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September 12, 2011

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 September 7, 2011, covering September 12, 2011.

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    Album cover for The R.E.D. Album by The Game

    The R.E.D. Album

    The Game

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    Album cover for Watch The Throne by Jay Z Kanye West

    Watch The Throne

    Jay Z Kanye West

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    Album cover for 21 by Adele

    21

    Adele

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    Album cover for What Matters Most by Barbra Streisand

    What Matters Most

    Barbra Streisand

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    Album cover for Hell On Heels by Pistol Annies

    Hell On Heels

    Pistol Annies

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Notable Deaths

Alexander Galimov

2011Alexander Galimov, Russian ice hockey player (born 1985)[†]

Alexander Saidgereyevich Galimov was a Russian professional ice hockey player. At the time of his death, he was a member of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) whose team plane crashed on 7 September 2011 killing all but one of the 45 crew and passengers on board.

Historical Events

National September 11 Memorial & Museum

2011The National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York City opens to the public.[†]

The National September 11 Memorial & Museum is a memorial and museum that are part of the World Trade Center complex, in New York City, created for remembering the September 11 attacks in 2001 which killed 2,977 people, as well as the February 26, 1993 World Trade Center bombing which killed six. The memorial is located at the World Trade Center site, the former location of the Twin Towers that were destroyed during the September 11 attacks. It is operated by a non-profit institution whose mission is to raise funds to program and operate the memorial and museum at the World Trade Center site.

Historical Context for September 12, 2011

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