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Williams, 35, beat No. 12-seeded Belinda Bencic, of Switzerland, 6-3, 6-4, and rang a loud bell that should have awaked everyone from their Serena-centric trance.
Both big public pension funds and influential advisory firms are recommending that shareholders vote against a board proposal that would let Brian Moynihan keep the title of chairman.
A ritual to let freshmen blow off steam left 30 cadets injured, including 24 with concussions and one with a broken leg.
President Vladimir V. Putin has sent a military advance team to Syria and is taking other steps that the United States fears could lead Russia to expand its military support for President Bashar al-Assad, administration officials said.
Scott Boras, the pitcher’s agent, suggested that the team would be putting Harvey, who had Tommy John surgery, at “severe risk” if it allowed him to pitch in the postseason.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 2, 2015, covering September 5, 2015.
Luke Bryan
Ed Sheeran
Dr. Dre
N.W.A
Various Artists
2015Goh Eng Wah, Malaysian-Singaporean businessman, founded Eng Wah Global (born 1923)[†]
Goh Eng Wah was a film distributor, and one of the pioneers in Singapore's cinema industry. He founded Eng Wah Global Pte Ltd, a cinema operator specialising in Chinese movies imported from Hong Kong and Taiwan.
2015Aadesh Shrivastava, Indian singer-songwriter (born 1964)[†]
Aadesh Shrivastava was a music composer and playback singer who worked in Indian films. Initially, he had worked as a drummer to music composers including R. D. Burman, Rajesh Roshan before working independently as a music director. Over the course of his career, he had composed music for over 100 Hindi films. Just a day after he turned 51, he died of cancer in Kokilaben Hospital.
2015Chester Stranczek, American baseball player and businessman (born 1929)[†]
Chester K. Stranczek was an American businessman, politician, and former Minor League Baseball player who was the mayor of Crestwood, Illinois, for 39 years, from 1969 to 2007. He drew national attention during his tenure for cutting expenses in part by privatizing city services, and for refunding residents' property taxes for more than a decade. He was also known as a colorful character with outspoken views on political and social issues, sometimes using a personal billboard posted near the town entrance to express his political and religious beliefs.
In 2015, the world population was approximately 7,470,491,872 people[†]