On this day
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The White House has become entangled in a debate over how much emphasis to put on unity with European allies reluctant to take stronger economic actions against Moscow, while pro-Russian forces in Ukraine continue to defy demands.
Physical therapy is a big recipient of national Medicare dollars — and physical therapists in Brooklyn are among the biggest billers of all, government data indicates.
President Nicolás Maduro, fearing efforts to overthrow him, said he held the opposition responsible for the violence that, by some accounts, had claimed more than 40 lives.
In a drive to win more rights and protections, gay advocates are setting their sights on Southern and Western states, where the movement’s rapid progress has largely eluded gay men and lesbians.
The Clippers players turned their jerseys inside out during a practice. You wonder, in years to come, if these proud men and splendid athletes will think that was enough of a response.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 23, 2014, covering April 28, 2014.
Soundtrack
Pharrell Williams
5 Seconds of Summer
MercyMe
Black Label Society
2014Barbara Fiske Calhoun, American cartoonist and painter (born 1919)[†]
Barbara Fiske Calhoun was an American cartoonist and painter, one of the few female creators from the Golden Age of Comic Books. She co-founded Quarry Hill Creative Center, one of Vermont's oldest alternative communities, on the Fiske family property, in Rochester, Vermont.
2014William Honan, American journalist and author (born 1930)[†]
William Holmes Honan was an American journalist and author who directed coverage of the arts at The New York Times as its culture editor in the 1980s. Honan held senior editorial positions at the New York Times Magazine, Newsweek, Saturday Review and The Villager, a weekly newspaper serving downtown Manhattan.
2014Dennis Kamakahi, American guitarist and composer (born 1953)[†]
Dennis David Kahekilimamaoikalanikeha Kamakahi was a Hawaiian slack key guitarist, recording artist, music composer, and Christian minister. He was a three-time Grammy Award winner, and in 2009 he was inducted into the Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame.
2014Edgar Laprade, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1919)[†]
Edgar Louis "Beaver" Laprade was a Canadian professional ice hockey centre who played for the New York Rangers in the National Hockey League. The son of Thomas and Edith Laprade, he was born in the New Ontario community of Mine Centre. By age 4, he and his family moved to Port Arthur, Ontario. He also spent time with the Port Arthur Bearcats of the Thunder Bay Senior Hockey League.
2014Jack Ramsay, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (born 1925)[†]
John Travilla Ramsay was an American basketball coach, commonly known as "Dr. Jack". He was best known for leading the Portland Trail Blazers to the 1977 NBA championship, and for his broadcasting work with the Indiana Pacers, the Miami Heat, and for ESPN TV and ESPN Radio. Ramsay was among the most respected coaches in NBA history and a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. He was the winner of the Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award for the 2009–10 NBA season.
2014Idris Sardi, Indonesian violinist and composer (born 1938)[†]
Muhammad Idris Sardi was an Indonesian violinist and composer.
2014Frederic Schwartz, American architect, co-designed Empty Sky (born 1951)[†]
Frederic David Schwartz was an American architect, author, and city planner whose work includes Empty Sky, the New Jersey 9-11 Memorial, which was dedicated in Liberty State Park on September 11, 2011, the tenth anniversary of the September 11 attacks.
2014Ryan Tandy, Australian rugby player (born 1981)[†]
Ryan Tandy was an international rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s. He played as a prop in the National Rugby League (NRL) for the St. George Illawarra Dragons, South Sydney Rabbitohs, Wests Tigers, Melbourne Storm, and the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, and in the Super League for Hull Kingston Rovers. He was banned from playing professional rugby league in Australia after being found guilty of spot-fixing during a match in 2010, and in 2014 died of a suspected drug overdose.
In 2014, the world population was approximately 7,381,616,244 people[†]