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October 28, 2010

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 27, 2010, covering October 28, 2010.

  1. 1
    Album cover for I Am Not A Human Being by Lil Wayne

    I Am Not A Human Being

    Lil Wayne

    Last week
    16
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    3
  2. 2
    Album cover for Charleston; SC 1966 by Darius Rucker

    Charleston; SC 1966

    Darius Rucker

    Last week
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    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    1
  3. 3
    Album cover for BTR (Soundtrack) by Big Time Rush

    BTR (Soundtrack)

    Big Time Rush

    Last week
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    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    1
  4. 4
    Album cover for The Band Perry by The Band Perry

    The Band Perry

    The Band Perry

    Last week
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    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    1
  5. 5
    Album cover for Recovery by Eminem

    Recovery

    Eminem

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    17

Notable Deaths

Liang Congjie

2010Liang Congjie, Chinese historian and activist, founded Friends of Nature (born 1932)[†]

Liang Congjie was a Chinese historian best known for his work as an environmental activist who established the Friends of Nature in 1994 as the first environmental non-governmental organization to be officially recognized by the government of the People's Republic of China.

James MacArthur

2010James MacArthur, American actor (born 1937)[†]

James Gordon MacArthur was an American actor and recording artist.

Jonathan Motzfeldt

2010Jonathan Motzfeldt, Greenlandic politician, 1st Prime Minister of Greenland (born 1938)[†]

Jonathan Jakob Jørgen Otto Motzfeldt was a Greenlandic priest and politician. He is considered one of the leading figures in the establishment of Greenland Home Rule. Jonathan Motzfeldt was the first prime minister of Greenland. He was Greenland's prime minister from 1979 until 1991 and 1997 until 2002. He is Greenland's longest-serving prime minister and won the most elections of any Greenlandic Prime Minister. He is considered a centre-left politician and Greenland became a recognized country during his tenure.

Ehud Netzer

2010Ehud Netzer, Israeli archaeologist, architect, and educator (born 1934)[†]

Ehud Netzer was an Israeli architect, archaeologist and educator, known for his extensive excavations at Herodium, where in 2007 he found the tomb of Herod the Great; and the discovery of a structure defined by Netzer as a synagogue, which if true would be the oldest one ever found.

Historical Context for October 28, 2010

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