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June 26, 2011

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Headlines from June 26, 2011

Ready, Set, Summer! A Guide

By Ashley Parker

Jessica Latham and Annabel Linquist have put out an “anti-Zagat” guide to “summer-ific” events, like how to get a tan while sitting at certain tables at a certain rooftop beer garden.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 22, 2011, covering June 26, 2011.

  1. 1
    Album cover for 21 by Adele

    21

    Adele

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    16
  2. 2
    Album cover for Born This Way by Lady Gaga

    Born This Way

    Lady Gaga

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    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    3
  3. 3
    Album cover for The Book Of Mormon by Original Broadway Cast Recording

    The Book Of Mormon

    Original Broadway Cast Recording

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    Peak
    3
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    3
  4. 4
    Album cover for All 6's & 7's by Tech N9ne

    All 6's & 7's

    Tech N9ne

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    Peak
    4
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    1
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    Album cover for Ronnie Dunn by Ronnie Dunn

    Ronnie Dunn

    Ronnie Dunn

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    Peak
    5
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    1

Notable Deaths

Edith Fellows

2011Edith Fellows, American actress (born 1923)[†]

Edith Marilyn Fellows was an American actress who became a child star in the 1930s. Best known for playing orphans and street urchins, Fellows was an expressive actress with a good singing voice. She made her screen debut at the age of five in Charley Chase's film short Movie Night (1929). Her first credited role in a feature film was The Rider of Death Valley (1932). By 1935, she had appeared in over twenty films. Her performance opposite Claudette Colbert and Melvyn Douglas in She Married Her Boss (1935) won her a seven-year contract with Columbia Pictures, the first such contract offered to a child.

Jan van Beveren

2011Jan van Beveren, Dutch footballer and coach (born 1948)[†]

Jan van Beveren was a Dutch footballer and coach, who played as a goalkeeper.

Historical Context for June 26, 2011

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