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April 20, 2007

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 April 18, 2007, covering April 20, 2007.

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    Album cover for NOW 24 by Various Artists

    NOW 24

    Various Artists

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    Album cover for Let It Go by Tim McGraw

    Let It Go

    Tim McGraw

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    Album cover for Dignity by Hilary Duff

    Dignity

    Hilary Duff

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    Album cover for Waking Up Laughing by Martina McBride

    Waking Up Laughing

    Martina McBride

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    Album cover for Timbaland Presents Shock Value by Timbaland

    Timbaland Presents Shock Value

    Timbaland

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Notable Deaths

Andrew Hill (pianist)

2007Andrew Hill, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (born 1931)[†]

Andrew Hill was an American jazz pianist and composer.

Michael Fu Tieshan

2007Michael Fu Tieshan, Chinese bishop (born 1931)[†]

Bishop Michael Fu Tieshan of Beijing was a top leader of the Catholic Patriotic Association.

Historical Events

Johnson Space Center shooting

2007Johnson Space Center shooting: William Phillips barricades himself with a handgun in NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas before killing a male hostage and himself.[†]

The Johnson Space Center shooting was an incident of hostage taking that occurred on April 20, 2007 in Building 44, the Communication and Tracking Development Laboratory, at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, Texas, United States. The gunman, William Phillips, an employee for Jacobs Engineering who worked at Building 44, shot and killed one person and took a hostage for over three hours before committing suicide. Police said Phillips was under review for poor job performance and he feared being dismissed.

Historical Context for April 20, 2007

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