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October 24, 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 October 19, 2011, covering October 24, 2011.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Clear As Day by Scotty McCreery

    Clear As Day

    Scotty McCreery

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

    21

    Adele

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    33
  3. 3
    Album cover for Duets II by Tony Bennett

    Duets II

    Tony Bennett

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    3
  4. 4
    Album cover for Own The Night by Lady Antebellum

    Own The Night

    Lady Antebellum

    Last week
    6
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    4
  5. 5
    Album cover for Cole World: The Sideline Story by J. Cole

    Cole World: The Sideline Story

    J. Cole

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    2

Notable Deaths

Sansan Chien

2011Sansan Chien, Taiwanese composer and educator (born 1967)[†]

Sansan Chien was a Taiwanese composer of contemporary classical music. Chien was well known in Taiwan for her teaching of music theory and composition.

John McCarthy (computer scientist)

2011John McCarthy, American computer scientist and academic, developed the Lisp programming language (born 1927)[†]

John McCarthy was an American computer scientist and cognitive scientist. He was one of the founders of the discipline of artificial intelligence. He co-authored the document that coined the term "artificial intelligence" (AI), developed the programming language family Lisp, significantly influenced the design of the language ALGOL, popularized time-sharing, and invented garbage collection.

Historical Context for October 24, 2011

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