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In 2012, the world population was approximately 7,201,202,485 people[â ]
2012Galina Vishnevskaya, Russian soprano and actress (born 1926)[â ]
Galina Pavlovna Vishnevskaya was a Russian soprano opera singer and recitalist who was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1966. She was the wife of cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, and mother to their two daughters, Olga and Elena Rostropovich.
2012Mendel Weinbach, Polish-Israeli rabbi and scholar (born 1933)[â ]
Chona Menachem Mendel (Mendel) Weinbach was an Orthodox Jewish rabbi, educator, author, and speaker. As the co-founder and dean of Ohr Somayach Institutions, a Jerusalem-based yeshiva for newly-observant Jewish men, he was considered one of the fathers of the modern-day baal teshuva movement.
2012Ravi Shankar, Indian-American sitar player and composer (born 1920)[â ]
Ravi Shankar was an Indian sitarist and composer. A sitar virtuoso, he became the world's best-known expert of Indian classical music in the second half of the 20th century, and influenced many musicians in India and throughout the world. Shankar was awarded India's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna, in 1999. He is also the father of American singer Norah Jones and British-American musician and sitar player Anoushka Shankar.
2012At least 125 people are killed and up to 200 injured in bombings in the Alawite village of Aqrab, Syria.[â ]
The Aqrab massacre is a contested event which occurred on 10/11 December 2012, during the Syrian civil war, in the Alawite section of the mixed town of Aqrab, Hama Governorate, Syria. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights claimed that 125 people were killed or wounded in those events, while other activists claimed that as many as 300 people were killed. Activists said that they could confirm the deaths of 10 people.
Two embarrassing snags last week revived concerns about the reliability of the Boeing 787, as officials sought to cast them as normal growing pains for an advanced aircraft.
Revelations that Islamist supporters of Mohamed Morsi detained dozens of his political opponents last week threaten to undermine the Egyptian presidentâs credibility.
Cecilia Chang, a dean at St. Johnâs University, was a complicated figure, one whose descent from beauty-parlor optimism to suicide took less than two days.
Just one of 23 Afghan brigades is able to operate on its own without air or other military support from the United States or NATO, a report found.
Sweeping legislation signed by Gov. Rick Snyder on Tuesday will vastly reduce the power of organized labor in a state that was a symbol of union clout for decades.
Wassail offers the tastes of apples and spices in a warm punch evoking British Christmas tradition.
Detectives on two coasts scoured for evidence and a motive after Brandon Lincoln Woodard, a law student from Los Angeles, was stalked and killed in Midtown Manhattan.
Doing away with scores of tax breaks could simplify the tax code and raise money, but it wonât be painless and it might not always be wise.
Bruno Marsâs new album, âUnorthodox Jukebox,â emphasizes a particular style or influence on each of its 10 tracks, offering energy-infused but profoundly cosseted songs.
For all the talk about the uncertainty of fiscal problems and new financial regulations, the fact is that businesses have long operated in uncertain times, capitalizing on the weakness to uncover opportunities.
âAmerica Today,â which depicts life just before the Great Depression, will go on display when the Met takes over the Whitneyâs Marcel Breuer building on Madison Avenue.
Watching multiple âNutcrackerâ productions leads to an appreciation for several male dancers, and a New York-centric version.