The Power of One
By Ruth La Ferla
Among actresses, wearing a custom-made gown on the red carpet is a badge of distinction.
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On this day
January 11, 2014
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
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Federal Consumer Agency Ponders Its Next Crusades
By Tara Siegel Bernard
Several advocacy groups say they hope to see the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau make significant process on overdraft fees, debt collection and mandatory-arbitration clauses in contracts.
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Despite Bumps, the Knicksâ Bandwagon Starts to Roll
By Scott Cacciola
Strange episodes have merely become part of the scenery for the Knicks as they have finally figured out how to play cohesive basketball.
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To Regain Trust, Target Must Do More, Crisis Experts Say
By Hilary Stout
The recent revisions of the extent of the hacking at Target raise serious questions about security.
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Seahawksâ Punt Team Is Flashy With Play, Not Name
By Ben Shpigel
The unit, unlike other segments of one of the N.F.C.âs most dominant teams, lacks a nickname, but it shuts down return men.
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Music on My Birthday
Billboard 200
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 8, 2014, covering January 11, 2014.
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Beyonce
Beyonce
- Last week
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- Peak
- 1
- Weeks
- 3
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Midnight Memories
One Direction
- Last week
- 3
- Peak
- 1
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- 5
- 3
The Marshall Mathers LP 2
Eminem
- Last week
- 6
- Peak
- 1
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- 8
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Frozen
Soundtrack
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- Peak
- 4
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- 5
PRISM
Katy Perry
- Last week
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- 1
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Notable Deaths
2014Keiko Awaji, Japanese actress (born 1933)[â ]
Keiko Awaji was a Japanese stage and film actress.
2014Muhammad Habibur Rahman, Indian-Bangladeshi jurist and politician, Prime Minister of Bangladesh (born 1928)[â ]
Muhammad Habibur Rahman was a Chief Justice of Bangladesh Supreme Court in 1995. He was the Chief Adviser of the 1996 caretaker government which oversaw the Seventh parliamentary elections in Bangladesh. He was a faculty member at the Department of Law, University of Rajshahi and University of Dhaka. Besides, being a language activist, advocate of the Bengali language, he wrote extensively and published eight books on the subject. He played a significant role to implement Bengali in the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. He wrote Jathashabdo (1974), the first thesaurus in the Bengali language.
2014Chai Trong-rong, Taiwanese educator and politician (born 1935)[â ]
Chai Trong-rong, sometimes known in English as Trong Chai, was a Taiwanese politician.
2014Ariel Sharon, Israeli general and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Israel (born 1928)[â ]
Ariel Sharon was an Israeli general and politician who served as the prime minister of Israel from March 2001 until April 2006.
Historical Context for January 11, 2014
In 2014, the world population was approximately 7,381,616,244 people[â ]