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November 16, 2009

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Losing a Chess Match, and a Game

By Joe Lapointe

The finishing sequence was unorthodox and memorable, including a Jets defense trying to allow a touchdown to give Jacksonville the lead and the Jaguars refusing to score it.

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Art Prices (and Mood) Inch Back Up

By Carol Vogel

The last two weeks of Impressionist, modern and contemporary art auctions saw the return of a surprising number of collectors, their wallets open, but only if the price was right.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 11, 2009, covering November 16, 2009.

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    Album cover for Michael Jackson's This Is It (Soundtrack) by Michael Jackson

    Michael Jackson's This Is It (Soundtrack)

    Michael Jackson

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    Peak
    1
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    1
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    Album cover for Full Circle by Creed

    Full Circle

    Creed

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    2
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    1
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    Album cover for Fearless by Taylor Swift

    Fearless

    Taylor Swift

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    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    51
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    Album cover for Soulbook by Rod Stewart

    Soulbook

    Rod Stewart

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    Peak
    4
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    1
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    Album cover for Night Castle by Trans-Siberian Orchestra

    Night Castle

    Trans-Siberian Orchestra

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    1

Notable Deaths

Antonio de Nigris

2009Antonio de Nigris, Mexican footballer (born 1978)[†]

Antonio de Nigris Guajardo was a Mexican professional footballer who played as a striker.

Sergei Magnitsky

2009Sergei Magnitsky, Ukrainian-Russian accountant and lawyer (born 1972)[†]

Sergei Leonidovich Magnitsky was a Russian tax advisor responsible for exposing corruption and misconduct by Russian government officials while representing client Hermitage Capital Management. His arrest in 2008 and subsequent death after eleven months in police custody generated international attention and triggered both official and unofficial inquiries into allegations of fraud, theft and human rights violations in Russia. His posthumous trial was the first in the Russian Federation.

Edward Woodward

2009Edward Woodward, English actor (born 1930)[†]

Edward Albert Arthur Woodward was an English actor and singer. He began his career on stage, appearing in productions in both the West End of London and on Broadway in New York City. He came to wider attention from 1967 in the title role of the British television spy drama Callan, earning him the 1970 British Academy Television Award for Best Actor.

Historical Events

Space Shuttle program

2009Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on mission STS-129 to the International Space Station.[†]

The Space Shuttle program was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which accomplished routine transportation for Earth-to-orbit crew and cargo from 1981 to 2011. Its official program name was Space Transportation System (STS), taken from a 1969 plan for a system of reusable spacecraft where it was the only item funded for development, as a proposed nuclear shuttle in the plan was cancelled in 1972. It flew 135 missions and carried 355 astronauts from 16 countries, many on multiple trips.

Historical Context for November 16, 2009

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