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June 8, 2009

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Headlines from June 8, 2009

Weinstein Company Takes Step to Ease Debt

By Michael Cieply

The company, which has yet to have a film reach $100 million at the domestic box office, has hired the financial consultant Miller Buckfire, which says it specializes in “overleveraged” companies.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 3, 2009, covering June 8, 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

Omar Bongo

2009Omar Bongo, Gabonese captain and politician, President of Gabon (born 1935)[†]

Omar Bongo Ondimba was a Gabonese politician who was the second president of Gabon from 1967 until his death in 2009. A member of the Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG), Bongo was promoted to key positions as a young official under Gabon's first President Léon M'ba in the 1960s, before being elected the second vice president in his own right in 1966. In 1967, after M'ba's death, he became the country's president.

Historical Context for June 8, 2009

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