On this day
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
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Where forty-niners once roamed, a plan to dig up 240,000 ounces of gold is vehemently opposed by local residents who fear damage to the environment and their way of life.
Medical advances have increased efficiency, but the trend is forcing an enormous wave of mergers and job cutbacks.
A new playoff system this season will include four teams, an increase from the B.C.S.âs two. Most people view that as an improvement, but there is still plenty to argue about.
A host of outside factors, from an officerâs perception of a threat to the suspectâs behavior and even his size, can emerge as mitigating or damning.
With the rapid advance of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, the rhetoric the Obama administration is using to describe the danger the group poses to the United States has escalated.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 20, 2014, covering August 23, 2014.
Soundtrack
Various Artists
Godsmack
Spoon
5 Seconds of Summer
2014Albert EbossĂ© Bodjongo, Cameroonian footballer (born 1989)[â ]
Albert Dominique Ebossé Bodjongo Dika was a Cameroonian footballer who played in Cameroon, Malaysia and Algeria.
2014Annefleur Kalvenhaar, Dutch cyclist (born 1994)[â ]
Annefleur Kalvenhaar was a Dutch cyclist and mountain biker. She won the U23 European Cyclo-cross Championships in 2013. She began her career at the age of 13. She participated for the first time in a World Cup in 2012. In Houffalize and La Bresse she finished second place in the top 10. She was born in Wierden, the Netherlands.
2014Birgitta Stenberg, Swedish author and illustrator (born 1932)[â ]
Birgitta Alma Sofia Stenberg was a Swedish author, translator and illustrator. She was the 2005 winner of the Selma Lagerlöf Prize.
2014Jaume Vallcorba Plana, Spanish philologist and publisher (born 1949)[â ]
Jaume Vallcorba Plana was a Spanish philologist and publisher.
In 2014, the world population was approximately 7,381,616,244 people[â ]