2012Brain Damage, American wrestler (born 1977)[†]
Marvin Lambert was an American professional wrestler best known by his ring name Brain Damage.
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In 2012, the world population was approximately 7,201,202,485 people[†]
2012Brain Damage, American wrestler (born 1977)[†]
Marvin Lambert was an American professional wrestler best known by his ring name Brain Damage.
2012Sylvia Kristel, Dutch model and actress (born 1952)[†]
Sylvia Maria Kristel was a Dutch actress and model who appeared in over 50 films. She was the eponymous character in five of the seven Emmanuelle films, including originating the role with Emmanuelle (1974).
2012Slater Martin, American basketball player and coach (born 1925)[†]
Slater Nelson "Dugie" Martin Jr. was an American professional basketball player and coach who was a playmaking guard for 11 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). A seven-time NBA All-Star, he won five championships.
2012George Mattos, American pole vaulter (born 1929)[†]
George Mattos was an American pole vaulter. He competed for his native country in two Olympics, 1952 when he finished 9th and 1956 when he finished 4th, both times behind American teammate Bob Richards.
2012Albert Lee Ueltschi, American pilot and businessman, founded FlightSafety International (born 1917)[†]
Albert Lee Ueltschi is considered the father of modern flight training and was the founder of FlightSafety International. Ueltschi was once personal pilot to Juan Trippe and an associate to Charles Lindbergh. On July 21, 2001, he was enshrined at Dayton, Ohio in the National Aviation Hall of Fame, along with test pilot Joe Engle, United States Marine Corps flying ace Marion Carl, and USAF ace Robin Olds. In 2013, Flying magazine ranked Ueltschi number 13 on its list of the "51 Heroes of Aviation".
2012David S. Ware, American saxophonist and composer (born 1949)[†]
David Spencer Ware was an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and bandleader.
For the first time in a decade, rebels and the government of Colombia came together with the goal of ending the longest-running war in the Western Hemisphere.
One constant in a struggling city like Elyria, Ohio, is the shared determination to make it through this day and into the next.
Michael O’Neill is one of a new generation of board members unwilling to cede too much power to chief executives.
As his troops battled insurgents all around the country, Bashar al-Assad was determined that in Damascus, at least, he would preserve an air of normalcy, but such illusions are no longer possible.
Government warnings have led to plant overhauls, but drug shortages have often been the result.
With Election Day looming, the push for votes is coming down not only to a state-by-state fight, but also to one for the allegiance of vital demographic groups, chief among them undecided women.
The guide to finding businesses or restaurants is working to end inaccurate listings.
Newsweek will publish its final print magazine on Dec. 31 and begin an all-digital format, it announced Thursday.
The choreographer Benjamin Millepied aims to make dance more visible on the expansive cultural scene in Los Angeles.
Airstrikes sent up dust and rubble and crushed several dozen people who had returned to what they thought was a new haven in a country mired in civil war, witnesses said.
Regulators are reviewing Wal-Mart’s investment of nearly $100 million in Bharti Retail at a time when India restricted investments in retailing.
Google’s quarterly results, released early by mistake, reflected losses at Motorola Mobility and plummeting prices for clicks on ads.