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June 5, 2009

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 June 3, 2009, covering June 5, 2009.

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    Album cover for Relapse by Eminem

    Relapse

    Eminem

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    Album cover for 21st Century Breakdown by Green Day

    21st Century Breakdown

    Green Day

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    Album cover for Greatest Hits II by Kenny Chesney

    Greatest Hits II

    Kenny Chesney

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    Album cover for ISolated INcident by Dane Cook

    ISolated INcident

    Dane Cook

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    Album cover for Back On My B.S. by Busta Rhymes

    Back On My B.S.

    Busta Rhymes

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Notable Deaths

Jeff Hanson

2009Jeff Hanson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1978)[†]

Jeff Hanson was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist, whose voice was described in a 2005 Paste review as an "angelic falsetto, a cross between Alison Krauss and Art Garfunkel that is often (understandably) mistaken for a female contralto".

Historical Events

2009 Peruvian political crisis

2009After 65 straight days of civil disobedience, at least 31 people are killed in clashes between security forces and indigenous people near Bagua, Peru.[†]

The 2009 Peruvian political crisis resulted from the ongoing opposition to oil development in the Peruvian Amazon by local Indigenous peoples; they protested PetroperĂș and confronted the National Police. At the forefront of the movement to resist the development was Interethnic Association for the Development of the Peruvian Rainforest, a coalition of indigenous community organizations in the region.

2009 Hermosillo daycare center fire

2009A fire at a day-care center kills 49 people in Hermosillo, Mexico.[†]

The ABC Day Care Center Fire in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico, took place on Friday, June 5, 2009. Forty-nine children died that day and the death toll subsequently rose as additional children succumbed to their injuries. By June 7th, 44 toddlers and infants were reported killed as a result of the blaze. Five additional children died in the coming weeks, raising the final death toll to 49. Over 40 infants and toddlers and six adults were hospitalized with burns.

Historical Context for June 5, 2009

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