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While many former studio heads fail when striking out on their own, Mr. Chernin has found success as an independent producer, with seven hits in a row.
Second Stage’s middling revival of “Lips Together, Teeth Apart” doesn’t fully excavate the rich seams of feeling in one of Terrence McNally’s finest plays.
Democrats in the closest Senate races in the South are turning to racially charged messages to jolt African-Americans into voting and stop a Republican takeover in Washington.
The pantheon of World Series pitching greats welcomed a new member to its club as Bumgarner gave a performance for the ages in Game 7.
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s first Moreland Commission, which investigated electric companies’ failures in the 2012 storm, omitted mention of his administration’s shortcomings.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 29, 2014, covering October 30, 2014.
Florida Georgia Line
Jason Aldean
Bob Seger
You+Me
Barbra Streisand
2014Elijah Malok Aleng, Sudanese general and politician (born 1937)[†]
Elijah Malok Aleng was a South Sudanese public servant, general, and politician, from [Twic Dinka/Twi East county] in Jonglei State. He was born on 28 November 1937 at Thianwong village when his family was living among the Pen people in Angakuei in Baidit, about 20 miles northeast of Bor town. His family, which is originally from Awulian in Wangulei, Twic East County, migrated back to be with fellow Awulian kinfolks. He attended Malek Primary School (1950–1953), and then Juba Intermediate School and Juba Commercial Senior Secondary School, graduating He then attended Free University of the Congo, in the present Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and later got a scholarship to study in Fribourg Catholic University, Switzerland, from which he obtained a master's degree in economics in 1972. In 1975 he obtained another Masters in Development Studies and Economic Planning from Wolfson College, Cambridge in the United Kingdom. In his memoirs: the Southern Sudan: Struggle for Liberty, named Chief Deng Biar Abit, leader of the Awulian clan, Paul Logali, former finance minister of Southern Sudan regional government and Akec Kwai Biar, former Bor District Commissioner and his cousin as the people who positively influenced him.
2014Renée Asherson, English actress (born 1915)[†]
Dorothy Renée Ascherson, known professionally as Renée Asherson, was a British actress. Much of her theatrical career was spent in Shakespearean plays, appearing at such venues as the Old Vic, the Liverpool Playhouse, and the Westminster Theatre. Her first stage appearance was on 17 October 1935, aged 20, and her first major film appearance was in The Way Ahead (1944). Her last film appearance was in The Others (2001).
2014Juan Flavier, Filipino physician and politician (born 1935)[†]
Juan Martin Flavier was a Filipino physician and politician. He served as the Secretary of Health under President Fidel V. Ramos from 1992 to 1995, and was later elected to the Senate, serving from 1995 to 2007.
2014Ida Elizabeth Osbourne, Australian actress and radio host (born 1916)[†]
Ida Elizabeth Lea MBE, professionally known as "Elizabeth" Osbourne and Ida Elizabeth Jenkins, was an Australian actor and broadcaster, best known as the co-founder of the Australian Broadcasting Commission's long-running children's radio program the Argonauts Club.
2014Bob Geigel, American wrestler and promoter (born 1924)[†]
Robert Frederick Geigel was an American professional wrestling promoter and professional wrestler. He operated the Kansas City, Missouri-based Heart of America Sports Attractions promotion from 1963 to 1986, and served three terms as the president of the National Wrestling Alliance from 1978 to 1980, from 1982 to 1985, and finally from 1986 to 1987.
2014Thomas Menino, American businessman and politician, 53rd Mayor of Boston (born 1942)[†]
Thomas Michael Menino was an American politician who served as the mayor of Boston, from 1993 to 2014. He was the city's longest-serving mayor. He was elected mayor in 1993 after first serving three months as acting mayor following the resignation of his predecessor Raymond Flynn. Before serving as mayor, Menino was a member of the Boston City Council and had been elected president of the City Council in 1993.
2014Sweden becomes the first European Union member state to officially recognize the State of Palestine.[†]
The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of 27 member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of 4,233,255 km2 (1,634,469 sq mi) and an estimated population of over 449 million as of 2024. The EU is often described as a sui generis political entity combining characteristics of both a federation and a confederation.
2014Four people are killed when a Beechcraft Super King Air crashes at Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport in Wichita, Kansas.[†]
The Beechcraft Super King Air family is part of a line of twin-turboprop aircraft produced by Beechcraft. The Model 200 and Model 300 series were originally marketed as the "Super King Air" family; the "Super" designation was dropped in 1996. They form the King Air line together with the King Air Model 90 and 100 series.
In 2014, the world population was approximately 7,381,616,244 people[†]