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In 2012, the world population was approximately 7,201,202,485 people[â ]
2012JosĂ© Curbelo, Cuban-American pianist and manager (born 1917)[â ]
José Curbelo was a Cuban-born American pianist and manager. Curbelo was a key figure in Latin jazz in New York City in the 1940s and helped to popularize Mambo and the cha cha dance in the 1950s.
2012Yehuda Elkana, Israeli historian and philosopher (born 1934)[â ]
Yehuda Elkana was a historian and philosopher of science, and a former President and Rector of the Central European University in Budapest, Hungary.
2012Sven Hassel, Danish-German soldier and author (born 1917)[â ]
Sven Hassel was the pen name of the Danish-born BĂžrge Willy Redsted Pedersen known for his novels about German soldiers fighting in World War II. In Denmark he used the pen name Sven Hazel. He is one of the bestselling Danish authors, possibly second only to Hans Christian Andersen.
2012Bill King, English commander, sailor, and author (born 1910)[â ]
Commander William Donald Aelian King, DSO & Bar, DSC was a British naval officer, yachtsman and author. He was the oldest participant in the first solo non-stop, around-the-world yacht race, the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race, and the only person to command a British submarine on both the first and last days of World War II.
2012Tom Umphlett, American baseball player and manager (born 1930)[â ]
Thomas Mullen Umphlett was an American center and right fielder in Major League Baseball who played from 1953 to 1955 with the Boston Red Sox and Washington Senators. His 21-year professional baseball career as a player and manager lasted from 1950 through 1970. He batted and threw right-handed and was listed as 6Â feet 2Â inches (1.88Â m) tall and 180 pounds (82Â kg).
2012Three Egyptian militants open fire on a group of Israeli soldiers in a southern Israel cross-border attack.[â ]
Egyptians are an ethnic group native to the Nile Valley in Egypt. Egyptian identity is closely tied to geography. The population is concentrated in the Nile Valley, a small strip of cultivable land stretching from the First Cataract to the Mediterranean and enclosed by desert both to the east and to the west. This unique geography has been the basis of the development of Egyptian society since antiquity.
Retailers have been worried that displaying the new Kindles will encourage customers to browse in stores and then buy from online competitors instead, analysts said.
Even as head injuries have become a major concern, the National Football League has not required players to wear helmet models that offer the best protection.
European regulators are set to approve a reduced version of the Universal Music Groupâs $1.9 billion takeover of EMI Music, people involved in the talks said.
In public letters and closed-door meetings, more than 100 lawmakers have appealed to the Federal Reserve and other authorities over the Volcker Rule, records show.
The assault on American diplomatic facilities in Benghazi was moblike at first but became a sophisticated onslaught.
Jake Gyllenhaal makes his New York stage debut as the wastrel uncle to an overweight, affection-starved teenage girl in Nick Payneâs âIf There Is I Havenât Found It Yet.â
There are 46 days left in this presidential race for Mitt Romney to change the dynamic of a campaign that by many indicators is tilting against him.
A long rise in Americansâ life spans has reversed itself for white people who lack high school diplomas, an increasingly troubled group that has lost four years of life expectancy since 1990.
A trail of whispers has followed the Japanese violinist Nejiko Suwa and her violin, a gift from Hitlerâs propaganda minister, Joseph Goebbels.
It doesnât have the media coverage or the passionate fan base, but the giant South Korean manufacturer has built an impressive lead in global mobile phone sales.
New York City will soon choose an architect to design micro-units of under 300 square feet. That may sound small, but many New Yorkers already live quite contentedly in cubbyholes.
Richard Plepler, the new chief executive of HBO, occupies a role that goes well beyond television and extends into New Yorkâs political, media and entertainment cliques.