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October 25, 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 October 20, 2010, covering October 25, 2010.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Bullets In The Gun by Toby Keith

    Bullets In The Gun

    Toby Keith

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    Peak
    1
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    1
  2. 2
    Album cover for Hemingway's Whiskey by Kenny Chesney

    Hemingway's Whiskey

    Kenny Chesney

    Last week
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    Peak
    1
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    2
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    Album cover for Doo-Wops & Hooligans by Bruno Mars

    Doo-Wops & Hooligans

    Bruno Mars

    Last week
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    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    1
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    Album cover for Recovery by Eminem

    Recovery

    Eminem

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    16
  5. 5
    Album cover for You Get What You Give by Zac Brown Band

    You Get What You Give

    Zac Brown Band

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    3

Notable Deaths

Lisa Blount

2010Lisa Blount, American actress (born 1957)[†]

Lisa Suzanne Blount was an American actress and film producer. She was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year for her performance in An Officer and a Gentleman (1982), and later won an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for producing The Accountant (2001).

Gregory Isaacs

2010Gregory Isaacs, Jamaican-English singer-songwriter (born 1951)[†]

Gregory Anthony Isaacs OD was a Jamaican reggae musician. Milo Miles, writing in The New York Times, described Isaacs as "the most exquisite vocalist in reggae".

Vesna Parun

2010Vesna Parun, Croatian poet and author (born 1922)[†]

Vesna Parun was a Croatian poet.

Historical Events

Mount Merapi

2010Mount Merapi in Indonesia begins a month-long series of violent eruptions that kill 353 people and cause the evacuation of another 350,000 people.[†]

Mount Merapi is an active stratovolcano located on the border between the province of Central Java and the Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. It is the most active volcano in Indonesia and has erupted regularly since 1548. It is located approximately 28 km (17 mi) north of Yogyakarta city which has a population of 2.4 million. Thousands of people live on the flanks of the volcano, with villages as high as 1,700 m (5,577 ft) above sea level.

2010 Mentawai earthquake and tsunami

2010A magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes off Indonesia's Mentawai Islands, triggering a tsunami that kills at least 400 people.[†]

The 2010 Mentawai earthquake occurred with a moment magnitude of 7.8 on 25 October off the western coast of Sumatra at 21:42 local time. The earthquake occurred on the same fault that produced the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. It was widely felt across the provinces of Bengkulu and West Sumatra and resulted in a substantial localized tsunami that struck the Mentawai Islands.

Historical Context for October 25, 2010

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