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The United States faces a challenge, as some of the best fighters in an uprising that it wants to support belong to a group that it considers a terrorist organization.
With her tenure as Secretary of State coming to an end, Hillary Rodham Clinton appears to be a figure of nearly limitless possibility, but her next few years could ultimately be defined by her plans for the 2016 election.
Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel beat out Notre Dame linebacker Manti Teâo and Kansas State quarterback Collin Klein for college footballâs most prestigious award.
In Daniel Sullivanâs deflated production of âGlengarry Glen Ross,â subtext has been dragged to the surface and beached like a rusty submarine.
What is a Rolling Stones show in 2012? At the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Saturday it was slapping guitar from Keith Richards and irrepressible stamina from Mick Jagger.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 5, 2012, covering December 9, 2012.
Rihanna
Taylor Swift
One Direction
Phillip Phillips
Kid Rock
2012BĂ©la Nagy Abodi, Hungarian painter and academic (born 1918)[â ]
BĂ©la Nagy Abodi was a Hungarian painter, and professor of the Academy of Fine Arts in Cluj-Napoca. He studied in the class of Camil Ressu at the Academia de Belle-Arte in Bucharest, and then went to the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest, as a student of IstvĂĄn SzĆnyi. He served for 5 years in the Hungarian army, and became a war prisoner in USSR. He worked as a teacher at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cluj-Napoca.
2012Patrick Moore, English lieutenant, astronomer, and educator (born 1923)[â ]
Sir Patrick Alfred Caldwell-Moore was an English amateur astronomer who attained prominence in that field as a writer, researcher, radio commentator and television presenter.
2012Alex Moulton, English engineer and businessman, founded the Moulton Bicycle Company (born 1920)[â ]
Alexander Eric Moulton was an English engineer and inventor, specialising in suspension design.
2012Jenni Rivera, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (born 1969)[â ]
Dolores Janney "Jenni" Rivera was an American singer, songwriter, actress, businesswoman, and producer known for her work within the regional Mexican music genre, specifically in the styles of banda, mariachi and norteño. In life and death, several media outlets including CNN, Billboard, Fox News, and The New York Times have labeled her the most important female figure and top-selling female artist in regional Mexican music. Billboard magazine named her the "top Latin artist of 2013", and the "best selling Latin artist of 2013".
2012Charles Rosen, American pianist and musicologist (born 1927)[â ]
Charles Welles Rosen was an American pianist and writer on music. He is remembered for his career as a concert pianist, for his recordings, and for his many writings, notable among them the book The Classical Style.
2012Riccardo Schicchi, Italian director and producer, co-founded Diva Futura (born 1953)[â ]
Riccardo Schicchi was an Italian pornographer.
2012Norman Joseph Woodland, American inventor, co-created the bar code (born 1921)[â ]
Norman Joseph Woodland was an American inventor and engineer, best known as one of the inventors of the barcode, for which he received a patent in October 1952. Later, employed by IBM, he developed the format which became the ubiquitous Universal Product Code (UPC) of product labeling and check-out stands.
2012A plane crash in Mexico kills seven people including singer Jenni Rivera.[â ]
On 9 December 2012, a Learjet 25 business jet carrying five passengers including American singer Jenni Rivera crashed south of Monterrey, Mexico, minutes after taking off from the city's international airport. All aboard, including two crew members, were killed.
In 2012, the world population was approximately 7,201,202,485 people[â ]