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October 9, 2007

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 3, 2007, covering October 9, 2007.

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    Album cover for Reba Duets by Reba McEntire

    Reba Duets

    Reba McEntire

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    Album cover for Graduation by Kanye West

    Graduation

    Kanye West

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    Album cover for Curtis by 50 Cent

    Curtis

    50 Cent

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    Album cover for The Greatest Songs Of The Seventies by Barry Manilow

    The Greatest Songs Of The Seventies

    Barry Manilow

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    Album cover for Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates by Kenny Chesney

    Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates

    Kenny Chesney

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Notable Deaths

Enrico Banducci

2007Enrico Banducci, American businessman, founded hungry i (born 1922)[†]

Enrico Banducci was an American impresario. Banducci operated the Hungry I nightclub in San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood after purchasing the club from its founder, Eric "Big Daddy" Nord, in 1950.

Carol Bruce

2007Carol Bruce, American actress and singer (born 1919)[†]

Carol Bruce was an American band singer, Broadway star, and film and television actress. She had the recurring part of Mama Lillian Carlson on TV's WKRP in Cincinnati.

Historical Events

Dow Jones Industrial Average

2007The Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches its all-time high of 14,164 points before rapidly declining due to the 2008 financial crisis.[†]

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), Dow Jones, or simply the Dow, is a stock market index of 30 prominent companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States.

Historical Context for October 9, 2007

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