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In 2013, the world population was approximately 7,291,793,585 people[â ]
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 14, 2013, covering August 15, 2013.
Robin Thicke
Five Finger Death Punch
Jay-Z
Tech N9ne
Backstreet Boys
Soundtrack
Emblem3
Selena Gomez
Kidz Bop Kids
Florida Georgia Line
2013RosalĂa Mera, Spanish businesswoman, co-founded Inditex and Zara (born 1944)[â ]
RosalĂa Mera Goyenechea was a Spanish businesswoman and entrepreneur. At the time of her death, she was the richest woman in Spain and the world's richest self-made woman. In 1975, she co-founded the Zara retail chain with her then-husband Amancio Ortega Gaona. The company grew to become the world's largest fashion retailer.
2013SĆawomir MroĆŒek, Polish-French author and playwright (born 1930)[â ]
SĆawomir MroĆŒek was a Polish dramatist, writer and cartoonist.
2013Marich Man Singh Shrestha, Nepali politician, 28th Prime Minister of Nepal (born 1942)[â ]
Marich Man Singh Shrestha was a Nepali politician and former Prime Minister of Nepal. He was born in 1942 in Khalanga Bazar, Salyan, Nepal. He served as the Prime Minister of Nepal from 15 June 1986 to 6 April 1990, and is remembered as the last Prime Minister of the Panchayat period and the Prime Minister during the 1989 Indian economic blockade on Nepal. Prior to that, he was the speaker of the Rastriya Panchayat from 1981 to 1985. He is one of the only two non-Khas Prime Ministers of Nepal, both the exceptions having been Newar Shresthas. He is the first Newar to have assumed the full title of the Prime Minister of Nepal, second if we count Gehendra Bahadur Rajbhandari who was acknowledged as an Acting Prime Minister.
2013At least 27 people are killed and 226 injured in an explosion in southern Beirut near a complex used by Lebanon's militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon. A previously unknown Syrian Sunni group claims responsibility in an online video.[â ]
Beirut is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. As of 2014, Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5Â million, just under half of Lebanon's population, which makes it the fourth-largest city in the Levant region and the sixteenth-largest in the Arab world. The city is situated on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon's Mediterranean coast. Beirut has been inhabited for more than 5,000 years, making it one of the oldest cities in the world.
2013The Smithsonian announces the discovery of the olinguito, the first new carnivorous species found in the Americas in 35 years.[â ]
The Smithsonian Institution, or simply the Smithsonian, is a group of museums, education and research centers, created by the U.S. government "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge". Founded on August 10, 1846, it operates as a trust instrumentality and is not formally a part of any of the three branches of the federal government. The institution is named after its founding donor, British scientist James Smithson. It was originally organized as the United States National Museum, but that name ceased to exist administratively in 1967.
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Economies in Japan and the United States are growing and Europe appears to be easing away from a recession just as growth is slowing in Brazil, Russia, India and China.
The military-backed government in Egypt had hinted at a milder clearing operation that would last days. But when it came, protesters appeared stunned by its fury.
Regulators and industry officials continue to debate the merits of a possible merger between American Airlines and US Airways.
When a Vermont wind farm was required to cut back generation, the episode prompted a larger debate about the alternative energyâs place in the nationâs power supply.
A quiet settled over Egyptâs capital the day after a crackdown that killed over 600, as the city braced for new protests by the supporters of the ousted president, Mohamed Morsi.
Dave Chappelle, who has kept a low profile since quitting his hit comedy show in 2005, is touring again, with long stories and nods to his unexpected exit.
President Obama warned of taking future steps against Egypt but made no mention of cutting off $1.5 billion in military and economic aid to the country.
Despite signs of a reviving economy, several big retail chains said consumers were still limiting their spending to the essentials.
Forest Whitaker plays the title character in âLee Danielsâ The Butler,â which covers eight presidential administrations and beyond.
Major League Baseball announced plans to expand video review in 2014: managers would be able to challenge calls, and a crew in New York would rule on them.
Gas producers see profits in exports, but Andrew Liveris, chief of Dow Chemical, wants to block what he considers a squandering of a national resource, and a hit to his bottom line.
A retired couple from the Detroit suburbs spent years turning their 1988 Dodge Shadow into a pro-street custom and brought it to the Woodward Dream Cruise over the weekend.