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May 6, 2014

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A Coffee Crop Withers

By Elisabeth Malkin

A plant-choking fungus called coffee rust has hurt farmers and sent economic damages rippling through local communities.

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A House, and Family, Divided

By Charles Isherwood

“The City of Conversation,” Anthony Giardina’s new play at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, charts the rise of partisan politics in Washington through the lens of a socialite.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 30, 2014, covering May 6, 2014.

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    Album cover for Frozen by Soundtrack

    Frozen

    Soundtrack

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    Album cover for Testimony by August Alsina

    Testimony

    August Alsina

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    Album cover for Rivers In The Wasteland by Needtobreathe

    Rivers In The Wasteland

    Needtobreathe

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    Album cover for Talk Dirty by Jason Derulo

    Talk Dirty

    Jason Derulo

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    Album cover for Lights Out by Ingrid Michaelson

    Lights Out

    Ingrid Michaelson

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Notable Deaths

Wil Albeda

2014Wil Albeda, Dutch economist and politician, Dutch Minister of Social Affairs (born 1925)[†]

Willem Albeda was a Dutch politician of the Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) and later of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) and economist.

William H. Dana

2014William H. Dana, American pilot, engineer, and astronaut (born 1930)[†]

William Harvey Dana was an American aeronautical engineer, U.S. Air Force pilot, NASA test pilot, and astronaut. He was one of twelve pilots who flew the North American X-15, an experimental spaceplane jointly operated by the Air Force and NASA. He was also selected for participation in the X-20 Dyna-Soar program.

Jimmy Ellis (boxer)

2014Jimmy Ellis, American boxer (born 1940)[†]

James Albert Ellis was an American professional boxer. He won the vacant WBA heavyweight title in 1968 by defeating Jerry Quarry, making one successful title defense in the same year against Floyd Patterson, before losing to Joe Frazier in 1970.

Billy Harrell

2014Billy Harrell, American baseball player and scout (born 1928)[†]

William Harrell was an American reserve infielder in Major League Baseball who played between 1955 and 1961 for the Cleveland Indians and Boston Red Sox (1961). Listed at 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m), 180 pounds (82 kg), Harrell batted and threw right-handed.

2014Antony Hopkins, English pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1921)[†]

Antony Hopkins was a composer, pianist, and conductor, as well as a writer and radio broadcaster. He was widely known for his books of musical analysis and for his radio programmes Talking About Music, broadcast by the BBC from 1954 for approaching 40 years, first on the Third Programme, later Radio 3, and then on Radio 4.

Maria Lassnig

2014Maria Lassnig, Austrian painter and academic (born 1919)[†]

Maria Lassnig was an Austrian artist known for her painted self-portraits and her theory of "body awareness". She was the first female artist to win the Grand Austrian State Prize in 1988 and was awarded the Austrian Decoration for Science and Art in 2005. Lassnig lived and taught in Vienna from 1980 until her death.

Farley Mowat

2014Farley Mowat, Canadian environmentalist and author (born 1921)[†]

Farley McGill Mowat, was a Canadian writer and environmentalist. His works were translated into 52 languages, and he sold more than 17 million books. He achieved fame with the publication of his books on the Canadian north, such as People of the Deer (1952) and Never Cry Wolf (1963). The latter, an account of his experiences with wolves in the Arctic, was made into a film of the same name released in 1983. For his body of work as a writer he won the annual Vicky Metcalf Award for Children's Literature in 1970.

Historical Context for May 6, 2014

In 2014, the world population was approximately 7,381,616,244 people[†]