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Arthur C. Clarke in 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) has the claim that "Behind every man now alive stand 30 ghosts, for that is the ratio by which the dead outnumber the living", which was roughly accurate at the time of writing. [9] [10] Recent estimates of the "total number of people who have ever lived" are in the order of 100 billion.
A year zero does not exist in the Anno Domini (AD) calendar year system commonly used to number years in the Gregorian calendar (nor in its predecessor, the Julian calendar); in this system, the year 1 BC is followed directly by year AD 1 (which is the year of the epoch of the era).
Cenotaph of a centurion who died in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest (AD 9). Teutoburg Forest is commonly seen as one of the most important defeats in Roman history, bringing the triumphant period of expansion under Augustus to an abrupt end.
The Day of Five Billion, 11 July 1987, was designated by the United Nations Population Fund as the approximate day on which the world population reached five billion. Matej Gašpar from Zagreb, Croatia (then SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia), was chosen as the symbolic 5-billionth person alive on Earth.
Gaius Caesar marries Livilla, daughter of Antonia Minor and Nero Claudius Drusus, in an effort to gain prestige. [5]The Roman theatre in Cartagena, built by Gaius and Lucius Caesar, finishes construction.
Israelis still in Gaza since before the Oct. 7 attack: 3 (body of one soldier killed in 2014 war, and two civilians who entered Gaza on their own in 2014 and 2015 and are believed alive) 02/07/2025 14:25 -0500
Hillary Clinton, George Soros and Denzel Washington received the highest US civilian honor; A double dose of nasty winter is about to smack much of the US with snow, ice and biting cold
The following is a list of living centenarians (living people who have attained the age of at least 100 years) known for reasons other than just their longevity.For more specific lists of people (living or deceased) who are known for these reasons, see lists of centenarians.