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November 29, 2009

Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.

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Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 25, 2009, covering November 29, 2009.

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    Album cover for The Circle by Bon Jovi

    The Circle

    Bon Jovi

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    Album cover for My Christmas by Andrea Bocelli

    My Christmas

    Andrea Bocelli

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    Album cover for Play On by Carrie Underwood

    Play On

    Carrie Underwood

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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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    Album cover for Fearless by Taylor Swift

    Fearless

    Taylor Swift

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Notable Deaths

Robert Holdstock

2009Robert Holdstock, English author (born 1948)[†]

Robert Paul Holdstock was an English novelist and author best known for his works of Celtic, Nordic, Gothic and Pictish fantasy literature, predominantly in the fantasy subgenre of mythic fiction.

2009Zuhair Al-Karmi, Palestinian author, scientific programs presenter on TV (born 1922).[†]

Zuhair Maáž„moud Sa`id Al-Karmi was a TV presenter, journalist, and author from Tulkarm, Palestine. He was a scientific program presenter on radio stations and Arab television, notably Jordan TV and JRTV.

2009Tamara Lisitsian, Soviet film director and screenwriter (born 1923)[†]

Tamara Nikolaevna Lisitsian was a Soviet film director and screenwriter, who received the Honored Artist of the RSFSR in 1985.

Historical Events

2009 Lakewood shooting

2009Maurice Clemmons shoots and kills four police officers inside a coffee shop in Lakewood, Washington.[†]

On November 29, 2009, four police officers of Lakewood, Washington, were fatally shot at the Forza coffee shop, located at 11401 Steele Street #108 South in the Parkland unincorporated area of Pierce County, Washington, near Tacoma. A gunman, later identified as Maurice Clemmons, entered the shop, shot the officers while they worked on laptops, and fled the scene with a single gunshot wound in his torso. After a massive two-day manhunt that spanned several nearby cities, an officer recognized Clemmons near a stalled car in south Seattle. When he refused orders to stop, he was shot and killed by a Seattle Police Department officer.

Historical Context for November 29, 2009

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