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In 2012, the world population was approximately 7,201,202,485 people[â ]
2012Neville Alexander, South African linguist and activist (born 1936)[â ]
Neville Edward Alexander OLS was a proponent of a multilingual South Africa and a former revolutionary who spent ten years on Robben Island as a fellow prisoner of Nelson Mandela.
2012Malcolm Browne, American journalist and photographer (born 1931)[â ]
Malcolm Wilde Browne was an American journalist and photographer, best known for his award-winning photograph of the self-immolation of Buddhist monk ThĂch QuáșŁng Äức in 1963.
2012Art Heyman, American basketball player (born 1941)[â ]
Arthur Bruce Heyman was an American professional basketball player. Playing for Duke University in college, in 1963 he was USBWA Player of the Year, AP Player of the Year, UPI Player of the Year, Sporting News Player of the Year, Helms Foundation College Player of the Year, a consensus first-team All-American, ACC Player of the Year, and ACC Athlete of the Year. That year he was the first overall pick in the first round of the 1963 NBA draft. He went on to have a 310-game professional career in the NBA and ABA.
2012Ivica Horvat, Croatian footballer and manager (born 1926)[â ]
Ivan "Ivica" Horvat was a Croatian and Yugoslav professional football player and manager.
2012Richard Kingsland, Australian captain and pilot (born 1916)[â ]
Sir Richard Kingsland, was an Australian RAAF pilot known for being the youngest Australian group captain at age 29. He later became a senior public servant, heading the Departments of the Interior, Repatriation, and Veterans' Affairs.
2012Geliy Korzhev, Russian painter (born 1925)[â ]
Geliy Mikhailovich Korzhev-Chuvelyov was a Soviet and Russian painter.
For companies that emphasize distinctive design, the Samsung patent verdict was a validation of their efforts.
In an effort to follow trends, students and their families are delaying back-to-school purchases, which could hurt an economy heavily dependent on consumer spending to stay afloat.
Nick Watney closed with a two-under 69 at The Black Course at Bethpage for a 72-hole total of 10-under 274 and a three-stroke victory over Brandt Snedeker at the Barclays.
With Tropical Storm Isaac now forecast to roar past Tampa on Monday and Tuesday, officials scrambled to make contingency plans.
Luis A. Aguilar, a member of the Securities and Exchange Commission, opposed a plan to reform money market funds, derailing a significant effort to tighten regulations on the financial industry.
Republican leaders said there was unity in the drive to unseat President Obama, but they expressed concerns about challenges to the establishment.
Andy Murray is seeking his first Grand Slam championship and full-fledged membership into an exclusive club that has been dominated by Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal.
James Eagan Holmes left no trail of hate behind him before the shootings in Aurora. But interviews with people who knew or had contact with him before the attack tell a story of a man struggling with a mental illness and losing his footing.
Seven of the Ivy Leagueâs eight football coaching jobs have endowments, similar to those in academia, and they have become prevalent in Bowl Championship Series conferences, too.
Monday was a day of frustration for Republicans as the delay in beginning their convention deprived them of their national stage and brought a fresh airing of intraparty tensions.
Despite decades of immunological research and a recent surge of interest in the bacterial garden of the human gut, diarrhea remains the most unpredictable travel-related illness.
An epidemic of overtreatment is costing the health care system at least $210 billion a year, and patients are paying the price in pain, emotional suffering, severe complications and even death.