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November 19, 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 November 17, 2010, covering November 19, 2010.

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    Album cover for Speak Now by Taylor Swift

    Speak Now

    Taylor Swift

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    Peak
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    Album cover for My Kinda Party by Jason Aldean

    My Kinda Party

    Jason Aldean

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    Album cover for The Incredible Machine by Sugarland

    The Incredible Machine

    Sugarland

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    1
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    Album cover for Merry Christmas II You by Mariah Carey

    Merry Christmas II You

    Mariah Carey

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

    I Am Not A Human Being

    Lil Wayne

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    6

Notable Deaths

2010Pat Burns, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1952)[†]

Patrick John Joseph Burns was a National Hockey League head coach. Over 14 seasons between 1988 and 2004, he coached in 1,019 games with the Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs, Boston Bruins, and New Jersey Devils. Burns retired in 2005 after being diagnosed with recurring cancer, which eventually claimed his life five years later. Burns has won the Jack Adams Award three times, which is the most by a coach in NHL history.

Historical Events

Pike River Mine disaster

2010The first of four explosions takes place at the Pike River Mine in New Zealand. Twenty-nine people are killed in the nation's worst mining disaster since 1914.[†]

The Pike River Mine disaster was a coal mining accident that began on 19 November 2010 in the Pike River Mine, 46 km (29 mi) northeast of Greymouth, in the West Coast region of New Zealand's South Island following a methane explosion at approximately 3:44 pm. The accident resulted in the deaths of 29 miners.

Historical Context for November 19, 2010

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