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Revisit the news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
In 2012, the world population was approximately 7,201,202,485 people[†]
2012Fortunato Baldelli, Italian cardinal (born 1935)[†]
Fortunato Baldelli was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who was appointed a cardinal in 2010 after a career in the diplomatic service of the Holy See from 1966 to 2009 that included ten years as Apostolic Nuncio to France. He was also the Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary from 2009 to 2012.
2012Richard H. Cracroft, American author and academic (born 1936)[†]
Richard Holton Cracroft was an author and emeritus professor of English at Brigham Young University (BYU) where he held the title of Nan Osmond Grass Professor in English and spent time as head of BYU's English department and as dean of the College of Humanities. He directed BYU's American Studies Program (1989–1994), directed the Center for the Study of Christian Values in Literature and edited the seminal A Believing People anthology, a landmark in Mormon letters. His devotion to the field is most famously summed up in his Association for Mormon Letters presidential address "Attuning the Authentic Mormon Voice: Stemming the Sophic Tide in LDS Literature" and his long-running column "Book Nook" in BYU Magazine which demonstrated the breadth of Mormon literature to a wide audience.
2012Tereska Torrès, French soldier and author (born 1920)[†]
Tereska Torrès was a French writer known for the 1950 book Women's Barracks, the first "original paperback bestseller." In 2008 historians credited the republished book as the first pulp fiction book published in America to candidly address lesbian relationships, although Torrès did not agree with this analysis.
After dozens of abuse cases on the reservation of the Spirit Lake Sioux were not properly investigated, federal officials are moving to run social services there.
Indian policy makers are hopeful that policy changes designed to welcome Wal-Mart will inspire an economic boom for the country, but some economists are doubtful.
Some of President Obama’s most significant recent policy announcements have been keyed to voter blocs, as his campaign seeks to make the most of his incumbency.
Early reviewers criticized the new Apple Maps app, saying it botched simple searches and did not come with information about public transportation.
The chairman and chief executive of AT&T, Randall L. Stephenson, said an accident involving someone close to him that was caused by texting while driving spurred him to speak out.
Experts say bureaucracy and inefficiencies result in a system of medical rationing for organ donations that is costing lives.
“Job,” Thomas Bradshaw’s latest play, hews close to the Bible and eagerly dives into forbidden subject matter.
The announcement about Britain’s biggest satellite pay-TV group, British Sky Broadcasting, offered a victory for its largest shareholder, Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation.
The American wind sector has been buffeted by weak demand for electricity, stiff competition from gas and uncertainty over a tax credit that has become a campaign wedge issue.
The New York Philharmonic opened its season with works for piano and orchestra by Gyorgy Kurtag and Beethoven and Stravinsky’s “Rite of Spring.”
The desires of the British prime minister to cut the budget deficit are running up against a situation created over decades: the large number of public entitlements.
In the presidential campaign, China has become a focal point encompassing both security and economic concerns and highlighting the nations’ complex, tense relationship.