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In 2013, the world population was approximately 7,291,793,585 people[â ]
2013Ray Barnhart, American businessman and politician (born 1928)[â ]
Ray Anderson Barnhart was an American businessman and politician who served as Federal Highway Administrator from 1981 to 1987. He started his career as City Councilman in Pasadena, Texas. He was a member of the Texas House of Representatives 100th district from and served from January 9, 1973 to January 14, 1975. He was an Eagle Scout. He also served as Chairman of the Texas State Republican Party.
2013John Bierwirth, American lawyer and businessman (born 1924)[â ]
John Cocks (Jack) Bierwirth was an American lawyer and businessman. Bierwirth was an attorney by education, and a banking and financial expert by trade. He was best known as the CEO of Grumman during the 1970s and 1980s, a period of considerable reduction and downsizing in defense- and space-related industries.
2013Roberto Civita, Italian-Brazilian businessman (born 1936)[â ]
Roberto F. Civita was a Brazilian businessman and publisher. Born in Italy, he emigrated at the age of two with his family to New York in 1938 to escape effects of the Race Laws. They moved again to Brazil in 1949, where his father Victor Civita founded Editora Abril, a publishing house.
2013Tom Lichtenberg, American football player and coach (born 1940)[â ]
Thomas Lichtenberg was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach also at Morehead State University (1979â1980), the University of Maine (1989), and Ohio University (1990â1994), compiling a career college football coaching record of 26â59â3. He was also an assistant coach at Ohio State University and the University of Notre Dame.
2013Otto Muehl, Austrian painter (born 1925)[â ]
Otto Muehl was an Austrian artist and convicted sex criminal, who was known as one of the co-founders as well as a main participant of Viennese Actionism and for founding the Friedrichshof Commune.
2013Jack Vance, American author (born 1916)[â ]
John Holbrook Vance was an American mystery, fantasy, and science fiction writer. He also wrote several mystery novels under pen names, including Ellery Queen.
At the Dover Port Mortuary, where the bodies of service members are brought to be prepared for funeral, no detail is too small, whether the coffin is closed or the body slated for cremation.
After years of battles over state budget deficits and spending cutbacks, an unexpected surplus has set off a debate about which programs to restore and how long the boon will last.
An American withdrawal from Afghanistan and the curtailment of the drone campaign could plunge Pakistanâs hotbed tribal areas into further chaos.
Robbie Rogers, who retired from soccer when he announced in February that he was gay, says he saw a chance to do more by returning.
The Rangers were bounced from the postseason, a victim of their ineffectual offense and an inability to counter the Bruinsâ fourth line and a 22-year-old rookie.
The plan for Penn Station and Madison Square Garden, issued in a report last week, tries to address the hubâs limitations. The architecture critic Michael Kimmelman makes further suggestions.
Four people were wounded in a strike in the Hezbollah-controlled area of southern Beirut, Lebanon, during an attack that seemed linked to the militant groupâs growing role in the Syrian war next door.
Officials appear poised to try to settle a dispute over the Chinese telecommunications firms Huawei and ZTE, which were accused of violating antidumping and subsidies laws.
To counter skepticism about its Al Jazeera America cable channel, the Qatar-based network is building a sizable news organization to cover the United States.
Tony Kanaan, racing in his 12th Indy 500, secured his first win in the race when he passed Ryan Hunter-Reay with three laps to go and Dario Franchitti crashed a lap later.
Better Place failed to attract many customers to its battery-swapping service plan, and its largest shareholder decided against further investment.
Game consoles are moving into a new generation, facing the competition from mobile and tablet games.