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November 12, 2008

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The Zing Starts Here

By David Leite

To better understand the cranberry, often the neglected stepchild of the season, takes an understanding of cooking with one of the kitchen’s tartest ingredients.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 12, 2008, covering November 12, 2008.

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    Album cover for Black Ice by AC/DC

    Black Ice

    AC/DC

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    Album cover for Funhouse by P!nk

    Funhouse

    P!nk

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    Album cover for High School Musical 3: Senior Year by Soundtrack

    High School Musical 3: Senior Year

    Soundtrack

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    Album cover for Evolver by John Legend

    Evolver

    John Legend

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    Album cover for That Don't Make Me A Bad Guy by Toby Keith

    That Don't Make Me A Bad Guy

    Toby Keith

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Notable Deaths

Catherine Baker Knoll

2008Catherine Baker Knoll, American educator and politician, 30th Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania (born 1930)[†]

Catherine Baker Knoll was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party. She was the 30th lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania, serving under Governor Ed Rendell from 2003 to 2008, when she died in office. Prior to that, she served as the 72nd Pennsylvania treasurer from 1989 to 1997. She was the first woman to be lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania.

Mitch Mitchell

2008Mitch Mitchell, English drummer (born 1947)[†]

John Graham "Mitch" Mitchell was an English drummer and child actor, best known for his work in the Jimi Hendrix Experience, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992. He was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 2009. In 2016, Mitchell was ranked number 8 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Drummers of All Time".

Historical Context for November 12, 2008

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