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September 8, 2006

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Headlines from September 8, 2006

Coltrane 101: Echoes of a Giant

By Ben Ratliff

Jazz at Lincoln Center opens a new season with a series of shows based on the music of John Coltrane, on the 80th anniversary of his birth, taught as beginner classes. But don’t be alarmed. You have a week to prepare.

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Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 6, 2006, covering September 8, 2006.

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    Album cover for Danity Kane by Danity Kane

    Danity Kane

    Danity Kane

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    Album cover for Idlewild (Soundtrack) by OutKast

    Idlewild (Soundtrack)

    OutKast

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    1
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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 Amar Es Combatir by Mana

    Amar Es Combatir

    Mana

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    Album cover for The Cheetah Girls 2 by Soundtrack

    The Cheetah Girls 2

    Soundtrack

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Notable Deaths

Hilda Bernstein

2006Hilda Bernstein, English-South African author and activist (born 1915)[†]

Hilda Bernstein OLG was a British-born author, artist, and an activist against apartheid and for women's rights.

Peter Brock

2006Peter Brock, Australian race car driver and sportscaster (born 1945)[†]

Peter Geoffrey Brock, known as "Peter Perfect", "The King of the Mountain", or simply "Brocky", was an Australian motor racing driver. Brock was most often associated with Holden for almost 40 years, although he raced vehicles of other manufacturers including BMW, Ford, Volvo, Porsche and Peugeot. He won the Bathurst 1000 endurance race nine times, the Sandown 500 touring car race nine times, the Australian Touring Car Championship three times, the Bathurst 24 Hour once and was inducted into the V8 Supercars Hall of Fame in 2001. Brock's business activities included the Holden Dealer Team (HDT) that produced Brock's racing machines as well as a number of modified high-performance road versions of his racing cars.

Historical Context for September 8, 2006

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