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The Muslim Brotherhood projected its candidate as the winner of Egyptâs first competitive presidential election, hours after the ruling military council granted itself broad power over the future government.
A party that had backed a bailout for Greeceâs failed economy won a narrow victory in parliamentary elections seen as a last chance for the country to stay in the euro zone.
European banks oppose a union, which is meant to encourage the free flow of money in Europe and halt the lending cycle between sick banks and debt-laden governments.
Mr. King, whose 1991 videotaped beating by the Los Angeles police became a symbol of racial tensions and led to deadly race riots after the officers were acquitted, was found dead at 47.
The three dope-dealing Laguna Beach hipsters from âSavagesâ return, in a book going back in time to account for their pasts.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 13, 2012, covering June 17, 2012.
John Mayer
Adele
Regina Spektor
One Direction
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
2012StĂ©phane Brosse, French mountaineer (born 1971)[â ]
Stéphane Brosse was a French ski mountaineer.
2012Patricia Brown, American baseball player (born 1931)[â ]
Patricia Irene Brown was a pitcher who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 5", 135Â lb., she batted and threw right handed.
2012Nathan Divinsky, Canadian mathematician and chess player (born 1925)[â ]
Nathan Joseph Harry Divinsky was a Canadian mathematician, university professor, chess master, writer, and politician. Divinsky was also known for being the former husband of the 19th prime minister of Canada, Kim Campbell. Divinsky and Campbell were married from 1972 to 1983.
2012Rodney King, American victim of police brutality (born 1965)[â ]
Rodney Glen King was a Black American victim of police brutality. On March 3, 1991, he was severely beaten by officers of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) during his arrest after a high speed pursuit for driving while intoxicated on Interstate 210. An uninvolved resident, George Holliday, saw and filmed the incident from his nearby balcony and sent the footage, which showed King on the ground being beaten, to a local news station KTLA. The incident was covered by news media around the world and caused a public uproar.
2012Fauzia Wahab, Pakistani actress and politician (born 1956)[â ]
Fauzia Wahab was a Pakistani politician who served as the senior ex officio member and the secretary-general of the central executive committee of the Pakistan Peoples Party.
In 2012, the world population was approximately 7,201,202,485 people[â ]