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In 2014, the world population was approximately 7,381,616,244 people[†]
2014Plínio de Arruda Sampaio, Brazilian lawyer and politician (born 1930)[†]
Plínio Soares de Arruda Sampaio was a Brazilian intellectual and political activist, who was affiliated with the Partido Socialismo e Liberdade (PSOL). He ran as a candidate for the presidency of the Federative Republic of Brazil in 2010.
2014John V. Evans, American soldier and politician, 27th Governor of Idaho (born 1925)[†]
John Victor Evans Sr. was an American politician from Idaho. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the state's 27th governor and was in office for 10 years, from 1977 to 1987.
2014Ben Pangelinan, Guamanian businessman and politician (born 1956)[†]
Vicente Cabrera "Ben" Pangelinan was a Guamanian politician and businessman who served as the speaker of the Guam Legislature from 2003 to 2005, representing from Barrigada, as a Democrat from 1993 to his death in 2014. Pangelinan was the former sitting chairperson of the Committee on Appropriations, Taxation, Banking, Insurance, Retirement, and Land in the 32nd Guam Legislature.
2014Howard Siler, American bobsledder and coach (born 1945)[†]
Howard Banford Siler Jr. was an American bobsledder who competed from the late 1960s to the early 1980s.
2014Tom Veryzer, American baseball player (born 1953)[†]
Thomas Martin Veryzer was an American baseball shortstop. He played 12 years in Major League Baseball, appearing in 979 games for the Detroit Tigers (1973–1977), Cleveland Indians (1978–1981), New York Mets (1982), and Chicago Cubs (1983–1984). He ranked third in the American League in 1977 with a range factor of 5.16 per nine innings at shortstop. His career range factor of 4.841 per nine innings at shortstop ranks as the 25th best in Major League history.
2014Israel launches an offensive on Gaza amid rising tensions following the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teenagers.[†]
Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in West Asia. It shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the north-east, Jordan to the east, Egypt to the south-west and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. It occupies the Palestinian territories of the West Bank in the east and the Gaza Strip in the south-west. Israel also has a small coastline on the Red Sea at its southernmost point, and part of the Dead Sea lies along its eastern border. Its proclaimed capital is Jerusalem, while Tel Aviv is its largest urban area and economic centre.
2014The worst historical defeat of Brazil against the Germany with a result of 1-7 in the semi-finals of the 2014 FIFA World Cup that has been dubbed the Mineirazo.[†]
The Brazil national football team, nicknamed Seleção Canarinho, represents Brazil in men's international football and is administered by the Confederação Brasileira de Futebol, the governing body of football in Brazil. It has been a member of FIFA since 1923 and a founding member of CONMEBOL since 1916. It was also a member of PFC, the unified confederation of the Americas from 1946 to 1961.
While golf is still anathema to many portfolios, investors who have the cash are scooping up distressed clubs and revamping their business models.
Bank runs and political instability have cast a shadow on the future of the European Union’s poorest member state.
The authorities are said to have begun settlement talks with Commerzbank over its dealings with Iran, a move that may pave the way toward talks with Deutsche Bank.
The White House says it is hindered in the crisis of immigrant minors by a law to fight sex trafficking, which makes it hard to return certain children to their countries.
Hillary Rodham Clinton, who has enjoyed a close relationship with the financial sector, must grapple with a powerful populist surge coursing through national politics, on both the right and the left.
As the Metropolitan Opera tries to win concessions from its unions, labor talks are laying bare details of life at the Met, from what performers earn to box office struggles.
Separatist rebels retreated Monday from positions throughout eastern Ukraine and began building barricades in Donetsk and Luhansk in anticipation of a final stand against advancing government troops.
Poverty, unemployment and anti-government sentiment in the Jordanian town of Maan have created modest but growing support for Islamic militancy among residents.
Israel carried out extensive air attacks in response to heavy rocket fire and authorized a major call-up of army reserves for an extended campaign against militants in Gaza.
President Obama’s request for Congress to provide $3.7 billion to confront a surge of migrants crossing the border into Texas quickly became entangled in the fierce debate over immigration.
The younger brother of the convicted inside trader Raj Rajaratnam was found not guilty at his own trial, a rare loss for federal prosecutors.
William T. Vollmann’s “Last Stories and Other Stories” is his first volume of fiction since “Europe Central” (2005), which won a National Book Award.