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June 29, 2006

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Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 28, 2006, covering June 29, 2006.

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    Album cover for The Big Bang by Busta Rhymes

    The Big Bang

    Busta Rhymes

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    Album cover for Taking The Long Way by Dixie Chicks

    Taking The Long Way

    Dixie Chicks

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    4
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    Album cover for Decemberunderground by AFI

    Decemberunderground

    AFI

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    Album cover for High School Musical by Soundtrack

    High School Musical

    Soundtrack

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    23
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    Album cover for One - X by Three Days Grace

    One - X

    Three Days Grace

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Notable Births

Sam Lavagnino

2006Sam Lavagnino, American child voice actor[†]

Sam Lavagnino is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Catbug in Bravest Warriors, young Grizz in We Bare Bears, Rolly in Puppy Dog Pals, and Mr. Muffin in Asdfmovie.

Notable Deaths

Fabián Bielinsky

2006Fabián Bielinsky, Argentinian director and screenwriter (born 1959)[†]

Fabián Bielinsky was an Argentine film director.

Lloyd Richards

2006Lloyd Richards, Canadian-American theatre director, actor, and dean (born 1919)[†]

Lloyd George Richards was a Canadian-American theatre director, and actor. While head of the National Playwrights Conference, he helped cultivate many of the most famous theater writers of the 20th century. He was also the dean of the Yale School of Drama from 1979 to 1991, and was the first Black director on Broadway.

Randy Walker (American football coach)

2006Randy Walker, American football player and coach (born 1954)[†]

Randy J. Walker was an American college football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Miami University from 1990 to 1998 and at Northwestern University from 1999 to 2005, compiling a career head coaching record of 96–81–5. Walker won 59 games at Miami, more than noted coaches who preceded him such as Sid Gillman, Woody Hayes, Bo Schembechler, Bill Mallory, and Ara Parseghian.

Historical Events

2006Hamdan v. Rumsfeld: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that President George W. Bush's plan to try Guantanamo Bay detainees in military tribunals violates U.S. and international law.[†]

Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, 548 U.S. 557 (2006), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that military commissions set up by the Bush administration to try detainees at Guantanamo Bay violated both the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) and the Geneva Conventions ratified by the U.S.

Historical Context for June 29, 2006

In 2006, the world population was approximately 6,671,452,015 people[†]