The world population on Earth passed 3 billion.
It was only 33 years before this that the population reached 2 billion.
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The World Wildlife Fund blamed humanity's rapidly expanding consumerism for decreasing 60% of the world's wildlife between 1970 & 2014.
The population of space hit a new record with 13 astronauts.
The six billionth living human being was born.
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) stated that the world's population had reached seven billion.
The US population reached 300 million people.