On this day
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
Portrait 1080 × 1920 PNG · created on your device
Administration officials and some lawmakers have expressed frustration that critical parts of President Obama’s financial overhaul, the Dodd-Frank act, remain unenforced.
Several companies have explicit policies against cronyism, and hiring a family member simply for a relationship can be troubling and may not necessarily serve a company’s interests. But that doesn’t mean the children of powerful people aren’t always qualified candidates.
As Europeans and the United States considered cutting cash aid to Egypt, Saudi Arabia said that it and its allies would make up any reduction and vowed continued support.
Bob Filner was supposed to be back on the job after two weeks in rehab and a week of personal leave, but at City Hall he was nowhere to be found.
The NBC morning show will promote a book every four or five weeks, starting on Tuesday with “The Bone Season,” by Samantha Shannon.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 14, 2013, covering August 20, 2013.
Robin Thicke
Five Finger Death Punch
Jay-Z
Tech N9ne
Backstreet Boys
2013Sathima Bea Benjamin, South African singer-songwriter (born 1936)[†]
Beatrice "Sathima Bea" Benjamin was a South African vocalist and composer based in New York City for nearly 45 years.
2013Narendra Dabholkar, Indian author and activist (born 1945)[†]
Narendra Achyut Dabholkar was an Indian physician, social activist, rationalist and author from Maharashtra, India. In 1989 he founded and became president of the Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmoolan Samiti. Triggered by his assassination in 2013, the pending Anti-Superstition and Black Magic Ordinance was promulgated in the state of Maharashtra, four days later. In 2014, he was posthumously awarded the Padma Shri for social work.
2013Don Hassler, American saxophonist and composer (born 1929)[†]
Don Hassler was an American composer, musician, and A&R representative. He is known for his membership and performances in jazz bands and symphonic orchestras, in which he played the saxophone and bassoon. He also served in military bands for seventeen years, including as the commander of the 63rd Infantry Division Band.
2013Elmore Leonard, American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter (born 1925)[†]
Elmore John Leonard Jr. was an American novelist, short story author and screenwriter. He was, according to British journalist Anthony Lane, "hailed as one of the best crime writers in the land". His earliest novels, published in the 1950s, were Westerns, but he went on to specialize in crime fiction and suspense thrillers, many of which have been adapted into motion pictures. Among his best-known works are Hombre, Swag, City Primeval, LaBrava, Glitz, Freaky Deaky, Get Shorty, Rum Punch, Out of Sight and Tishomingo Blues.
2013Marian McPartland, English-American pianist and composer (born 1918)[†]
Margaret Marian McPartland OBE, was an English and American jazz pianist, composer, and writer. She was the host of Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz on National Public Radio from 1978 to 2011.
2013John W. Morris, American general (born 1921)[†]
John W. Morris was an American lieutenant general who became Chief of Engineers.
2013Ted Post, American director and screenwriter (born 1918)[†]
Theodore Ian Post was an American director of film and television. Highly prolific, Post directed numerous episodes of well-known television series including Rawhide, Gunsmoke, and The Twilight Zone as well as blockbuster films such as Hang 'Em High, Beneath the Planet of the Apes and Magnum Force.
In 2013, the world population was approximately 7,291,793,585 people[†]