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July 29, 2008

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 July 23, 2008, covering July 29, 2008.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Tha Carter III by Lil Wayne

    Tha Carter III

    Lil Wayne

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    5
  2. 2
    Album cover for Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends by Coldplay

    Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends

    Coldplay

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    4
  3. 3
    Album cover for Camp Rock by Soundtrack

    Camp Rock

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    4
  4. 4
    Album cover for Modern Guilt by Beck

    Modern Guilt

    Beck

    Last week
    —
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    1
  5. 5
    Album cover for Rock N Roll Jesus by Kid Rock

    Rock N Roll Jesus

    Kid Rock

    Last week
    7
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    40

Notable Deaths

Bruce Edwards Ivins

2008Bruce Edward Ivins, American scientist and bio-defense researcher (born 1946)[†]

Bruce Edwards Ivins was an American microbiologist, vaccinologist, senior biodefense researcher at the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), Fort Detrick, Maryland, and the person identified by the FBI as the perpetrator of the 2001 anthrax attacks. Ivins died on July 29, 2008, of an overdose of acetaminophen (Tylenol/paracetamol) in a suicide after learning that criminal charges were likely to be filed against him by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for an alleged criminal connection to the attacks.

Historical Context for July 29, 2008

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