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In 2012, the world population was approximately 7,201,202,485 people[â ]
2012Hector Abhayavardhana, Sri Lankan theorist and academic (born 1919)[â ]
Hector Abhayavardhana was a Sri Lankan Trotskyist theoretician, a long-standing member of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP) and a founder-member of the Bolshevik-Leninist Party of India, Ceylon and Burma.
2012Irving Adler, American mathematician, author, and academic (born 1913)[â ]
Irving Adler was an American author, mathematician, scientist, political activist, and educator. He was the author of 57 books about mathematics, science, and education, and the co-author of 30 more, for both children and adults. His books have been published in 31 countries in 19 different languages. Since his teenaged years, Adler was involved in social and political activities focused on civil rights, civil liberties, and peace, including his role as a plaintiff in the McCarthy-era case Adler vs. Board of Education that bears his name.
2012Juan H. CintrĂłn GarcĂa, Puerto Rican businessman and politician, 126th Mayor of Ponce (born 1919)[â ]
Juan Herminio CintrĂłn GarcĂa was a Puerto Rican politician and Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, from 1968 to 1972. Under his administration the city of Ponce saw the construction of the Coliseo Juan "PachĂn" VicĂ©ns and the Centro Gubernamental de Ponce on Avenida Las Americas.
2012Grigory Frid, Russian pianist and composer (born 1915)[â ]
Grigory Samuilovich Frid, also known as Grigori Fried, was a Russian composer of music written in many different genres, including chamber opera.
2012Jan Hendrik van den Berg, Dutch psychiatrist and academic (born 1914)[â ]
Jan Hendrik van den Berg was a Dutch psychiatrist notable for his work in phenomenological psychotherapy and metabletics, or "psychology of historical change." He is the author of numerous articles and books, including A different existence and The changing nature of man.
A new rule change eliminated Melky Cabreraâs chances for a batting title, but in the process, Commissioner Bud Selig might have put baseball on a slippery slope that he wisely wanted to avoid.
The move to electronic health records may be adding billions of dollars to Medicare costs by enabling hospitals and physicians to bill more for the same services.
Liverpoolâs first home soccer match since the findings of an inquiry into the 1989 Hillsborough disaster were published just so happens to be against its bitter rival, Manchester United.
Mitt Romney responded to months of political pressure on Friday by making public his most recent tax return and limited information from previous years.
To a lifelong Mets fan, September baseball at Citi Field means a surreal excursion into a cavernous shell abandoned by optimism long ago.
The Barclays Center arena is set to open on Friday, and residents, small-business owners and community leaders are anxious, excited and resigned to the inevitable changes coming to their backyard.
The income disparity in New York has hardly diminished, but pop cultureâs recent portrayals of the class wars havenât been indicative of the boiling debate.
Kevin McClatchy, who owned the Pittsburgh Pirates, comes out and speaks out about the tightly shut closet door in the four major sports leagues.
With two weeks of sluggish games already played, a question that strikes at the core of the N.F.L.âs appeal is being raised: Are the replacement officials diminishing the entertainment value?
Required screening for participation in athletics or other activities can begin as early as middle school, confusing students and stirring objections from parents.
The argument that C.E.O.âs will leave if they arenât compensated well, perhaps even lavishly, is bogus, according to a new study.
Itâs not the quantity of sleep that restores and refreshes, but the quality.