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In 2013, the world population was approximately 7,291,793,585 people[†]
2013Vince Flynn, American author (born 1966)[†]
Vincent Joseph Flynn was an American author of political thriller novels featuring the fictional assassin Mitch Rapp. He was a story consultant for the fifth season of the television series 24. He died of prostate cancer on June 19, 2013.
2013James Gandolfini, American actor (born 1961)[†]
James John Gandolfini was an American actor. He was best known for his portrayal of Tony Soprano, the Italian-American Mafia crime boss in HBO's television series The Sopranos (1999–2007). For this role, he won three Emmy Awards, five Screen Actors Guild Awards, and one Golden Globe Award. His role as Tony Soprano has been described as one of the greatest and most influential performances in television history.
2013Gyula Horn, Hungarian politician, 37th Prime Minister of Hungary (born 1932)[†]
Gyula János Horn was a Hungarian politician who was the Prime Minister of Hungary from 1994 to 1998.
2013Dave Jennings, American football player and sportscaster (born 1952)[†]
David Tuthill Jennings was an American professional football player who was a punter in the National Football League (NFL) from 1974 to 1987. He played for the New York Giants and the New York Jets. He later worked as a radio color commentator for Jets and Giants games until 2007. He died of complications with Parkinson's disease in 2013.
2013Filip Topol, Czech singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1965)[†]
Filip Topol was a Czech singer, songwriter, pianist and writer. He was best known as leader of the alternative rock band Psí vojáci, but he also performed as a solo artist. Topol was the younger brother of the writer Jáchym Topol, son of the playwright and dissident Josef Topol and grandchild of the writer Karel Schulz.
2013Slim Whitman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1923)[†]
Ottis Dewey "Slim" Whitman Jr. was an American country music singer and guitarist known for his yodeling abilities and his use of falsetto. Recorded figures show 70 million sales, during a career that spanned more than seven decades. His prolific output included more than 100 albums and around 500 recorded songs; these consisted of country music, contemporary gospel, Broadway show tunes, love songs, and standards. Soon after being signed, in the 1950s Whitman toured with Elvis Presley.
Ben S. Bernanke faces the growing challenge of shaping investor expectations amid increasing signs that his era as Federal Reserve chairman is ending.
In resisting calls to ban ads for nutritionally questionable food, Nickelodeon argued that its job was children’s entertainment, not nutrition.
The Shakespeare in the Park production of “The Comedy of Errors,” directed by Daniel Sullivan, moves this mistaken-identity farce to a locale straight out of “Guys and Dolls.”
President Obama’s main counterparts on the world stage make little attempt to cloak their disagreements in diplomatic niceties.
In early testimony in the criminal trial of James (Whitey) Bulger, who is charged with racketeering and murder, witnesses shared their concepts of honor and loyalty.
Critics say the fact that no agent in the past two decades has been disciplined for deliberately shooting someone raises questions about the bureau’s internal investigations.
3-D printing seems like an exciting new technology, but practical applications of the technology are harder to come by.
In film and television, work and wedded bliss are now synonymous: the harder marriage is, the more romantic it seems.
The move would be the most consequential climate policy step he could take and one sure to provoke legal challenges from Republicans and some industries.
The prevalence of dangerous strains of the human papillomavirus, a principal cause of cervical cancer, has dropped by half in the last decade, officials say.
Robert Fraley of Monsanto shares the prize with two other scientists prominent in the field of genetically modified crops.
Policy makers, more confident about the recovery, said they intended to reduce their monetary stimulus program later this year if unemployment continues to decline.