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In 2014, the world population was approximately 7,381,616,244 people[â ]
2014Morris Lurie, Australian author and playwright (born 1938)[â ]
Moses "Morris" Lurie was an Australian writer of comic novels, short stories, essays, plays, and children's books. His work focused on the comic mishaps of Jewish-Australian men of Lurie's generation, who are invariably jazz fans.
2014Alden E. Matthews, American missionary (born 1921)[â ]
Alden Ewart Matthews was a Congregationalist missionary to China and Japan.
2014Harden M. McConnell, American chemist and academic (born 1927)[â ]
Harden M. McConnell was an American physical chemist. His many awards included the National Medal of Science and the Wolf Prize, and he was elected to the National Academy of Science."
2014Zilpha Keatley Snyder, American author (born 1927)[â ]
Zilpha Keatley Snyder was an American author of books for children and young adults. Three of Snyder's works were named Newbery Honor books: The Egypt Game, The Headless Cupid and The Witches of Worm. She was most famous for writing adventure stories and fantasies.
2014Jeen van den Berg, Dutch speed skater (born 1928)[â ]
Jeen van den Berg was a Dutch long track speed skating athlete primarily known as the winner of the Elfstedentocht of 1954. He competed in the race a record seven times, with his first race being in 1947 and his final one in 1997.
2014Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person in the United States to be diagnosed with Ebola, dies.[â ]
Thomas Eric Duncan was a Liberian citizen who became the first Ebola patient diagnosed in the United States on September 30, 2014.
Recent regulations hit hardest on the very businesses, like trading, where Goldman Sachs makes the most money.
Early studies of prescription drug use by people buying health insurance through health exchanges suggest that they are often sicker than those insured by employers.
Democratic candidates â even those in states like Virginia that the president carried in 2008 and 2012 â do not want President Obama to campaign for them.
Health workers tend to people sickened by Ebola and those quarantined while they wait to learn if they have the virus.
Inspired by the booming market for young adult novels, a growing number of biographers and historians are retrofitting their works to make them palatable for younger readers.
The proposals would lighten a burden for many New Yorkers wading through the bureaucratic labyrinths of employment applications and pension benefits, among others.
The Berlin Philharmonicâs performance of âSt. Matthew Passionâ at the Park Avenue Armory, conducted by Simon Rattle, showed why Bach chose other ways besides opera to tell stories through music.
Michael Keaton has drawn early raves for his performance in âBirdman or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance,â a film that in some ways parallels his career.
Mr. Duncanâs death renewed questions about health officialsâ preparedness to contain Ebola. Hours after, hospital officials said a second patient had been admitted in Dallas.
Officials say no one could answer what the president wanted to know most: What was the motive of the attack?
In Robert Wilson and Rufus Wainwrightâs âShakepeareâs Sonnets,â actors from the Berlin Ensemble caper about to musical accompaniment as the poetry is recited or sung in German.
The Federal Reserve, pleased that the economy is improving and more Americans are finding jobs, plans to finish its latest bond-buying campaign at the end of October.