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After 36 years in space, the International Sun-Earth Explorer-3 appears to be in good working order, and a shoestring group of civilian engineers is trying to bring it back into Earth’s orbit.
The group’s sweep into Mosul and farther south appeared to catch many Iraqi and U.S. officials by surprise, but the gains were the realization of a yearslong strategy of state-building.
A difficult day at Pinehurst was not enough to rattle Martin Kaymer, who is seeking his second major title.
While the company’s enthusiasts impatiently await new wizardry, the new chief executive is trying to make the brand bigger than the next big iThing.
Insurgents from the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria posted photos on the web to support the claim that they had executed 1,700 people. If true, it would be the region’s worst mass atrocity in recent years.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 11, 2014, covering June 15, 2014.
Coldplay
Brantley Gilbert
Mariah Carey
Soundtrack
Austin Mahone
2014Jacques Bergerac, French actor and businessman (born 1927)[†]
Jacques Bergerac was a French actor and businessman.
2014Casey Kasem, American radio host, producer, and voice actor, co-created American Top 40 (born 1932)[†]
Kemal Amin "Casey" Kasem was an American disc jockey, actor, and radio presenter who created and hosted several radio countdown programs, notably American Top 40, as well as the weekly syndicated television series America's Top 10. He was the first actor to voice Shaggy Rogers in the Scooby-Doo franchise and Dick Grayson/Robin in Super Friends (1973–1985).
2014Daniel Keyes, American short story writer and novelist (born 1927)[†]
Daniel Keyes was an American writer who wrote the novel Flowers for Algernon. Keyes was given the Author Emeritus honor by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in 2000.
2014Moise Safra, Brazilian businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Banco Safra (born 1934)[†]
Moise Yacoub Safra was a Lebanese-Brazilian businessman and philanthropist of Syrian descent. He co-founded Banco Safra with his brothers Edmond Safra and Joseph Safra.
In 2014, the world population was approximately 7,381,616,244 people[†]