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July 5, 2006

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Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 5, 2006, covering July 5, 2006.

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    Album cover for Loose by Nelly Furtado

    Loose

    Nelly Furtado

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    Album cover for Define The Great Line by Underoath

    Define The Great Line

    Underoath

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    Album cover for Taking The Long Way by Dixie Chicks

    Taking The Long Way

    Dixie Chicks

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    Album cover for Under The Iron Sea by Keane

    Under The Iron Sea

    Keane

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    Album cover for The Big Bang by Busta Rhymes

    The Big Bang

    Busta Rhymes

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Notable Deaths

Gert Fredriksson

2006Gert Fredriksson, Swedish canoe racer (born 1919)[†]

Gert Fridolf Fredriksson was a Swedish sprint canoeist. Competing in four Summer Olympics, he won eight medals including six golds, one silver, and one bronze. At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Fredriksson was head coach of the Swedish team.

Thirunalloor Karunakaran

2006Thirunalloor Karunakaran, Indian poet and scholar (born 1924)[†]

Thirunalloor Karunakaran was a poet, scholar, teacher and leftist intellectual of Kerala, India.

Kenneth Lay

2006Kenneth Lay, American businessman (born 1942)[†]

Kenneth Lee Lay was an American businessman and political donor who was the founder, chief executive officer and chairman of Enron. He was heavily involved in Enron's accounting scandal that unraveled in 2001 into the largest bankruptcy ever to that date. Lay was indicted by a grand jury and was found guilty of 10 counts of securities fraud at trial. Lay died in July 2006 while vacationing in his house near Aspen, Colorado, three months before his scheduled sentencing. A preliminary autopsy reported Lay died of a heart attack caused by coronary artery disease. His death resulted in a vacated judgment. Conspiracy theories regarding Lay's death surfaced, alleging that it was faked.

Amzie Strickland

2006Amzie Strickland, American actress (born 1919)[†]

Amzie Ellen Strickland was an American character actress who began in radio, made some 650 television appearances, had roles in two dozen films, appeared in numerous television movies, and also worked in TV commercials.

Historical Events

North Korea

2006North Korea tests four short-range missiles, one medium-range missile and a long-range Taepodong-2. The long-range Taepodong-2 reportedly fails in mid-air over the Sea of Japan.[†]

North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korean Peninsula and borders China and Russia to the north at the Yalu (Amnok) and Tumen rivers, and South Korea to the south at the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). The country's western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eastern border is defined by the Sea of Japan. North Korea, like South Korea, claims to be the sole legitimate government of the entire peninsula and adjacent islands. Pyongyang is the capital and largest city.

Historical Context for July 5, 2006

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