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A filmmaker and collaborator will project images of endangered species on a huge New York â and global â canvas on Saturday night.
Several recent scandals have tainted the legacy of President Enrique Peña Nieto and further eroded the publicâs faith in the countryâs governing institutions.
Dr. Nneka Jones Tapia, a clinical psychologist, was chosen to run Cook County Jail, underscoring how much the nationâs prisons have become holding centers for the mentally ill.
No issue in negotiations over a Trans-Pacific Partnership seems to elicit more passion than pharmaceuticals, with both sides using the language of life and death.
The rebound, after a discouraging first quarter, was largely expected and continued the slow but steady recovery trajectory of the last six years.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 29, 2015, covering July 30, 2015.
Tyrese
Taylor Swift
Meek Mill
Kidz Bop Kids
Ed Sheeran
2015Lynn Anderson, American singer (born 1947)[â ]
Lynn René Anderson was an American country singer and television personality. Her crossover signature recording, "Rose Garden", was a number one hit internationally. She also charted five number one and 18 top-ten singles on the Billboard country songs chart. Anderson is regarded as one of country music's most significant performers.
2015Stuart Baggs, English businessman (born 1988)[â ]
Stuart Baggs, also known by his self-styled sobriquet as Stuart Baggs "The Brand", was an English businessman and entrepreneur from Plymouth, Devon. He founded and ran BlueWave Communications, a broadband company in the Isle of Man. He gained recognition for reaching the final five of Series 6 of The Apprentice. Baggs died aged 27 in Douglas, Isle of Man due to an asthma attack.
2015Endel Lippmaa, Estonian physicist (born 1930)[â ]
Endel Lippmaa was an Estonian scientist, academician, politician, and twice government minister in 1990â1991 and 1995â1996.
2015Francis Paul Prucha, American historian and academic (born 1921)[â ]
Francis Paul Prucha was an American historian, professor emeritus of history at Marquette University, and specialist in the relationship between the United States and Native Americans. His work, The Great Father: The United States Government and the American Indians, won the Ray Allen Billington Award and was one of the two finalists for the 1985 Pulitzer Prize in History. It is regarded as a classic among professional historians.
2015Alena VrzĂĄĆovĂĄ, Czech figure skater (born 1931)[â ]
Alena "Ăja" VrzĂĄĆovĂĄ was a Czech figure skater who represented Czechoslovakia in competition. VrzĂĄĆovĂĄ is the 1949 & 1950 World champion and 1950 European champion.
In 2015, the world population was approximately 7,470,491,872 people[â ]