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August 23, 2006

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 23, 2006, covering August 23, 2006.

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    Album cover for Port Of Miami by Rick Ross

    Port Of Miami

    Rick Ross

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    Album cover for Phobia by Breaking Benjamin

    Phobia

    Breaking Benjamin

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    Album cover for NOW 22 by Various Artists

    NOW 22

    Various Artists

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    Album cover for Cassie by Cassie

    Cassie

    Cassie

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    Album cover for Christ Illusion by Slayer

    Christ Illusion

    Slayer

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Historical Events

Natascha Kampusch

2006Natascha Kampusch, who had been abducted at the age of ten, escapes from her captor Wolfgang Pƙiklopil, after eight years of captivity.[†]

Natascha Maria Kampusch is an Austrian author and former talk show host. At the age of 10, on 2 March 1998, she was abducted and held in a secret cellar by her kidnapper Wolfgang Pƙiklopil for more than eight years, until she escaped on 23 August 2006. Upon her escape, Pƙiklopil killed himself by stepping in front of a train at a nearby station. She has written a book about her ordeal, 3,096 Days (2010), which was later adapted into a film and released in 2013.

Historical Context for August 23, 2006

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