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October 28, 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 October 28, 2009, covering October 28, 2009.

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    Album cover for Crazy Love by Michael Buble

    Crazy Love

    Michael Buble

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    2
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    Album cover for The Twilight Saga: New Moon by Soundtrack

    The Twilight Saga: New Moon

    Soundtrack

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    Peak
    2
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    1
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    Album cover for The Blueprint 3 by Jay-Z

    The Blueprint 3

    Jay-Z

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    1
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    6
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    Album cover for Love Is The Answer by Barbra Streisand

    Love Is The Answer

    Barbra Streisand

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    1
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    3
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    Album cover for The Time Of Our Lives (EP) by Miley Cyrus

    The Time Of Our Lives (EP)

    Miley Cyrus

    Last week
    8
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    8

Notable Deaths

Taylor Mitchell

2009Taylor Mitchell, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1990)[†]

Taylor Josephine Stephanie Luciow, known by her stage name Taylor Mitchell, was a Canadian country folk singer and songwriter from Toronto. Her debut and only album, For Your Consideration, received encouraging reviews and airplay. Following a busy summer performance schedule, which included an appearance as a young performer at the Winnipeg Folk Festival, Mitchell embarked on a tour of Eastern Canada with a newly acquired license and car.

Historical Events

2009The 28 October 2009 Peshawar bombing kills 117 and wounds 213.[†]

The 28 October 2009 Peshawar bombing occurred in Peshawar, Pakistan, when a car bomb was detonated in a Mina Bazar of the city. The bomb killed 137 people and injured more than 200 others, making it the deadliest attack in Peshawar's history. Pakistani government officials believe the Taliban to be responsible, but both Taliban and Al-Qaeda sources have denied involvement in the attack.

NASA

2009NASA successfully launches the Ares I-X mission, the only rocket launch for its short-lived Constellation program.[†]

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the United States's civil space program, aeronautics research and space research. Established in 1958, it succeeded the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) to give the American space development effort a distinct civilian orientation, emphasizing peaceful applications in space science. It has since led most of America's space exploration programs, including Project Mercury, Project Gemini, the 1968–1972 Apollo program missions, the Skylab space station, and the Space Shuttle. Currently, NASA supports the International Space Station (ISS) along with the Commercial Crew Program and oversees the development of the Orion spacecraft and the Space Launch System for the lunar Artemis program.

Barack Obama

2009US President Barack Obama signs the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act.[†]

Barack Hussein Obama II is an American politician who was the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first African American president in American history. Obama previously served as a U.S. senator representing Illinois from 2005 to 2008 and as an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004.

Historical Context for October 28, 2009

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