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Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
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Strategists for Jeb Bush believe that Donald J. Trump is drawing support from voters who are unlikely to support Mr. Bush but are essential to Scott Walker.
A task force has relocated more than 200 people from the overcrowded, unregulated dwellings, but the city still faces many challenges in resolving the problem.
Consumer advocates, policy experts and former regulators say that while Anthem, Cigna, Aetna and Humana may reap monetary benefits by combining, gains might not trickle down to individuals and employers.
As advertisers struggle to connect with young audiences, many have turned to so-called influencers: social media stars with big followings. But it’s a bit of a gamble.
The growth of social media has spawned a national holiday — sometimes two — for seemingly every day of the year. It is an instinct as old as America itself.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 29, 2015, covering August 3, 2015.
Tyrese
Taylor Swift
Meek Mill
Kidz Bop Kids
Ed Sheeran
2015Robert Conquest, English-American historian, poet, and academic (born 1917)[†]
George Robert Acworth Conquest was a British and American historian, poet, novelist, and propagandist. He was briefly a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain but later wrote several books condemning communism.
2015Mel Farr, American football player and businessman (born 1944)[†]
Melvin Farr was an American professional football player and businessman.
2015Coleen Gray, American actress (born 1922)[†]
Coleen Gray was an American actress. She was best known for her roles in the films Nightmare Alley (1947), Red River (1948), and Stanley Kubrick's The Killing (1956).
2015Margot Loyola, Chilean singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1918)[†]
Margot Loyola Palacios was a Chilean folklorist, musician, dancer, and teacher. She is considered one of the most influential musicians of Chile, pioneering folkloric research and transforming traditional music education and performance.
2015Johanna Quandt, German businesswoman (born 1926)[†]
Johanna Maria Quandt was a German billionaire businesswoman and the widow of Herbert Quandt, an industrialist and prominent Nazi. When she died in 2015 she was the 8th richest person in Germany, the 77th richest person in the world, and the 11th richest woman worldwide according to Forbes.
2015Jef Murray, American artist and author (born 1960)[†]
Jeffrey Patrick Murray was an American fantasy artist and author best known for his illustrations of works by J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis. His paintings, illustrations, stories, poems, and essays appear regularly in Tolkien and Inklings-oriented publications and in Catholic publications worldwide. He was Artist-in-Residence for the St. Austin Review, and was artist guest of honor at the 2006 Gathering of the Fellowship in Toronto along with Ted Nasmith. He was nominated for an Imperishable Flame award in 2006, and his work has been exhibited in the USA, Canada, the UK, and the Netherlands.
In 2015, the world population was approximately 7,470,491,872 people[†]