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December 3, 2009

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Something to Read

By Danielle Belopotosky

For anyone considering an e-reader purchase this holiday season, here’s a roundup of current and soon-to-be-available devices.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 2, 2009, covering December 3, 2009.

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    Album cover for Battle Studies by John Mayer

    Battle Studies

    John Mayer

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    Album cover for My Christmas by Andrea Bocelli

    My Christmas

    Andrea Bocelli

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    Album cover for The Fall by Norah Jones

    The Fall

    Norah Jones

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    Album cover for Until The Whole World Hears by Casting Crowns

    Until The Whole World Hears

    Casting Crowns

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    Album cover for Before I Self-Destruct by 50 Cent

    Before I Self-Destruct

    50 Cent

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Notable Deaths

Leila Lopes (actress)

2009Leila Lopes, Brazilian actress and journalist (born 1959)[†]

Leila Lopes was a Brazilian actress, journalist and television presenter, known for her appearance in TV Globo telenovelas and later for entering the pornographic film industry.

Richard Todd

2009Richard Todd, Irish-born British soldier and actor (born 1919)[†]

Richard Andrew Palethorpe-Todd was an Irish-British actor known for his leading man roles of the 1950s. He received a Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer – Male, and an Academy Award for Best Actor nomination and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor nomination for his performance as Corporal Lachlan MacLachlan in the 1949 film The Hasty Heart. His other notable roles include Jonathan Cooper in Stage Fright (1950), Wing Commander Guy Gibson in The Dam Busters (1955), Sir Walter Raleigh in The Virgin Queen (1955), and Major John Howard in The Longest Day (1962). He was previously a Captain in the British Army during the Second World War, fighting in the D-Day landings as a member of the 7th Parachute Battalion.

Historical Events

2009 Hotel Shamo bombing

2009A suicide bombing at a hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia, kills 25 people, including three ministers of the Transitional Federal Government.[†]

The 2009 Hotel Shamo bombing was a suicide bombing at the Hotel Shamo in Mogadishu, Somalia, on 3 December 2009. The bombing killed 25 people, including three ministers of the Transitional Federal Government, and injured 60 more, making it the deadliest attack in Somalia since the Beledweyne bombing on 18 June 2009 that claimed more than 30 lives.

Historical Context for December 3, 2009

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