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The $14 billion project, which had not received final approval from Sasol, was to begin production in 2018, creating some 1,200 permanent jobs.
Switzerlandâs move to untie its currency from the euro has caused the franc to soar, along with hundreds of thousands of mortgage payments in Poland.
Mr. Silverâs fall from grace as speaker of the New York State Assembly played out over a week of secret deliberations and shifting alliances.
The playwrightâs first new stage production in nine years provides a lot of food for thought on the murkiness of a chaotic universe.
Discussions about family finances can start early and fit a childâs age and ability to understand, but they shouldnât be avoided.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 28, 2015, covering January 29, 2015.
Meghan Trainor
Taylor Swift
Kidz Bop Kids
Ed Sheeran
Mark Ronson
2015Colleen McCullough, Australian neuroscientist, author, and academic (born 1937)[â ]
Colleen Margaretta McCullough was an Australian author known for her novels, her most well-known being The Thorn Birds and The Ladies of Missalonghi.
2015Rod McKuen, American singer-songwriter and poet (born 1933)[â ]
Rodney Marvin McKuen was an American poet, singer-songwriter, and composer. He was one of the best-selling poets in the United States during the late 1960s. Throughout his career, McKuen produced a wide range of recordings, which included popular music, spoken word poetry, film soundtracks and classical music. He earned two Academy Award nominations for his music compositions. McKuen's translations and adaptations of the songs of Jacques Brel were instrumental in bringing the Belgian songwriter to prominence in the English-speaking world. His poetry deals with themes of love, the natural world and spirituality. McKuen's songs sold over 100Â million recordings worldwide, and 60Â million books of his poetry were sold as well.
2015Alexander Vraciu, American commander and pilot (born 1918)[â ]
Alexander Vraciu was a United States Navy fighter ace, Navy Cross recipient, and Medal of Honor nominee during World War II. At the end of the war, Vraciu ranked fourth among the U.S. Navy's flying aces, with 19 enemy planes downed during flight and 21 destroyed on the ground. After the war, he served as a test pilot and was instrumental in forming the post-war Naval and Marine Air Reserve program. From 1956 to 1958 Vraciu led his own fighter squadron, VF-51, for twenty-two months. He retired from the U.S. Navy with the rank of commander on December 31, 1963. Vraciu later moved to Danville, California, and worked for Wells Fargo.
In 2015, the world population was approximately 7,470,491,872 people[â ]