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With little fuss or political protest — or notice abroad — Denmark has been at work overhauling entitlements, trying to prod Danes into working more, longer or both.
The Nets jumped out to an early lead and dominated the Bulls as their pregame party became a nightlong event.
The Buccaneers acquired the Jets’ All-Pro cornerback, Darrelle Revis, who agreed to terms with Tampa Bay on a new long-term contract, for six years and $96 million.
Ahead of receiving a lifetime achievement award from the Film Society of Lincoln Center, Barbra Streisand answered some questions from Times readers.
Comedy Central will use Twitter to host a comedy festival. The partnership between the two companies represents the evolving relationship between television and social media.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 17, 2013, covering April 21, 2013.
Justin Timberlake
The Band Perry
Tyler| the Creator
Blake Shelton
Lil Wayne
2013Shakuntala Devi, Indian mathematician and astrologer (born 1929)[†]
Shakuntala Devi was an Indian mental calculator, astrologer, and writer, popularly known as the "Human Computer". Her talent earned her a place in the 1982 edition of The Guinness Book of World Records. However, the certificate for the record was given posthumously on 30 July 2020, despite Devi achieving her world record on 18 June 1980 at Imperial College, London. Devi was a precocious child, and she demonstrated her arithmetic abilities at the University of Mysore without any formal education.
2013Leopold Engleitner, Austrian Holocaust survivor, author, and educator (born 1905)[†]
Leopold Engleitner was an Austrian conscientious objector, as one of Jehovah's Witnesses, and a concentration camp survivor who spoke publicly and with students about his experiences. He was the subject of the documentary Unbroken Will. Before his death, Engleitner was the world's oldest known male Buchenwald, Niederhagen and Ravensbrück concentration camp survivor and the oldest male Austrian.
In 2013, the world population was approximately 7,291,793,585 people[†]