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February 4, 2007

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In Miami, Art Without Angst

By Alex Williams

Romero Britto, a Brazilian-born Pop artist whose work is ubiquitous in South Florida, has created a canvas the size of a football field for the Super Bowl pregame show.

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A Tricycle for Adult Situations

By Vincent M. Mallozzi

Handsome as Brad and curvy as Angelina, the Spyder three-wheeler has enough cargo room to hold a pair of helmets big enough to contain the egos of both.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 31, 2007, covering February 4, 2007.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Daughtry by Daughtry

    Daughtry

    Daughtry

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    9
  2. 2
    Album cover for Dreamgirls by Soundtrack

    Dreamgirls

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    7
  3. 3
    Album cover for Jump In! by Soundtrack

    Jump In!

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    2
  4. 4
    Album cover for Corinne Bailey Rae by Corinne Bailey Rae

    Corinne Bailey Rae

    Corinne Bailey Rae

    Last week
    32
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    31
  5. 5
    Album cover for Konvicted by Akon

    Konvicted

    Akon

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    10

Notable Deaths

Bauer (footballer)

2007JosĂ© Carlos Bauer, Brazilian footballer and manager (born 1925)[†]

José Carlos Bauer, commonly known as Bauer, was a Brazilian football player and manager who played as a midfielder.

Ilya Kormiltsev

2007Ilya Kormiltsev, Russian-English poet and translator (born 1959)[†]

Ilya Valeryevich Kormiltsev was a Russian poet, translator, and publisher. Kormiltsev is most famous for working during the 1980s and the 1990s as a songwriter in Nautilus Pompilius, one of the most popular rock bands in the Soviet Union and, later, Russia. He was also a prominent literary translator and publisher. Since 1997, he translated into Russian many important pieces of modern prose, such as Chuck Palahniuk's Fight Club, or Irvine Welsh's Trainspotting. In 2003, he established Ultra.Kultura publishing house, which immediately gained a scandalous reputation and was closed by the authorities in 2007. Through its brief history, Ultra.Kultura published numerous counter-culture books in a wide range from ultra-right to radical left authors.

Barbara McNair

2007Barbara McNair, American singer and actress (born 1934)[†]

Barbara Jean McNair (March 4, 1934 – February 4, 2007) was an American singer and theater, television, and film actress. McNair's career spanned over five decades in television, film, and stage. McNair's professional career began in music during the late 1950s, singing in the nightclub circuit. In 1958, McNair released "Till There Was You", her debut single for Coral Records, which was a commercial success. McNair performed all around the world, touring with Nat King Cole and later appearing in his Broadway stage shows I'm with You and The Merry World of Nat King Cole in the early 1960s.

2007Jules Olitski, Ukrainian-American painter and sculptor (born 1922)[†]

Jevel Demikovski, known professionally as Jules Olitski, was an American painter, printmaker, and sculptor.

Alfred Worm

2007Alfred Worm, Austrian journalist, author, and academic (born 1945)[†]

Alfred Worm was an Austrian journalist, author and vocational high school teacher.

Historical Context for February 4, 2007

In 2007, the world population was approximately 6,757,308,781 people[†]