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March 28, 2009

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Headlines from March 28, 2009

A Game of Inches

By Katherine Bindley

With the opening of a new Yankee Stadium, will Stan’s Sports Bar be just a little too far from the action?

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Catching Some Z’s in Days of Yore

By Edward Rothstein

“To Sleep, Perchance to Dream,” an exhibition at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, explores how 17th-century thinkers perceived the mysteries and science of sleep.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 25, 2009, covering March 28, 2009.

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    Album cover for All I Ever Wanted by Kelly Clarkson

    All I Ever Wanted

    Kelly Clarkson

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    Album cover for Love V/S Money by The-Dream

    Love V/S Money

    The-Dream

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    Album cover for No Line On The Horizon by U2

    No Line On The Horizon

    U2

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    Album cover for Round 2 by J. Holiday

    Round 2

    J. Holiday

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    Album cover for Fearless by Taylor Swift

    Fearless

    Taylor Swift

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Notable Deaths

Maurice Jarre

2009Maurice Jarre, French-American composer and conductor (born 1924)[†]

Maurice-Alexis Jarre was a French composer and conductor. Jarre is best known for his film scores, particularly for his collaborations with film director David Lean composing all of his films from 1962 to 1984. Jarre received numerous accolades including three Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, four Golden Globes, and a Grammy Award.

Janet Jagan

2009Janet Jagan, 6th President of Guyana (born 1920)[†]

Janet Rosenberg Jagan was an American-born Guyanese politician who served as the President of Guyana, serving from December 19, 1997, to August 11, 1999. She was the first female president of Guyana. She previously served as the first female Prime Minister of Guyana from March 17, 1997, to December 19, 1997. The wife of Cheddi Jagan, whom she succeeded as president, she was awarded Guyana's highest national award, the Order of Excellence, in 1993, and the UNESCO Mahatma Gandhi Gold Medal for Women's Rights in 1998.

Historical Context for March 28, 2009

In 2009, the world population was approximately 6,932,766,416 people[†]