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July 7, 2006

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Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 5, 2006, covering July 7, 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

Syd Barrett

2006Syd Barrett, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1946)[†]

Roger Keith "Syd" Barrett was an English singer, guitarist and songwriter who co-founded the rock band Pink Floyd in 1965. Until his departure in 1968, he was Pink Floyd's frontman and primary songwriter, known for his whimsical style of psychedelia and stream-of-consciousness writing. As a guitarist, he was influential for his free-form playing and for employing effects such as dissonance, distortion, echo and feedback.

Juan de Ávalos

2006Juan de Ávalos, Spanish sculptor (born 1911)[†]

Juan de Ávalos y García-Taborda was a Spanish sculptor.

John Money

2006John Money, New Zealand-American psychologist and author (born 1921)[†]

John William Money was a New Zealand American psychologist, sexologist and professor at Johns Hopkins University known for his research on human sexual behavior and gender.

Historical Events

2006A shootout happens in Spiritwood, Canada, killing 2 Royal Canadian Mounted Police and wounding a 3rd officer.[†]

The Spiritwood Incident was a shooting that occurred on July 7, 2006, during a police pursuit in Saskatchewan, Canada, killing two of the three RCMP officers involved.

Historical Context for July 7, 2006

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