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January 10, 2010

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What About George?

By Saki Knafo

George Kramer, the “Rain Man” of Brooklyn, has thrived in a hole-in-the-wall hardware store for nearly 60 years.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 6, 2010, covering January 10, 2010.

  1. 1
    Album cover for I Dreamed A Dream by Susan Boyle

    I Dreamed A Dream

    Susan Boyle

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    5
  2. 2
    Album cover for STRONGER withEach Tear by Mary J. Blige

    STRONGER withEach Tear

    Mary J. Blige

    Last week
    —
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    1
  3. 3
    Album cover for My Christmas by Andrea Bocelli

    My Christmas

    Andrea Bocelli

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    8
  4. 4
    Album cover for The Element Of Freedom by Alicia Keys

    The Element Of Freedom

    Alicia Keys

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    2
  5. 5
    Album cover for Fearless by Taylor Swift

    Fearless

    Taylor Swift

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    59

Notable Deaths

Patcha Ramachandra Rao

2010Patcha Ramachandra Rao, Indian metallurgist, educator and administrator (born 1942)[†]

Patcha Ramachandra Rao was a metallurgist and administrator. He has the unique distinction of being the only vice-chancellor (2002–05) of the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) who was also a student (1963–68) and faculty (1964–92) at that institution. From 1992 to 2002, Rao was the director of the National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur. After his tenure as vice-chancellor of B.H.U., in 2005, he took the reins of the Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (DIAT) as its first vice-chancellor. He was to serve DIAT until his superannuation in 2007. From 2007 till the end, Rao was a Raja Ramanna Fellow at the International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials, in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.

Historical Context for January 10, 2010

In 2010, the world population was approximately 7,021,732,148 people[†]