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June 15, 2011

Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.

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Headlines from June 15, 2011

Street-Level High-Wire Man

By Melena Ryzik

Philippe Petit, who once walked between the World Trade Center towers on a high wire, will showcase some of his other skills in the one-man show “Wireless!”

Culture1300 words

Banks Turn to Schumer on Patents

By Edward Wyatt

Senator Charles E. Schumer inserted into a bill a provision that appears aimed at helping banks address a costly problem with a patented system for processing digital copies of checks.

Business1060 words

Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 15, 2011, covering June 15, 2011.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Born This Way by Lady Gaga

    Born This Way

    Lady Gaga

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    2
  2. 2
    Album cover for 21 by Adele

    21

    Adele

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    15
  3. 3
    Album cover for Codes And Keys by Death Cab for Cutie

    Codes And Keys

    Death Cab for Cutie

    Last week
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    1
  4. 4
    Album cover for Ukulele Songs by Eddie Vedder

    Ukulele Songs

    Eddie Vedder

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    4
    Weeks
    1
  5. 5
    Album cover for Circuital by My Morning Jacket

    Circuital

    My Morning Jacket

    Last week
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    1

Notable Deaths

2011Bill Haast, American herpetologist and academic (born 1910)[†]

Bill Haast was the owner and operator, from 1947 until 1984, of the Miami Serpentarium, a tourist attraction south of Miami, Florida, where he entertained customers by performing live venom extraction from snakes. After closing the Serpentarium, he opened the Miami Serpentarium Laboratories, a facility in Punta Gorda, Florida that produced snake venom for medical and research use. Haast extracted venom from venomous snakes from the time he was a boy.

Historical Context for June 15, 2011

In 2011, the world population was approximately 7,110,923,765 people[†]