On this day
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Confirming an unusual number of deaths in a given year is tricky, since celebrity is a subjective quality. But several media tallies point to a trend.
The resolution of the U.S. criminal case against the Japanese company will result in a $1 billion fine, but also removes a cloud over its restructuring.
Green Bay advanced on Mason Crosby’s 51-yard field goal with no time remaining.
Many blacks say the president-elect’s criticism of the civil rights leader shows a lack of understanding of the reverence with which they view the civil rights movement.
Donald J. Trump’s pick for labor secretary may soon be tasked with enforcing the very rules his company has been accused of violating.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 11, 2017, covering January 16, 2017.
Pentatonix
The Weeknd
Bruno Mars
J. Cole
Original Broadway Cast
2017Eugene Cernan, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (born 1934)[†]
Eugene Andrew Cernan was an American astronaut, naval aviator, electrical engineer, aeronautical engineer, and fighter pilot.
2017Turkish Airlines Flight 6491 crashes into a residential area near Manas International Airport in Kyrgyzstan, killing 39 people.[†]
Turkish Airlines Flight 6491 was a scheduled international cargo flight operated by ACT Airlines on behalf of Turkish Cargo, from Hong Kong to Istanbul via Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. On 16 January 2017, the Boeing 747-400F flying the route crashed in a residential area while attempting to land in thick fog at Manas International Airport, Bishkek. A total of 39 people – all 4 crew members on board and 35 residents on the ground – were killed.
In 2017, the world population was approximately 7,645,617,954 people[†]