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December 12, 2014

Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.

Historical Context for December 12, 2014

In 2014, the world population was approximately 7,381,616,244 people[†]

Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 10, 2014, covering December 12, 2014.

  1. 1
    Album cover for 1989 by Taylor Swift

    1989

    Taylor Swift

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    5
  2. 2
    Album cover for That's Christmas To Me by Pentatonix

    That's Christmas To Me

    Pentatonix

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    6
  3. 3
    Album cover for ShadyXV by Various Artists

    ShadyXV

    Various Artists

    Last week
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    1
  4. 4
    Album cover for FOUR by One Direction

    FOUR

    One Direction

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    2
  5. 5
    Album cover for In The Lonely Hour by Sam Smith

    In The Lonely Hour

    Sam Smith

    Last week
    11
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    24
  6. 6
    Album cover for Hood Billionaire by Rick Ross

    Hood Billionaire

    Rick Ross

    Last week
    Peak
    6
    Weeks
    1
  7. 7
    Album cover for My Everything by Ariana Grande

    My Everything

    Ariana Grande

    Last week
    39
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    14
  8. 8
    Album cover for Beyonce: More Only (EP) by Beyonce

    Beyonce: More Only (EP)

    Beyonce

    Last week
    Peak
    8
    Weeks
    1
  9. 9
    Album cover for Frozen by Soundtrack

    Frozen

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    13
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    53
  10. 10
    Album cover for V by Maroon 5

    V

    Maroon 5

    Last week
    32
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    13

Notable Deaths

Norman Bridwell

2014Norman Bridwell, American author and illustrator, created Clifford the Big Red Dog (born 1928)[†]

Norman Ray Bridwell was an American author and cartoonist best known for creating the Clifford the Big Red Dog book series.

Ivor Grattan-Guinness

2014Ivor Grattan-Guinness, English mathematician, historian, and academic (born 1941)[†]

Ivor Owen Grattan-Guinness was a historian of mathematics and logic.

Herb Plews

2014Herb Plews, American baseball player (born 1928)[†]

Herbert Eugene Plews was an American Major League Baseball second baseman. He played four years in the majors, from 1956 to 1959 with the Washington Senators and in 1959 for the Boston Red Sox. In the minor leagues he played for Kansas City, Binghamton, Norfolk, and Denver before reaching the majors in 1956, and Toronto, Birmingham, Hawaii, Tacoma, and Arkansas after his major league career ended. During his playing career he served in the military from 1951 to 1952, during the Korean War. Plews batted left-handed and threw right-handed; he was listed as 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) tall and 160 pounds (73 kg).

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Headlines from December 12, 2014

The Rise and Fall of a Rainmaker

By James B. Stewart

John Altorelli, a high-flying partner at Dewey & LeBoeuf, the law firm that collapsed in 2012, filed for personal bankruptcy last month and is being targeted on several fronts.

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