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Even after he was cut by the Rams on Saturday, Sam’s selection in the N.F.L. draft and his impression in St. Louis remained a statement advancing equal opportunity.
China’s legislature laid down strict limits to proposed voting reforms in Hong Kong, drawing battle lines in what could be a deepening confrontation over the future of the city and of China.
The fight for Amerli appeared to mark the first time American warplanes and militias backed by Iran were working with a common purpose on the battlefield against militants from the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.
Adrien Brody stars as the master illusionist and escape artist in “Houdini,” a two-part mini-series on the History channel.
After a near collapse, the San Diego Opera is engaging in a rescue mission, hoping to prove that opera can still thrive not only in San Diego but across the country.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 27, 2014, covering August 31, 2014.
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Various Artists
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The Gaslight Anthem
Troye Sivan
2014Bapu, Indian director and screenwriter (born 1933)[†]
Sattiraju Lakshminarayana, known professionally as Bapu, was an Indian film director, painter, illustrator, cartoonist, screenwriter, music artist, and designer known for his works in Telugu cinema, and Hindi cinema. In 2013, he was awarded the Padma Shri, for his contribution to Indian art and cinema. He has garnered two National Honors, two National Film Awards, seven state Nandi Awards, two Filmfare Awards South, a Raghupathi Venkaiah Award, and a Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award – South.
2014Ștefan Andrei, Romanian politician, 87th Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1931)[†]
Ștefan Andrei was a Romanian communist politician who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania from 1978 to 1985. He was arrested after the 1989 overthrow of the Nicolae Ceaușescu regime.
2014Stan Goldberg, American illustrator (born 1932)[†]
Stan Goldberg was an American comic book artist, best known for his work with Archie Comics and as a Marvel Comics colorist who in the 1960s helped design the original color schemes of Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four and other major characters. He was inducted into the National Cartoonists Society Hall of Fame in 2011.
2014Carol Vadnais, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1945)[†]
Carol Marcel Vadnais was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played 17 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1966–67 until 1982–83. Vadnais won the Stanley Cup twice during his career, in 1968 with the Montreal Canadiens and again in 1972 with the Boston Bruins.
In 2014, the world population was approximately 7,381,616,244 people[†]