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September 23, 2010

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 September 22, 2010, covering September 23, 2010.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Kaleidoscope Heart by Sara Bareilles

    Kaleidoscope Heart

    Sara Bareilles

    Last week
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    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    1
  2. 2
    Album cover for Recovery by Eminem

    Recovery

    Eminem

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    12
  3. 3
    Album cover for NOW 35 by Various Artists

    NOW 35

    Various Artists

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    2
  4. 4
    Album cover for Teenage Dream by Katy Perry

    Teenage Dream

    Katy Perry

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    3
  5. 5
    Album cover for Asylum by Disturbed

    Asylum

    Disturbed

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    2

Notable Deaths

2010Malcolm Douglas, Australian hunter and television host (born 1941)[†]

Malcolm Douglas was an Australian wildlife documentary film maker, and crocodile hunter. Douglas started in the 1960s as a professional crocodile hunter and farmer, but later dedicated himself to their preservation.

Historical Events

Teresa Lewis

2010Teresa Lewis becomes the first woman to be executed by the U.S. state of Virginia since 1912, and the first woman in the state to be executed by lethal injection.[†]

Teresa Wilson Bean Lewis was an American murderer who was the only woman on death row in Virginia prior to her execution. She was sentenced to death by lethal injection for the murders of her husband and stepson in October 2002. Lewis sought to profit from a $250,000 life insurance policy her stepson had taken out as a U.S. Army reservist in anticipation of his deployment to Iraq.

Historical Context for September 23, 2010

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