October 26, 2012

2012Mac Ahlberg, Swedish-Italian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer (born 1931)^[†]

Mac Ahlberg was a Swedish film director and cinematographer.

2012Arnold Greenberg, American businessman, co-founded Snapple (born 1932)^[†]

Arnold Shepard Greenberg was an American businessman who co-founded Snapple, a brand of tea and juice drinks, in the 1970s with Leonard Marsh, his former high school classmate, and Hyman Golden, who was Marsh's brother-in-law. Greenberg later became the vice president and chief operating officer of the Snapple Corporation and retired after the 1994 acquisition of the brand to Quaker Oats.

2012John M. Johansen American architect, designed the Morris A. Mechanic Theatre (born 1916)^[†]

John MacLane Johansen was an American architect and a member of the Harvard Five. Johansen took an active role in the modern movement.

2012Alan Kirschenbaum, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1961)^[†]

Alan Kirschenbaum was an American television sitcom producer and writer.

2012Björn Sieber, Austrian skier (born 1989)^[†]

Björn Sieber was an Austrian alpine skier. Sieber won two medals at the world junior championships, a silver in giant slalom in 2009, and bronze in super-G in 2008. His best World Cup result was seventh at a super-combined event in February 2011 in Bansko, Bulgaria. Sieber died in a car crash on 26 October 2012, at the age of 23.

2012Alan Stretton, Australian general (born 1922)^[†]

Major General Alan Bishop Stretton, was a senior Australian Army officer. He came to public prominence through his work in charge of cleanup efforts at Darwin in the aftermath of Cyclone Tracy on Christmas Day 1974. As head of the National Disasters Organisation he managed the evacuation of 35,000 people in six days, including loading a jumbo jet with 673 passengers, mostly children, then a record for the most people aloft in the one aircraft.

2012Microsoft made a public release of Windows 8 and made it available on new PCs.^[†]

Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology conglomerate headquartered in Redmond, Washington. Founded in 1975, the company became influential in the rise of personal computers through software like Windows, and the company has since expanded to Internet services, cloud computing, video gaming and other fields. Microsoft is the largest software maker, one of the most valuable public U.S. companies, and one of the most valuable brands globally.