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June 18, 2011

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A Shifting Mood at Wrigley Field

By Tyler Kepner

With the Yankees in town and the Cubs playing better of late, the atmosphere around the ballpark had more of a postseason feel to it, even for fans of a team known to make any game feel like a celebration.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 15, 2011, covering June 18, 2011.

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

    Born This Way

    Lady Gaga

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

    21

    Adele

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

    Codes And Keys

    Death Cab for Cutie

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

    Ukulele Songs

    Eddie Vedder

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    Peak
    4
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    1
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    Album cover for Circuital by My Morning Jacket

    Circuital

    My Morning Jacket

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    Peak
    5
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    1

Notable Deaths

Yelena Bonner

2011Yelena Bonner, Russian activist (born 1923)[†]

Yelena Georgiyevna Bonner was a human rights activist in the former Soviet Union and wife of the physicist Andrei Sakharov. During her decades as a dissident, Bonner was noted for her characteristic blunt honesty and courage.

Frederick Chiluba

2011Frederick Chiluba, Zambian politician, 2nd President of Zambia (born 1943)[†]

Frederick Jacob Titus Chiluba was a Zambian politician who was the second president of Zambia from 1991 to 2002. Chiluba, a trade union leader, won the country's multi-party presidential election in 1991 as the candidate of the Movement for Multi-party Democracy (MMD), defeating long-time President Kenneth Kaunda. He was re-elected in 1996. As he was unable to run for a third term in 2001, former Vice President Levy Mwanawasa instead ran as the MMD candidate and succeeded him. After leaving office, Chiluba was the subject of a long investigation and trial regarding alleged corruption; he was eventually acquitted in 2009.

Clarence Clemons

2011Clarence Clemons, American saxophonist (born 1942)[†]

Clarence Anicholas Clemons Jr., also known as The Big Man, was an American saxophonist. From 1972 until his death in 2011, he was the saxophonist for Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band.

Historical Context for June 18, 2011

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