Milestones

DIED

Actor Richard Hatch, 71, Battlestar Galactica’s Captain Apollo. Hatch also appeared in the TV series’ reboot from 2004 to 2009.

> Hans Rosling, 68, Swedish physician and statistician known for his public teachings on global development.

> Concert pianist Walter Hautzig, 95. Hautzig’s musical talent paved his path out of Nazi-occupied Austria in 1938, when he was awarded a fellowship from the Jerusalem Conservatory.

COMPLETED

The world’s longest regularly scheduled airline flight, by Qatar Airways. The airline introduced the 17-hour, 9,032-mile flight from Auckland to Doha, Quatar, on Feb. 6.

RECEIVED

By U.S. colleges, a record $41 billion in donations, in fiscal year 2016.

BOUGHT

$17 billion in foreign alcoholic beverages in the U.S. in the first 11 months of 2016, a 6% increase that will likely be the biggest total in alcohol import sales in more than 20 years.