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Gary Gensler became known during his tenure at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for his long work hours and aggressive oversight of the derivatives industry.
The day after his inauguration as mayor of New York, Bill de Blasio introduced himself to a wary police force and confronted a major winter storm, the city’s first of 2014.
Indian athletes, with easy access to legal steroids and minimal support from their nation, lead the world in suspensions for performance-enhancing drug use.
The Vienna State Opera is presenting productions of “Die Fledermaus” and “Fidelio” by the Austrian director Otto Schenk.
The opera “Einstein on the Beach,” directed by Robert Wilson, with music by Philip Glass, arrives in Paris.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 1, 2014, covering January 3, 2014.
Beyonce
Garth Brooks
One Direction
The Robertsons
Kelly Clarkson
2014Phil Everly, American singer and guitarist (born 1939)[†]
Phillip Everly was an American musician, who was one half of the duo The Everly Brothers alongside his older brother Don.
2014George Goodman, American economist and author (born 1930)[†]
George Jerome Waldo Goodman was an American author and economics broadcast commentator, best known by his pseudonym Adam Smith. He published fiction under his own name.
2014Saul Zaentz, American film producer (born 1921)[†]
Saul Zaentz was an American film producer and record company executive. He won the Academy Award for Best Picture three times and, in 1996, was awarded the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award.
In 2014, the world population was approximately 7,381,616,244 people[†]