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Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
In 2012, the world population was approximately 7,201,202,485 people[†]
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 8, 2012, covering August 13, 2012.
Zac Brown Band
Nas
The Gaslight Anthem
Passion Pit
Kidz Bop Kids
Justin Bieber
One Direction
Frank Ocean
Adele
Maroon 5
2012Hugo Adam Bedau, American philosopher and academic (born 1926)[†]
Hugo Adam Bedau was the Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus, at Tufts University, and is best known for his work on capital punishment. He has been called a "leading anti-death-penalty scholar" by Stuart Taylor Jr., who has quoted Bedau as saying "I'll let the criminal justice system execute all the McVeighs they can capture, provided they'd sentence to prison all the people who are not like McVeigh."
2012Helen Gurley Brown, American journalist and author (born 1922)[†]
Helen Gurley Brown was an American author, publisher, and businesswoman. She was the editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine for 32 years.
2012Ray Jordon, Australian cricketer and coach (born 1937)[†]
Raymond Clarence "Slug" Jordon was an Australian first-class cricketer who represented Victoria in the Sheffield Shield and toured with the Australian national cricket team. He was also a successful Australian rules football coach and acted as both reserves and under-19s coach at various clubs in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
2012Johnny Pesky, American baseball player and manager (born 1919)[†]
John Michael Pesky, nicknamed "the Needle" and "Mr. Red Sox", was an American professional baseball player, manager and coach in Major League Baseball (MLB). He was a shortstop and third baseman during a ten-year major league playing career, appearing in 1,270 games played in 1942 and from 1946 to 1954 for three teams. He missed the 1943–45 seasons while serving in World War II. Pesky was associated with the Boston Red Sox for 61 of his 73 years in baseball—from 1940 through June 3, 1952, 1961 through 1964, and from 1969 until his death. Pesky also managed the Red Sox from 1963 to 1964, and in September 1980.
2012Joan Roberts, American actress and singer (born 1917)[†]
Joan Roberts was an American actress, most famous for creating the role of Laurey in the original Broadway production of Oklahoma! in 1943.
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In spite of the millions watching the Games on any given night, history suggests that exposure during the Olympics does not necessarily drive viewers to new shows.
The Barclays rate-manipulation case has thrust Gary Gensler — and his once-obscure agency, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission — into the spotlight.
Judges said that big lenders were using inaccurate or incomplete records to go after consumers, including some who had already paid their debts.
As one of the world’s most wired societies, South Korea has embraced the Web, but a recent crackdown on Internet freedom has drawn accusations of censorship.
Rory McIlroy led the final round of the P.G.A. Championship from start to finish, crushing an elite field to win by eight strokes — the largest margin in the tournament’s 94-year history.
With acquisitions of two antiquities, the Cleveland Museum of Art comes out firmly in support of collecting in a landscape reshaped by international disputes.
The cuts are the first step in Google’s plan to reinvent the company that it bought in May, and to shore up its Android mobile business and expand beyond search and software.
After his father died, Paul D. Ryan formed a self-reliance that would shape his worldview and one day capture the imagination of Mitt Romney.
The Internet giant is buying the travel guide maker from John Wiley & Sons to expand its local and travel search results.
An inquiry highlights how politics and profits are often intertwined for Sheldon Adelson, a major Republican donor.
The Iowa State Fair is a vast, sweet, savory, shameless wonderland full of battered treats — including deep-fried butter on a stick.
The Environmental Protection Agency is finally tackling some of the most heavily polluted waterways, many of which are in the New York-New Jersey area.