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In 2013, the world population was approximately 7,291,793,585 people[†]
2013Odilia Dank, American educator and politician (born 1938)[†]
Odilia Mary Russo Dank was an American educator and politician from Oklahoma City who served as a Republican member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, from District 85. Dank was elected in 1994 and served until she was term limited in 2006.
2013Jack Harshman, American baseball player (born 1927)[†]
John Elvin Harshman was an American Major League Baseball pitcher with the New York Giants, Chicago White Sox, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, and Cleveland Indians between 1948 and 1960. He batted and threw left-handed.
2013John Hollander, American poet and critic (born 1929)[†]
John Hollander was an American poet and literary critic. At the time of his death, he was Sterling Professor Emeritus of English at Yale University, having previously taught at Connecticut College, Hunter College, and the Graduate Center, CUNY.
2013David Landes, Jewish-American historian and economist (born 1924)[†]
David Saul Landes was a professor of economics and of history at Harvard University. He is the author of Bankers and Pashas, Revolution in Time, The Unbound Prometheus, The Wealth and Poverty of Nations, and Dynasties. Such works have received both praise for detailed retelling of economic history, as well as scorn on charges of Eurocentrism, a charge he openly embraced, arguing that an explanation for an economic miracle that happened originally only in Europe must of necessity be a Eurocentric analysis.
2013Frank Martínez, American painter (born 1924)[†]
Francisco Alonzo "Frank" Martínez was an American artist. He painted murals of his Mexican American heritage.
2013Gus Winckel, Dutch lieutenant and pilot (born 1912)[†]
Willem Frederick August "Gus" Winckel was a Dutch military officer and pilot who flew for the Royal Netherlands East Indies Air Force (ML-KNIL) in World War II. During the attack on Broome, Western Australia, on 3 March 1942, Winckel managed to land his plane full of refugees safely on the Broome airstrip just before the Japanese attack. He then dismounted the plane's machine gun and shot down one of the Japanese fighters, the only Allied "kill" during the attack.
With the myriad, though largely invisible, ways the Egyptian military assists United States interests in the region, Egyptian generals have some leverage in facing Washington and its pressure to end a crackdown.
SAC’s prospects are grim as the fund, while operating under a criminal indictment, prepares to become leaner with virtually no outside investors.
At training camp, the Giants rely on an equipment staff that handles everything from shoelaces to shaving cream.
Alex Rodriguez, who is fighting a 211-game suspension, has become the target of players upset that he is allowed to continue to play when they say it is clear he violated the rules.
On his second tour as governor of California, Jerry Brown has succeeded in ways few would have imagined when he took office in 2010.
Facing a sluggish economy and increasing competition, Japan’s prime minister and major companies want to reduce longstanding restrictions on dismissing full-time workers.
Web entrepreneurs are moving closer to duplicating the real-world feel of a mall, where shoppers can pop in and out of multiple stores, and browse with the advice of friends.
Aiming to save neighborhoods from blight and to ease burdens on the police, municipalities have adopted ordinances requiring landlords to weed out disruptive tenants.
Pei-Shen Qian, a 73-year-old immigrant, is believed to have produced more than 60 works that were attributed to Modernist masters.
Egypt’s military crackdown has left President Obama in a no-win position: risk a partnership that has been the bedrock of Middle East peace, or stand by while allies try to hold on to power by mowing down opponents.
The United States Army will be the first to test a system by Sierra Energy to turn waste — whether banana peels, used syringes, old iPods, even raw sewage — into fuel.
The case against two former traders at JPMorgan Chase has larger lessons for investors and regulators.