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April 29, 2008

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 23, 2008, covering April 29, 2008.

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    Album cover for Spirit by Leona Lewis

    Spirit

    Leona Lewis

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    Album cover for Troubadour by George Strait

    Troubadour

    George Strait

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    Album cover for Sunset Man by James Otto

    Sunset Man

    James Otto

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    Album cover for NOW 27 by Various Artists

    NOW 27

    Various Artists

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    Album cover for Accelerate by R.E.M.

    Accelerate

    R.E.M.

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Notable Deaths

Gordon Bradley

2008Gordon Bradley, English-American footballer (born 1933)[†]

Gordon Bradley was an English-American soccer midfielder born and raised on Wearside who played several seasons with lower-division English clubs before moving to play in Canada at the age of 30. During the Canadian off-season, he played and coached in the U.S.-based German American Soccer League. In 1971, he became a player and head coach for the New York Cosmos. In addition to coaching the Cosmos, he has coached the U.S. national team and at the collegiate and high school levels. Bradley also earned one cap with the U.S. national team in 1973. He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame.

Albert Hofmann

2008Albert Hofmann, Swiss chemist and academic (born 1906)[†]

Albert Hofmann was a Swiss chemist known for being the first to synthesize, ingest, and learn of the psychedelic effects of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD). Hofmann's team also isolated, named and synthesized the principal psychedelic mushroom compounds psilocybin and psilocin. He authored more than 100 scientific articles and numerous books, including LSD: Mein Sorgenkind. In 2007, he shared first place with Tim Berners-Lee on a list of the 100 greatest living geniuses published by The Daily Telegraph newspaper.

Historical Context for April 29, 2008

In 2008, the world population was approximately 6,844,457,662 people[†]