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In 2013, the world population was approximately 7,291,793,585 people[†]
2013Jerome Karle, American crystallographer and academic; awarded the 1985 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for research into the molecular structure of chemical compounds (born 1918)[†]
Jerome Karle was an American physical chemist. Jointly with Herbert A. Hauptman, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1985, for the direct analysis of crystal structures using X-ray scattering techniques.
2013Esther Williams, American swimmer and actress (born 1921)[†]
Esther Jane Williams was an American competitive swimmer and actress. She set regional and national records in her late teens on the Los Angeles Athletic Club swim team. Unable to compete in the 1940 Summer Olympics because of the outbreak of World War II, she joined Billy Rose's Aquacade, where she took on the role vacated by Eleanor Holm after the show's move from New York City to San Francisco. While in the city, she spent five months swimming alongside Olympic gold-medal winner and Tarzan star Johnny Weissmuller. Williams caught the attention of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer scouts at the Aquacade. After appearing in several small roles, and alongside Mickey Rooney in an Andy Hardy film and future five-time co-star Van Johnson in A Guy Named Joe, Williams made a series of films in the 1940s and early 1950s known as "aquamusicals", which featured elaborate performances with synchronised swimming and diving.
The Justice Department has claimed that the publishers used Apple as a conduit to communicate with each other; Apple lawyers have sought to portray the conversations as normal business proceedings.
Ultimately, JPMorgan Chase will have given up nearly $1.6 billion as a result of its dealings with Jefferson County.
SAC Capital Advisors, which is caught up in an insider trading investigation, told employees in an e-mail that it was stable despite a surge in investor withdrawals.
While Turkey’s economy has grown swiftly over the past decade, the recent protests in Taksim Square are signaling that economic trouble could be approaching.
Representative John D. Dingell Jr., Democrat of Michigan, is about to set a new standard with 57 years, 5 months and 26 days of House service.
The International Monetary Fund released an internal report that sharply criticizes its first bailout program for Greece, saying it seriously underestimated the severity of the country’s downturn.
In “The Tutors,” written by Erica Lipez and directed by Thomas Kail, founders of a Web site that isn’t quite Facebook struggle to get by.
Film stars are no longer the reader magnets they once were, so magazines are turning to TV actors, reality stars and musicians.
If your imagination is big enough to encompass the world beyond your apartment, do you really need more than 260 square feet?
Recent unapologetic selections reflect a conclusion in the West Wing that when it comes to choosing personnel, the president can never satisfy Republicans.
As China seeks to become more competitive, scientists on the job in the United States are being asked to share technology data.
President Obama named Susan E. Rice and Samantha Power to major national security posts on Wednesday, promoting two outspoken voices for humanitarian intervention.