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Revisit the news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
In 2012, the world population was approximately 7,201,202,485 people[â ]
2012Nicholas Ambraseys, Greek-English seismologist and engineer (born 1929)[â ]
Nicholas Neocles Ambraseys was a Greek engineering seismologist. He was emeritus professor of engineering seismology and senior research fellow at Imperial College London. For many years Ambraseys was considered the leading figure and an authority in earthquake engineering and seismology in Europe.
2012Mark Crispin, American computer scientist and academic, designed the IMAP (born 1956)[â ]
Mark Reed Crispin is best known as the father of the Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP), having invented it in 1985 during his time at the Stanford Knowledge Systems Laboratory. He is the author or co-author of numerous RFCs and was the principal author of UW IMAP, one of the reference implementations of the IMAP4rev1 protocol described in RFC 3501. He also designed the MIX mail storage format.
2012VĂĄclav DrobnĂ˝, Czech footballer (born 1980)[â ]
VĂĄclav DrobnĂ˝ was a Czech footballer who notably played for Sparta Prague having spent time in their youth team as well as spells at Czech, Slovak, French and German sides. DrobnĂ˝ played twice for the Czech Republic and was most known in England for his short stint on loan at Aston Villa.
2012Frankie Walsh, Irish hurler and manager (born 1936)[â ]
Frankie Walsh was an Irish hurler who played as a left wing-forward at senior level for the Waterford county team.
General Schwarzkopf, who was lauded for his leadership during the war, was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and Queen Elizabeth II made him an honorary knight.
A federal subsidy for new installations will not apply to anything that goes online after Dec. 31, so the industry is rushing to complete projects now â and it expects to do little thereafter.
Lawmakers trudged back to Washington ostensibly to work out a deal to avoid large tax increases and spending cuts set to take effect in just a few days.
Amputations have occurred at least 14 times since the Islamist takeover of the region last spring, with a vow of more to come.
Over the last three years, Ireland embraced a novel strategy to help reduce its staggering deficit: charging households and businesses for the environmental damage they cause.
In horse racing, industry leaders have taken significant steps against the overmedicating of horses. But in the cloistered equestrian world, the issue has attracted less notice.
A director talks about his nostalgia for video games and how it figured into his latest film project.
The British publishing and education company Pearson says it will invest $89.5 million in the digital Nook business for a 5 percent stake, as Barnes & Noble says that its holiday sales will be below expectations.
Havard Rugland knows next to nothing about American football, but his video of kicking tricks impressed a former N.F.L. player and attracted the Jetsâ interest.
Wellness retreats, wellness rooms, wellness resorts, wellness weekends. Answering the insistent call of wellness tourism and trying to figure out what it all is.
The fiscal stalemate in Washington has left many with no idea how much theyâll be paying in federal income taxes in 2013, but taxpayers can take some steps amid the uncertainty.
The critics Jon Pareles, Ben Ratliff and Jon Caramanica discuss the yearâs biggest pop trends, and those that will be reshaping the genre for years to come.