pain of family estrangements because they provide a peek into private lives and a reminder of what has been lost.
Communist Party members suspected of corruption in China often vanish into an extrajudicial disciplinary system, called “shuanggui,” where they face torture and enforced confessions.
The liberals, leftists and Islamists who orchestrated Egypt’s revolution say they realize they failed to displace the networks of power that Hosni Mubarak nurtured over decades.
Jim Parsons of “The Big Bang Theory” stars in a revival of “Harvey,” a Roundabout Theater production about a sweet drinker and his invisible rabbit friend.
As a pivotal decision-maker on a proposal to expand Chelsea Market, the City Council speaker, Christine C. Quinn, is facing pressure from big campaign donors and neighborhood loyalists.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 13, 2012, covering June 15, 2012.
John Mayer
Adele
Regina Spektor
One Direction
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
2012Phillip D. Cagan, American economist and author (born 1927)[†]
Phillip David Cagan was an American scholar and author. He was Professor of Economics Emeritus at Columbia University.
2012Barry MacKay, American tennis player and sportscaster (born 1935)[†]
Barry MacKay was an American tennis player, tournament director and broadcaster. He was ranked #1 in the U.S. in 1960.
2012Israel Nogueda Otero, Mexican economist and politician, 10th Governor of Guerrero (born 1935)[†]
Israel Nogueda Otero was a Mexican politician, economist and member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). Nogueda served as the Municipal President of Acapulco municipality from 1969 to 1971 and the Governor of Guerrero from 1971 until 1975.
2012Jerry Tubbs, American football player and coach (born 1935)[†]
Gerald J. Tubbs was an American professional football linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for the San Francisco 49ers and Dallas Cowboys. He was selected by Chicago Cardinals in the first round of the 1957 NFL draft. After his retirement, he stayed with the Cowboys as an assistant coach for 22 years. He played college football at the University of Oklahoma.
2012Nik Wallenda becomes the first person to successfully tightrope walk directly over Niagara Falls.[†]
Nikolas Wallenda is an American acrobat, aerialist, daredevil, high wire artist, and author. He is known for his high-wire performances without a safety net. He holds 11 Guinness World Records for various acrobatic feats, and is best known as the first person to walk a tightrope stretched directly over Niagara Falls. Wallenda walked 1,800 feet (550 m) on a steel cable over Masaya Volcano in Nicaragua, his longest walk, on March 4, 2020.
In 2012, the world population was approximately 7,201,202,485 people[†]