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July 5, 2014

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Headlines from July 5, 2014

Obama Weighs Steps to Cover Contraception

By Robert Pear and Adam Liptak

The Obama administration, reeling from decisions by the Supreme Court, is weighing options to provide contraceptive coverage to women who are about to lose it or never had it because of their employers’ religious objections.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 2, 2014, covering July 5, 2014.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Ultraviolence by Lana Del Rey

    Ultraviolence

    Lana Del Rey

    Last week
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    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    1
  2. 2
    Album cover for In The Lonely Hour by Sam Smith

    In The Lonely Hour

    Sam Smith

    Last week
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    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    1
  3. 3
    Album cover for The Hunting Party by Linkin Park

    The Hunting Party

    Linkin Park

    Last week
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    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    1
  4. 4
    Album cover for Frozen by Soundtrack

    Frozen

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    30
  5. 5
    Album cover for Band Of Brothers by Willie Nelson

    Band Of Brothers

    Willie Nelson

    Last week
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    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    1

Notable Deaths

Rosemary Murphy

2014Rosemary Murphy, American actress (born 1925)[†]

Rosemary Murphy was an American actress of stage, film, and television. She was nominated for three Tony Awards for her stage work, as well as two Emmy Awards for television work, winning once, for her performance in Eleanor and Franklin (1976).

Volodymyr Sabodan

2014Volodymyr Sabodan, Ukrainian metropolitan (born 1935)[†]

Metropolitan Vladimir was the Metropolitan of Kiev and the Exarch of Ukraine in the Patriarchate of Moscow, and, ex officio, the head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC-MP) from 1992 to 2014. He was styled "His Beatitude, Vladimir, Metropolitan of Kyiv and all Ukraine". At that time, the Church in Ukraine was the only Eastern Orthodox Church inside Ukraine to have canonical standing in Eastern Orthodoxy worldwide.

Hans-Ulrich Wehler

2014Hans-Ulrich Wehler, German historian and academic (born 1931)[†]

Hans-Ulrich Wehler was a German left-liberal historian known for his role in promoting social history through the "Bielefeld School", and for his critical studies of 19th-century Germany.

2014Brett Wiesner, American soccer player (born 1983)[†]

Brett Valenciano Wiesner was an American soccer player.

Historical Context for July 5, 2014

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