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August 2, 2014

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Historical Context for August 2, 2014

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

Notable Deaths

2014Ed Joyce, American journalist (born 1932)[†]

Edward Matthew Joyce was a former television executive. He was president of CBS News. He lived for many years in California's Santa Ynez Valley and in Redding, Connecticut.

2014Billie Letts, American author and educator (born 1938)[†]

Billie Dean Letts was an American novelist and educator. She was a professor at Southeastern Oklahoma State University.

Barbara Prammer

2014Barbara Prammer, Austrian social worker and politician (born 1954)[†]

Barbara Prammer was an Austrian politician and member of the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ). In 2006 she was the first woman to become President of the National Council of Austria, an office she held until her death.

James Thompson (crime writer)

2014James Thompson, American-Finnish author (born 1964)[†]

James Thompson was an American-Finnish crime writer based in Helsinki. He had a master's degree in English philology from The University of Helsinki, where he also studied Finnish, in which he was fluent. He studied six languages. He published four crime novels with the Finnish inspector Kari Vaara as the protagonist.

Historical Events

2014At least 146 people were killed and more than 114 injured in a factory explosion in Kunshan, Jiangsu, China.[†]

The 2014 Kunshan explosion was a dust explosion that occurred at Zhongrong Metal Production Company, an automotive parts factory located in Kunshan, Jiangsu, China, on 2 August 2014. As of December 30, 2014, the explosion killed 146 workers and injured 114 others.

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Headlines from August 2, 2014

Big Banks Still a Risk

By Gretchen Morgenson

A new study that assessed the value to banks of the implied guarantee by taxpayers raised more questions than it answered.

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