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After J. Walter Thompsonâs chief steps down, questions are raised about Madison Avenueâs culture and diversity in an era posing new challenges.
At Mic, a media site created by and for 20-somethings, oversharing, acting entitled and second-guessing the boss are the norm.
She lost her mother when she was 11 years old. Three decades later, Natasha Gregson Wagner has decided itâs time to talk about it.
As factory jobs move abroad, the divide between the political and economic elite and the rest of Americans widens, placing the two groups at odds.
Intensive efforts to stop the virus have begun on the island, where a quarter of the population will get it within a year, the C.D.C. predicts.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 16, 2016, covering March 19, 2016.
The 1975
Adele
Rihanna
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Justin Bieber
2016Roger Agnelli, Brazilian banker and businessman (born 1959)[â ]
Roger Agnelli was a Brazilian investment banker and entrepreneur. He ran one of the largest mining companies in the world, Vale SA, and in 2013 was voted by Harvard Business Review as the worldâs fourth best-performing chief executive officer behind Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos of Amazon.com and Yun Jong-Yong of Samsung. His clashes with Brazil's ruling Workers Party leadership, that began with the 2008 financial crisis and his firing of 2,000 workers, led to his ouster from Vale SA at the government's request in 2011. On March 19, 2016, he was killed, along with his wife, son, and daughter when their plane crashed in SĂŁo Paulo, Brazil.
2016Jack Mansell, English footballer and manager (born 1927)[â ]
Jack Mansell was a professional football player and coach. He made 274 appearances in the Football League as a defender for Brighton & Hove Albion, Cardiff City and Portsmouth. After retiring as a player, he joined the coaching staff at Sheffield Wednesday. There, in early April 1964, he became interim manager after the sacking of Vic Buckingham. He coached many clubs with his longest spell being at Reading and had experience overseas with the likes of Blauw-Wit Amsterdam, Boston Beacons and the Israel national team. In 1982, Mansell was chosen to train Maccabi Haifa, after a year at the Israel national team. Mansell died on 19 March 2016.
2016Flydubai Flight 981 crashes while attempting to land at Rostov-on-Don international airport, killing all 62 on board.[â ]
Flydubai Flight 981 (FZ981/FDB981) was a scheduled international passenger flight from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to Rostov-on-Don, Russia. On 19 March 2016, the Boeing 737-800 aircraft operating the flight crashed during a go-around, killing all 62 passengers and crew on board.
2016An explosion occurs in Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey, killing five people and injuring 36.[â ]
Taksim Square, situated in BeyoÄlu in the European part of Istanbul, Turkey, is a major tourist and leisure district famed for its restaurants, shops, and hotels. It is considered the heart of modern Istanbul, with the central station of the Istanbul Metro network. Taksim Square is also the location of the Republic Monument which was crafted by Pietro Canonica and inaugurated in 1928. The monument commemorates the 5th anniversary of the foundation of the Republic of Turkey in 1923, following the Turkish War of Independence.
In 2016, the world population was approximately 7,558,554,526 people[â ]