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In 2014, the world population was approximately 7,381,616,244 people[†]
2014Tony Benn, English politician, Postmaster General of the United Kingdom (born 1925)[†]
Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn, known between 1960 and 1963 as Viscount Stansgate, was a British Labour Party politician and political activist who served as a Cabinet minister in the 1960s and 1970s. He was the Member of Parliament for Bristol South East and Chesterfield for 47 of the 51 years between 1950 and 2001. He later served as President of the Stop the War Coalition from 2001 to 2014.
2014Meir Har-Zion, Israeli commander (born 1934)[†]
Meir Har-Zion was an Israeli military commando.
Some experts suggest that a video sensation showing 10 pairs of strangers kissing for the first time could force major fashion designers to rethink how they advertise.
Upstairs residents of the century-old buildings, which had changed little in a neighborhood that has been rapidly modernizing, had close ties to a piano shop and a church.
UniCredit’s announcement of a 15 billion euro loss is seen as an attempt to get out in front of a European Central Bank review of large banks.
“Rocky,” the mostly torpid new musical at the Winter Garden Theater, counts on its audience’s residual affection for the film on which it is based.
After a spate of rail disasters, a blistering federal inquiry found that the East Coast railroad had developed a “deficient safety culture” in which workers were rushed and cellphone use was commonplace.
As Moscow ordered more military exercises on Ukraine’s border, Secretary of State John Kerry met the Russian foreign minister but failed to find a solution.
Some tips to keep yourself from becoming a victim of credit and debit card fraud, at least until merchants and banks give you a hand.
The de Blasio administration is seeking a deal with the union that would let New York City stretch out potentially huge retroactive pay raises.
The artist Oscar Murillo, who just turned 28, has experienced the wild ride from struggling art student to a hot star in the art world firmament.
In many ways, this seemed like an ordinary, modern cruise to the Bahamas. That is, until you ran into the curiously dressed passengers who appeared to be transported from the past.
Many college conferences stage postseason basketball tournaments in Las Vegas, but the N.C.A.A., concerned about gambling, has long refused to place any of its tournament games in the city.
Low rents draw more young people to the Upper East Side than its stodgy reputation would suggest. Restaurateurs have taken note.