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In 2016, the world population was approximately 7,558,554,526 people[†]
2016Andy Bathgate, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (born 1932)[†]
Andrew James Bathgate was a Canadian professional ice hockey right wing who played 17 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs, Detroit Red Wings and Pittsburgh Penguins between 1952 and 1971. In 2017 Bathgate was named one of the "100 Greatest NHL Players" in history.
2016Don Getty, Canadian football player and politician, 11th Premier of Alberta (born 1933)[†]
Donald Ross Getty was a Canadian athlete, businessman, and politician who served as the 11th premier of Alberta between 1985 and 1992.
The deployment of dozens of Special Operations advisers would push American troops hundreds of miles closer to the battle that Nigerian forces are waging against the militants.
The actor makes his Broadway debut in this one-act play by Eugene O’Neill.
Senator Marco Rubio, alarmed by Donald Trump’s ascendancy and worried that his presidential chances were slipping away, delivered the onslaught that Republican leaders had desperately awaited.
At a news conference at the start of a G-20 meeting, Zhou Xiaochuan dismissed concerns about erosion of China’s foreign currency reserves.
Life and disability insurers sometimes set higher rates for women who suffer depression after childbirth, or decline coverage at all.
Some buyers seeking real estate deals in New York go prospecting in neighborhoods that don’t suffer from packed open houses. Yet.
Empty nesters drawn to the culture and convenience of Manhattan and Brooklyn, but facing soaring real estate prices, are rethinking their plans.
Developers are taking showcase apartments to the next logical step – offering turnkey homes, furniture packages and interior design consultations.
As mainstream Republicans try to stop Mr. Trump’s rise, the specter of being bullied by him is discouraging others from joining the fight.
Some investment advisers slip operational changes into their business brochures rather than highlighting them.
Your view of Netflix’s “Fuller House” probably depends on how you remember its predecessor.
Mr. Infantino defeated three other candidates in an election that many soccer officials hope will be a new beginning for the embattled soccer body.