‘Spider-Man’ Producers Say Delay Is Justified
By Patrick Healy
The producers of “Spider-Man” said the delay of the opening was justified by the complexity of the show.
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On this day
January 15, 2011
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
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Warring Relatives and Joking Rabbis
By Ben Brantley, Charles Isherwood, Eric Grode and Jason Zinoman
Four plays at two New York festivals, Under the Radar and Coil, offer a range of themes, styles and even language.
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For Healing, Meals Made to Order
By Shivani Vora
Seeing a need to help patients, especially young ones, whose appetites are often weak, Pnina Peled makes meals to order.
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You’re Young and Jewish: Discuss
By Laura M. Holson
Feeling disconnected, a group of young, affluent Jews have gathered to consider their spiritual and cultural identities.
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The Grass Is Fake, but the Splendor Real
By Ariel Kaminer
An art installation transforms a Mulberry Street gallery into an indoor park, complete with grass, trees and food vendors.
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Music on My Birthday
Billboard 200
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 12, 2011, covering January 15, 2011.
- 1
Speak Now
Taylor Swift
- Last week
- 1
- Peak
- 1
- Weeks
- 10
- 2
Recovery
Eminem
- Last week
- 7
- Peak
- 1
- Weeks
- 28
- 3
Loud
Rihanna
- Last week
- 10
- Peak
- 3
- Weeks
- 7
- 4
Pink Friday
Nicki Minaj
- Last week
- 8
- Peak
- 2
- Weeks
- 6
- 5
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kanye West
- Last week
- 19
- Peak
- 1
- Weeks
- 6
Notable Deaths
2011Nat Lofthouse, English footballer and manager (born 1925)[†]
Nathaniel Lofthouse was an English professional footballer who played as a forward for Bolton Wanderers for his entire career. He won 33 caps for England between 1950 and 1958, scoring 30 goals, with one of the highest goals-per-game ratios of any England player.
2011Pierre Louis-Dreyfus, French soldier, race car driver, and businessman (born 1908)[†]
Pierre Louis-Dreyfus was a French Resistance fighter during World War II who later was CEO of the Louis Dreyfus Cie.
2011Susannah York, English actress and activist (born 1939)[†]
Susannah Yolande Fletcher, known professionally as Susannah York, was an English actress. Her appearances in various films of the 1960s, including Tom Jones (1963) and They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969), formed the basis of her international reputation. An obituary in The Telegraph characterised her as "the blue-eyed English rose with the china-white skin and cupid lips who epitomised the sensuality of the swinging sixties", who later "proved that she was a real actor of extraordinary emotional range".
Historical Context for January 15, 2011
In 2011, the world population was approximately 7,110,923,765 people[†]