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Hal Robson-Kanu scored the game-winning goal for Wales as it beat Belgium, the No. 2 team in the world, for a spot in the European Championships semifinals.
Mr. Brown became a victim of an innovation geared toward people like him when his electric sedan collided with a semitrailer, making him the first known fatality in a self-driving car.
Elon Musk’s confidence in Tesla’s technology has seemed boundless, but trying to stay ahead of the competition has posed risks.
The police are trying to determine if a robbery or feud led to the fatal shooting of an owner of a popular pizzeria.
The Islamic State claimed responsibility after gunmen detonated explosives and killed 20 hostages at a restaurant in Dhaka, the capital.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 29, 2016, covering July 2, 2016.
Drake
Nick Jonas
Original Broadway Cast
Beyonce
Jon Bellion
2016Caroline Aherne, English actress and comedian (born 1963)[†]
Caroline Mary Aherne was an English actress, comedian, writer and director. She was best known for performing as the acerbic chat show host Mrs Merton, in various roles in The Fast Show, and as Denise in The Royle Family (1998–2012), a series which she co-wrote. She won BAFTA awards for her work on The Mrs Merton Show and The Royle Family.
2016Michael Cimino, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1939)[†]
Michael Antonio Cimino was an American film director, screenwriter, producer and author. Notorious for his obsessive attention to detail and determination for perfection, Cimino achieved widespread fame with The Deer Hunter (1978), which won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director.
2016Patrick Manning, 4th & 6th Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (born 1946)[†]
Patrick Augustus Mervyn Manning was a Trinidadian politician who served as the fourth prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago twice from 1991 to 1995, and again from 2001 to 2010. A geologist by training, Manning served as Member of Parliament for the San Fernando East constituency from 1971 until 2015 when he was replaced by Randall Mitchell, but with the seat in 2020 being won by his son Brian Manning. Patrick Manning was the longest-serving member of the House of Representatives. He was the Leader of the Opposition from 1986 to 1990 and again from 1995 to 2001.
2016Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor, activist, and author (born 1928)[†]
Eliezer "Elie" Wiesel was a Romanian-born American writer, professor, political activist, Nobel laureate, and Holocaust survivor. He authored 57 books, written mostly in French and English, including Night, which is based on his experiences as a Jewish prisoner at Auschwitz and Buchenwald during the Holocaust.
In 2016, the world population was approximately 7,558,554,526 people[†]