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October 28, 2011

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

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Headlines from October 28, 2011

Gauging the Fallout of Another Rescue

By Nelson D. Schwartz and Eric Dash

Skeptics of efforts by European officials to tackle Greece’s debt burden are saying some main elements of the agreement may not be as good as they looked initially.

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Can’t Talk Very Good Your Language

By Ben Brantley

In David Henry Hwang’s “Chinglish,” now on Broadway, an American businessman hoping to make his fortune in China goes through a maze of cultural confusion and linguistic blunders.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 26, 2011, covering October 28, 2011.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Evanescence by Evanescence

    Evanescence

    Evanescence

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

    21

    Adele

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    34
  3. 3
    Album cover for American Capitalist by Five Finger Death Punch

    American Capitalist

    Five Finger Death Punch

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    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    1
  4. 4
    Album cover for Clear As Day by Scotty McCreery

    Clear As Day

    Scotty McCreery

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    2
  5. 5
    Album cover for Wildflower by Lauren Alaina

    Wildflower

    Lauren Alaina

    Last week
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    1

Notable Deaths

Tom Addington

2011Tom Addington, English soldier (born 1919)[†]

Raymond Thomas Casamajor Addington was a British Army soldier who won the Military Cross in the Netherlands in 1944/45 for his bravery as a battery captain with the 13th Honourable Artillery Company (HAC), Royal Horse Artillery (RHA).

Historical Context for October 28, 2011

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