On this day
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
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A group of Israelis was arrested in what one official described as a revenge killing. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged to pursue the case and said, “We do not differentiate between terrorists.”
It was the second Wimbledon title for Djokovic, who moved back atop the world rankings with the five-set victory. He denied Federer a record eighth Wimbledon crown in men’s singles.
Ben Brantley on the revival of “Miss Saigon,” Sean O’Casey’s seldom-seen “The Silver Tassie,” and Peter Brook’s latest offering, “The Valley of Astonishment.”
The Fourth of July weekend proved disappointing for the Melissa McCarthy comedy and for the North American movie box office in general.
An architect with experience restoring a Brutalist building designed by Paul Rudolph is making a proposal to buy and preserve another Rudolph building under threat in Goshen, N.Y.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 2, 2014, covering July 6, 2014.
Lana Del Rey
Sam Smith
Linkin Park
Soundtrack
Willie Nelson
2014Alan J. Dixon, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 34th Illinois Secretary of State (born 1927)[†]
Alan John Dixon was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served in the Illinois General Assembly from 1951 to 1971, as the Illinois Treasurer from 1971 to 1977, as the Illinois Secretary of State from 1977 to 1981 and as a member of the United States Senate from 1981 to 1993.
In 2014, the world population was approximately 7,381,616,244 people[†]