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November 19, 2012

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Historical Context for November 19, 2012

In 2012, the world population was approximately 7,201,202,485 people[†]

Notable Deaths

2012John Hefin, Welsh director and producer (born 1941)[†]

John Hefin MBE was a Welsh television producer and director who served as head of drama at BBC Wales. He began working for the BBC in 1960, and his career at the corporation included devising the long-running Welsh soap opera Pobol y Cwm, co-writing and directing the comedy film Grand Slam, and producing the 1981 biopic The Life and Times of David Lloyd George. He was later involved with the work of Film Cymru, the Film Commission Wales, and the media journal Cyfrwng. He also worked in the Department of Theatre, Film and Television Studies at Aberystwyth University. He died from cancer in November 2012.

2012Shiro Miya, Japanese singer-songwriter (born 1943)[†]

Shiro Miya was a Japanese enka singer, lyricist and composer. His band Shiro Miya and the Pinkara Trio's 1972 song "Onna no Michi", became the second best-selling single in Japanese Oricon charts history, selling over 3.25 million copies.

Warren Rudman

2012Warren Rudman, American lawyer and politician (born 1930)[†]

Warren Bruce Rudman was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States Senator from New Hampshire from 1980 to 1993. A member of the Republican Party, he was known as a moderate centrist, to such an extent that President Clinton approached him in 1994 about replacing departing Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen in Clinton's cabinet, an offer that Rudman declined.

Arkady and Boris Strugatsky

2012Boris Strugatskiy, Russian author (born 1933)[†]

The brothers Arkady Strugatsky and Boris Strugatsky were Soviet and Russian science-fiction authors who collaborated through most of their careers. Their notable works include Hard to Be a God (1964), Monday Begins on Saturday (1965), and Roadside Picnic (1971), later adapted by Andrei Tarkovsky into the film Stalker (1979).

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Headlines from November 19, 2012

The Tablet Market Grows Cluttered

By Claire Cain Miller and Brian X. Chen

Tablets were supposed to be a simple alternative to the bloated personal computer market. But now that the iPad has strong competitors, shopping decisions are becoming harder.

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Intel Chief Executive to Retire in May

By Quentin Hardy

The president and chief executive of Intel, Paul S. Otellini, is retiring in May after 40 years with the company. The company said it would prepare to transition to a new leader over the next six months.

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