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In 2014, the world population was approximately 7,381,616,244 people[†]
2014David Manker Abshire, American commander and diplomat, United States Permanent Representative to NATO (born 1926)[†]
David Manker Abshire was an American politician who served as a Special Counselor to President Ronald Reagan and was the United States Permanent Representative to NATO from 1983 to 1987. Abshire presided over the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress.
2014Michael Alsbury, American engineer and pilot (born 1975)[†]
Michael Tyner Alsbury was an American test pilot for Scaled Composites. He died on October 31, 2014, during test flight PF04 of the Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo VSS Enterprise.
2014Brad Halsey, American baseball player (born 1981)[†]
Bradford Alexander Halsey was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees in 2004, for the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2005, and for the Oakland Athletics in 2006.
2014Hitoshi Motoshima, Japanese educator and politician (born 1922)[†]
Hitoshi Motoshima was a Japanese politician. He served four terms as mayor of Nagasaki from 1979 to 1995. He publicly made controversial statements about the responsibility of Japan and its then-reigning Emperor for World War II, and survived a retaliatory assassination attempt in 1990 by a right wing fanatic.
2014During a test flight, the VSS Enterprise, a Virgin Galactic experimental spaceflight test vehicle, suffers a catastrophic in-flight breakup and crashes in the Mojave Desert, California.[†]
VSS Enterprise was the first SpaceShipTwo (SS2) spaceplane, built by Scaled Composites for Virgin Galactic. As of 2004, it was planned to be the first of five commercial suborbital SS2 spacecraft planned by Virgin Galactic.
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In Michel Faber’s novel, a pastor heads off to take up a new ministry on another planet.
Mr. Cook, Apple’s chief executive, said the trade-off to his own privacy was worthwhile, if the disclosure that he is gay could help others.
The trend toward one-party control of statehouses has made the states a testing ground for party policies in an era of gridlock in Washington.
This revival of Tom Stoppard’s Tony Award-winning 1982 play about marital love and infidelity offers some lessons in chemistry.
As Liberia’s first elected leader after a devastating civil war, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has pushed the country to economic growth, but gains have been halted by the Ebola outbreak.
The unexpected move by the Bank of Japan helped send stocks higher around the world.
The bank was able to identify intruders on its network by looking for digital fingerprints seen on a trove of stolen data uncovered elsewhere.
With medical marijuana coming to New York, a curious collection of players is jockeying to cash in.
New York’s one-block streets are in big demand. That’s because they tend to be long on charm.
Developers are planning luxury residential towers that may reshape Midtown East between Park Avenue and Second Avenue from 57th Street to 60th Street.
Dave Brandon, who has been criticized for his business executive approach, has also overseen a football program in decline and been faulted for the university’s handling of an injured quarterback.
In a year that was supposed to be dominated by attacks on the Affordable Care Act, few Republican candidates focused on repeal or offered alternatives.