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February 14, 2015

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Hitching a Toy to a Star

By Rachel Abrams and Gregory Schmidt

As moviegoers salivate over superhero movies, some experts question whether the toy industry can accommodate a glut of new products.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of February 11, 2015, covering February 14, 2015.

  1. 1
    Album cover for 1989 by Taylor Swift

    1989

    Taylor Swift

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    14
  2. 2
    Album cover for x by Ed Sheeran

    x

    Ed Sheeran

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    32
  3. 3
    Album cover for Title by Meghan Trainor

    Title

    Meghan Trainor

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    3
  4. 4
    Album cover for In The Lonely Hour by Sam Smith

    In The Lonely Hour

    Sam Smith

    Last week
    9
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    33
  5. 5
    Album cover for Non-Fiction by Ne-Yo

    Non-Fiction

    Ne-Yo

    Last week
    —
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    1

Notable Deaths

Louis Jourdan

2015Louis Jourdan, French-American actor and singer (born 1921)[†]

Louis Jourdan was a French film and television actor. He was known for his suave roles in several Hollywood films, including Alfred Hitchcock's The Paradine Case (1947), Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948), Gigi (1958), The Best of Everything (1959), The V.I.P.s (1963) and Octopussy (1983). He played Dracula in the 1977 BBC television production Count Dracula.

Philip Levine (poet)

2015Philip Levine, American poet and academic (born 1928)[†]

Philip Levine was an American poet best known for his poems about working-class Detroit. He taught for more than thirty years in the English department of California State University, Fresno and held teaching positions at other universities as well. He served on the Board of Chancellors of the Academy of American Poets from 2000 to 2006, and was appointed Poet Laureate of the United States for 2011–2012.

2015Franjo Mihalić, Croatian-Serbian runner and coach (born 1920)[†]

Franjo Mihalić was a Yugoslav and Croatian long-distance runner best known for his 1958 win at the Boston Marathon and his marathon silver medal in the 1956 Summer Olympics. Mihalić competed mostly in marathons, road races and cross country races, distinguishing himself by winning many top-level international competitions in the 1950s and setting a combined 25 Croatian and later Yugoslavian national records in long-distance track events between 5000 m and 25 km. In 1957, he became the inaugural winner of the Golden Badge, the award for the best sportsperson of Yugoslavia awarded by the daily Sport. He is regarded as the most accomplished male athlete in the history of Croatian, Serbian and Yugoslav track and field.

Historical Context for February 14, 2015

In 2015, the world population was approximately 7,470,491,872 people[†]