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May 15, 2007

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Headlines from May 15, 2007

In Deal, a Test for the U.A.W.

By Micheline Maynard

Any effort by Cerberus Capital Management to cut Chrysler’s health care and pension obligation will put it at odds with the United Automobile Workers union.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 9, 2007, covering May 15, 2007.

  1. 1
    Album cover for The Best Damn Thing by Avril Lavigne

    The Best Damn Thing

    Avril Lavigne

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    2
  2. 2
    Album cover for Ain't Nothing Like Me by Joe

    Ain't Nothing Like Me

    Joe

    Last week
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    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    1
  3. 3
    Album cover for Year Zero by Nine Inch Nails

    Year Zero

    Nine Inch Nails

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    2
  4. 4
    Album cover for NOW 24 by Various Artists

    NOW 24

    Various Artists

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    5
  5. 5
    Album cover for Daughtry by Daughtry

    Daughtry

    Daughtry

    Last week
    7
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    23

Notable Deaths

Jerry Falwell

2007Jerry Falwell, American pastor, founded Liberty University (born 1933)[†]

Jerry Laymon Falwell Sr. was an American Baptist pastor, televangelist, and conservative activist. He was the founding pastor of the Thomas Road Baptist Church, a megachurch in Lynchburg, Virginia. He founded Lynchburg Christian Academy, later renamed Liberty Christian Academy, in 1967, founded Liberty University in 1971, and co-founded the Moral Majority in 1979.

Historical Context for May 15, 2007

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