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December 1, 2007

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 28, 2007, covering December 1, 2007.

  1. 1
    Album cover for As I Am by Alicia Keys

    As I Am

    Alicia Keys

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    Album cover for Noel by Josh Groban

    Noel

    Josh Groban

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    Peak
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    6
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    Album cover for Taking Chances by Celine Dion

    Taking Chances

    Celine Dion

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    1
  4. 4
    Album cover for NOW 26 by Various Artists

    NOW 26

    Various Artists

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    Album cover for The Ultimate Hits by Garth Brooks

    The Ultimate Hits

    Garth Brooks

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    Peak
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    2

Notable Deaths

Ken McGregor

2007Ken McGregor, Australian tennis player and footballer (born 1929)[†]

Kenneth Bruce McGregor was an Australian tennis player from Adelaide who won the Men's Singles title at the Australian Championships in 1952. He and his longtime doubles partner, Frank Sedgman, are generally considered one of the greatest men's doubles teams of all time and won the doubles Grand Slam in 1951. McGregor was also a member of three Australian Davis Cup winning teams in 1950–1952. In 1953, Jack Kramer induced both Sedgman and McGregor to turn professional. He was ranked as high as World No. 3 in 1952.

Anton Rodgers

2007Anton Rodgers, British actor (born 1933)[†]

Anthony Rodgers was an English actor and occasional director. He performed on stage, in film, in television dramas and sitcoms. He starred in several sitcoms, including Fresh Fields, its sequel French Fields, and May to December. He also appeared in films, including Scrooge (1970) The Day of the Jackal (1973), and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988).

Ivo Rojnica

2007Ivo Rojnica, Croatian-Argentine war crimes suspect, businessman, diplomat, and intelligence agent (born 1915)[†]

Ivo Rojnica was a Croatian UstaĆĄe official and intelligence agent who was active in the World War II Axis puppet state known as the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) from 1941 to 1945. After the war, he escaped to Argentina, where he reinvented himself as a businessman and diplomat.

Historical Context for December 1, 2007

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