On this day
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Restaurateurs are uncomfortable with a wave of mobile apps that secure and resell coveted tables at popular establishments, sometimes covertly.
Skills honed on behalf of President Bashar al-Assad will be used for militia groups battling the Sunnis who are driving toward Baghdad.
Despite major gains in fighting hepatitis C and other chronic liver conditions, public health officials are now faced with a growing epidemic of liver disease that is tightly linked to the obesity crisis.
Some government pension funds are suing ratings agencies — but are still relying on them to grade investments.
The feisty chief of Allergan, Botox’s maker, says a takeover would imperil the company’s drug-discovery mission.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 11, 2014, covering June 14, 2014.
Coldplay
Brantley Gilbert
Mariah Carey
Soundtrack
Austin Mahone
2014Alberto Cañas Escalante, Costa Rican journalist and politician (born 1920)[†]
Alberto Cañas Escalante was a politician, writer, intellectual, public servant, and journalist from San José, Costa Rica. He is known as one of the most important figures in the cultural, political, and social life of Costa Rica during the latter half of the twentieth century. The National Library System of Costa Rica credits Cañas with more than 4,773 publications as of 2005.
2014Isabelle Collin Dufresne, French actress (born 1935)[†]
Isabelle Collin Dufresne, known professionally as Ultra Violet, was a French-American artist, author, and both a colleague of Andy Warhol and one of his so-called Superstars. Earlier in her career, she worked for and studied with surrealist artist Salvador Dalí. Dufresne lived and worked in New York City, and also had a studio in Nice, France.
2014Robert Lebeck, German photographer and journalist (born 1929)[†]
Robert Lebeck was an award-winning German photojournalist.
2014James E. Rogers, American lawyer, businessman, and academic (born 1938)[†]
James E. Rogers was an American entrepreneur and former attorney. He served as interim chancellor of the Nevada System of Higher Education and the University of Arizona College of Law carries his name.
2014A Ukraine military Ilyushin Il-76 airlifter is shot down, killing all 49 people on board.[†]
On 14 June 2014, an Ilyushin Il-76 transport aircraft of the 25th Transport Aviation Brigade of the Ukrainian Air Force was shot down by forces of the Russia-backed separatists from Luhansk People's Republic while on approach to land at Luhansk International Airport, Ukraine, during the initial phase of the war in Donbas. The aircraft was carrying troops and equipment from an undisclosed location. All 49 people on board were killed.
In 2014, the world population was approximately 7,381,616,244 people[†]