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August 31, 2006

Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 30, 2006, covering August 31, 2006.

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    Album cover for Back To Basics by Christina Aguilera

    Back To Basics

    Christina Aguilera

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    Album cover for The Phoenix by Lyfe Jennings

    The Phoenix

    Lyfe Jennings

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    Album cover for Dangerous Man by Trace Adkins

    Dangerous Man

    Trace Adkins

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    Album cover for Unappreciated by Cherish

    Unappreciated

    Cherish

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    Album cover for The Cheetah Girls 2 by Soundtrack

    The Cheetah Girls 2

    Soundtrack

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Notable Deaths

2006Mohamed Abdelwahab, Egyptian footballer (born 1983)[†]

Mohamed Mohamed Abdelwahab was an Egyptian footballer. He played in the defensive left back position. He was an important part of the Egyptian squad that went on to win the 2006 African Cup of Nations. He died during training with his club El Ahly on 31 August 2006.

2006Tom Delaney, English race car driver and businessman (born 1911)[†]

Cyril Terence "Tom" Delaney was a British sportsman and industrialist, perhaps best known in his later years for being the oldest licensed racing driver in the world, having competed in the same Lea-Francis car for more than three-quarters of a century from 1930 until just a few months before his death.

Historical Events

Edvard Munch

2006Edvard Munch's famous painting, The Scream, stolen on August 22, 2004, is recovered in a raid by Norwegian police.[†]

Edvard Munch was a Norwegian painter. His 1893 work The Scream has become one of Western art's most acclaimed images.

Historical Context for August 31, 2006

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