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Mr. Cosby testified over four days of intense questioning 10 years ago at a Philadelphia hotel, where he defended himself in a deposition for a lawsuit filed by a young woman who accused him of drugging and molesting her.
The flyby of Pluto was a triumph of human ingenuity and the capstone of a mission that unfolded nearly flawlessly. It almost did not happen.
Mrs. Clinton rarely talks publicly about her father, Hugh E. Rodham, who exerted a powerful, if sometimes bruising, influence on her life before he died in 1993.
Dunne, a 22-year-old amateur from Ireland, shares the third-round lead with Louis Oosthuizen and Jason Day. Jordan Spieth is one shot behind.
Changes in the way Greece conducts business would be disruptive but could also help mend the country’s economy.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 15, 2015, covering July 19, 2015.
Meek Mill
Miguel
Taylor Swift
Ed Sheeran
James Taylor
2015Van Alexander, American composer and conductor (born 1915)[†]
Van Alexander was an American bandleader, arranger, and composer.
2015Galina Prozumenshchikova, Ukrainian-Russian swimmer and journalist (born 1948)[†]
Galina Nikolayevna Prozumenshchikova was a Soviet breaststroke swimmer who also competed in medley relays. She won five Olympic medals in 1964, 1968 and 1972 and five European Championships medals in 1966 and 1970. Her first Olympic medal, the gold in 200 m breaststroke in 1964, was the first Olympic gold in swimming for the Soviet Union. From 1964 to 1966, she set five world records: four in 200 m and one in 100 m breaststroke events. Between 1963 and 1972, she won 15 national titles and set 27 national records.
2015Carmino Ravosa, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (born 1930)[†]
Carmino Ravosa was an American composer and lyricist, singer, pianist, as well as a producer, director, and musical historian. Ravosa, who wrote music for children for decades, was one of the most popular songwriters for schools in America. He was an author and editor for Silver Burdett & Ginn's music textbook series "World of Music" and "The Music Connection", and the composer of the theme musicals in the two series. Ravosa also was the songwriter for the CBS children's shows Captain Kangaroo and Romper Room, the PBS program Shining Time Station, and the PBS publication Sesame Street Magazine.
2015Gennadiy Seleznyov, Russian journalist and politician, 2nd Speaker of the Duma (born 1947)[†]
Gennadiy Nikolayevich Seleznyov was a Russian politician, the Chairman of the State Duma from 1996 to 2003.
In 2015, the world population was approximately 7,470,491,872 people[†]