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The process of determining which N.F.L. games will be shown in which TV markets can be simple â unless thereâs flexing, cross flexing, prime flexing, mandatory pullouts...
Cornelius Gurlittâs trove of inherited art, hidden for decades, is finally on view in two exhibitions. But bringing it into the light canât dispel his ghost.
The Japanese government and companies used radiation-hardened machines to search for the fuel that escaped the plantâs ruined reactors.
The opera, based on a 1961 novel and Hitchcockâs 1964 film about a traumatized woman who compulsively changes her identity, comes to the Met next season.
With a white director and a story based on a traditional Mexican holiday, the studio (mostly) pre-empted controversy through uncharacteristic collaborations.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 15, 2017, covering November 19, 2017.
Kenny Chesney
Kelly Clarkson
Chris Brown
21 Savage| Offset & Metro Boomin
Post Malone
2017Charles Manson, American cult leader and mass murderer (born 1934)[â ]
Charles Milles Manson was an American criminal, cult leader, and musician who led the Manson Family, a cult based in California in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Some cult members committed a series of at least nine murders at four locations in July and August 1969. In 1971, Manson was convicted of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder for the deaths of seven people, including the film actress Sharon Tate. The prosecution contended that, while Manson never directly ordered the murders, his ideology constituted an overt act of conspiracy.
2017Warren "Pete" Moore, American singer-songwriter and record producer (born 1938)[â ]
Warren Thomas "Pete" Moore was an American singer-songwriter and record producer, notable as the bass singer for Motown group the Miracles from 1955 onwards, and was one of the group's original members. He is also a 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee, and a BMI and ASCAP award-winning songwriter, and was the vocal arranger on all of the group's hits.
2017Jana NovotnĂĄ, Czech tennis player (born 1968)[â ]
Jana NovotnĂĄ was a Czech professional tennis player. She was ranked world No. 2 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) in 1997, and as the world No. 1 in women's doubles for 67 weeks. NovotnĂĄ won the women's singles title at Wimbledon in 1998, and was runner-up in three other singles majors. She also won twelve major women's doubles titles, four major mixed doubles titles, and three Olympic medals. NovotnĂĄ played a serve and volley game, an increasingly rare style of play among women during her career.
2017Della Reese, American singer and actress (born 1931)[â ]
Della Reese was an American singer, actress, television personality, author and ordained minister. As a singer, she recorded blues, gospel, jazz and pop. Several of her singles made the US Hot 100, including the number two charting song, "Don't You Know?" (1959). As a television personality and actress, she was the first black woman to host her own talk show and appeared on the highly-rated CBS television series Touched by an Angel.
2017Mel Tillis, American singer and songwriter (born 1932)[â ]
Lonnie Melvin Tillis was an American country music singer and songwriter. Although he recorded songs since the late 1950s, his biggest success occurred in the 1970s as part of the outlaw country movement, with a long list of Top 10 hits.
In 2017, the world population was approximately 7,645,617,954 people[â ]