On this day
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The American promise to build 18 Ebola treatment centers has been stalled by, among other things, broken equipment and numerous holes on an airport runway.
In five months at the end of last year, doctors and other health care professionals made more than $212 million on speaking and consulting engagements for drug and device makers.
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York, which regulates Wall Street’s largest banks, faces scrutiny from Congress after the release of an employee’s secret recordings that suggest lax oversight.
“The Country House,” a Donald Margulies play inspired by Chekhov, stars Blythe Danner as an aging actress presiding over a crowded home.
The furor that led to the Secret Service chief’s resignation resonated among blacks who suspect that security lapses may be deliberate.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 1, 2014, covering October 3, 2014.
Barbra Streisand
Chris Brown
Tim McGraw
George Strait
Train
2014Ewen Gilmour, New Zealand comedian and television host (born 1963)[†]
David Ewen Gilmour, commonly known as Ewen Gilmour, was a New Zealand comedian and television presenter. Usually sporting long brown hair with a goatee and wearing a jacket and jeans, he was a self-described Westie.
2014Benedict Groeschel, American priest, psychologist, and talk show host (born 1933)[†]
Benedict Joseph Groeschel, C.F.R. was an American Franciscan friar, Catholic priest, retreat master, author, psychologist, activist, and television host. He hosted the television talk program Sunday Night Prime on the Eternal Word Television Network, as well as several serial religious specials.
2014Jean-Jacques Marcel, French footballer (born 1931)[†]
Jean-Jacques Lucien Élie Antoine Marcel was a French footballer who played defender. He was an integral part of the French national teams of the 1950s.
2014Kevin Metheny, American businessman (born 1954)[†]
Kevin Metheny was an American radio and cable network executive who began his career as on-air talent and went on to direct programming and audience research at many radio stations and in a number of broadcast conglomerates. During the 1980s, Metheny helped develop cable entertainment networks MTV and VH1 as vice-president in charge of Music Programming and Production; he later served as vice-president of VH1 before returning to broadcast radio. Metheny received fame for his reputation as the nemesis of Howard Stern, earning him the nickname "Pig Virus."
2014Ward Ruyslinck, Belgian author (born 1929)[†]
Raymond De Belser, pseudonym Ward Ruyslinck, was a Belgian writer. He is the son of Leo De Belser and Germaine Nauwelaers. His father was a librarian at an oil company, and Ward Ruyslinck grew up in a Roman Catholic family. During the Second World War, the family moved to Mortsel.
In 2014, the world population was approximately 7,381,616,244 people[†]