October 29, 2015

2015Luther Burden, American basketball player and coach (born 1953)^[†]

Luther Dean "Ticky" Burden was an American NBA and ABA basketball player.

2015Ernesto Herrera, Filipino businessman and politician (born 1942)^[†]

Ernesto "Boy" Falar Herrera was a Senator of the Philippines and congressman for Bohol's 1st district. He was a trade union leader, an advocate of law and order, and a legislator in the 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th Congresses.

2015Boris Kristančič, Slovene basketball player and coach (born 1931)^[†]

Boris Kristančič was a Slovenian basketball player and coach. He represented the Yugoslavia national basketball team internationally.

2015Ranko Žeravica, Serbian basketball player and coach (born 1929)^[†]

Ranko Žeravica was a Serbian professional basketball coach. With a career that spanned over 50 years, he is most noted for his work with the senior Yugoslav national team, during the 1960s, 1970s, and early 1980s. In particular, Žeravica's single biggest achievement was guiding the country to its first ever major competition win — a gold medal on home soil, at the 1970 FIBA World Championship — leading to a huge expansion of the game of basketball throughout Yugoslavia.

2015China announces the end of its one-child policy after 35 years.^[†]

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the second-most populous country after India, representing 17.4% of the world population. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and borders fourteen countries by land across an area of nearly 9.6 million square kilometers (3,700,000 sq mi), making it the third-largest country by land area. The country is divided into 33 province-level divisions: 22 provinces, 5 autonomous regions, 4 municipalities, and 2 semi-autonomous special administrative regions. Beijing is the country's capital, while Shanghai is its most populous city by urban area and largest financial center.