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In 2012, the world population was approximately 7,201,202,485 people[†]
2012Lam Adesina, Nigerian educator and politician, Governor of Oyo State (born 1939)[†]
Lamidi Ona-Olapo Adesina ; 20 January 1939 – 11 November 2012) was a Nigerian educator and politician who served as the governor of Oyo State from 1999 to 2003, as a member of the Alliance for Democracy (AD) party.
2012Joe Egan, English rugby player and coach (born 1919)[†]
Joseph Egan was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, and coached in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. He played at representative level for Great Britain and England and Lancashire, and at club level for Wigan from 1938 to 1950, Oldham and Leigh, as a hooker, or second-row, and coached at club level for Leigh, Wigan, Widnes, Warrington and Blackpool Borough. Egan is a Wigan Hall of Fame inductee, and was a life member at Wigan, Egan later became coach of Wigan, taking them to Championship success in the 1959–60 season.
2012Rex Hunt, English lieutenant, pilot, and diplomat, Governor of the Falkland Islands (born 1926)[†]
Sir Rex Masterman Hunt, was a British Government diplomat and colonial administrator. He was Governor, Commander-in-Chief, and Vice Admiral of the Falkland Islands between 1980 and September 1985. During the Argentine invasion of the islands in 1982, he was taken prisoner and temporarily removed from his position.
2012Victor Mees, Belgian footballer (born 1927)[†]
Victor Mees, nicknamed Vic or Vicky, was a Belgian footballer who played all of his career at Royal Antwerp.
2012Harry Wayland Randall, American photographer (born 1915)[†]
Harry W. Randall Jr. served in the Abraham Lincoln Brigade and was the Chief Photographer of the Photographic Unit of the XV International Brigade.
2012A strong earthquake with the magnitude 6.8 hits northern Burma, killing at least 26 people.[†]
The 2012 Shwebo earthquake occurred at 07:42 local time on 11 November in Myanmar. It had a magnitude of 6.8 on the moment magnitude scale and a maximum perceived intensity of VIII (Severe) on the Mercalli intensity scale. The epicenter was near the town of Male, 52 km NNE of the city of Shwebo, 64 km west of Mogok and 120 km north of Mandalay. Significant damage and possible casualties have been reported from near the epicenter, with up to 26 people dead and many more injured. Part of a bridge under construction fell into the Irrawaddy River near Shwebo and a gold mine collapsed at Sintku. An aftershock with a magnitude of 5.8 followed at 17:24 local time.
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Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel, a redshirt freshman, did not ruin No. 1 Alabama’s hopes of repeating as national champion by himself, but he was a big part of the Aggies’ upset win Saturday.
Eight deaths in a Staten Island enclave during Hurricane Sandy have raised questions about why the victims were in their homes when the storm hit and whether the city bore some responsibility for their failure to evacuate.
Speaker John A. Boehner is trying to assert control over a chastened House G.O.P. ahead of negotiations to avert sudden tax increases and across-the-board spending cuts in January.
A rising chorus of critics say the Communist Party’s agenda is not visionary enough to handle China’s looming crises and set the nation on the path to stability.
Phil Jackson appears to be on the verge of rejoining the Los Angeles Lakers, just 18 months after he drifted, a bit wearily, into retirement.
At a time when we can see video shot by a robot on Mars and when we can deposit checks on our smartphones without going to a bank, why do most people still have to go to a polling place to vote?
The government is scrutinizing the finances of 15,000 Greeks to see if they have stashed money abroad — about $5 billion in all over the last three years — to avoid paying taxes.
The Giants’ loss was their second in a row and left them in the unenviable position of stewing about their poor play for two weeks before facing the Packers.
A festival made up of countless small-scale impressions, Jazz & Colors featured 30 ensembles performing the same set list, at the same time, throughout Central Park.
Organizers of the National Book Awards dinner have added show business elements as part of an attempt to increase the event’s appeal.
Showtime’s 10-part documentary “Oliver Stone’s Untold History of the United States” focuses on the country’s missteps over the decades.
The husband-and-wife team of Mark Barrow and Sarah Parke have one of the more unusual working relationships in contemporary art.