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March 16, 2012

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 14, 2012, covering March 16, 2012.

  1. 1
    Album cover for 21 by Adele

    21

    Adele

    Last week
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    Peak
    1
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    54
  2. 2
    Album cover for Whitney: The Greatest Hits by Whitney Houston

    Whitney: The Greatest Hits

    Whitney Houston

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    Peak
    2
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    33
  3. 3
    Album cover for WZRD by WZRD

    WZRD

    WZRD

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    Peak
    3
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    1
  4. 4
    Album cover for NOW 41 by Various Artists

    NOW 41

    Various Artists

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    3
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    4
  5. 5
    Album cover for The Bodyguard by Whitney Houston

    The Bodyguard

    Whitney Houston

    Last week
    6
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    145

Notable Deaths

Donald E. Hillman

2012Donald E. Hillman, American colonel and pilot (born 1918)[†]

Donald Edison Hillman was an American World War II flying ace and prisoner of war credited with five enemy aircraft destroyed. He was also the first American pilot, in 1952, to make a deep-penetration overflight of Soviet territory for the purpose of aerial reconnaissance.

Takaaki Yoshimoto

2012Takaaki Yoshimoto, Japanese poet, philosopher, and critic (born 1924)[†]

Takaaki Yoshimoto , also known as Ryƫmei Yoshimoto, was a Japanese poet, philosopher, and literary critic. As a philosopher, he is remembered as a founding figure in the emergence of the New Left in Japan, and as a critic, he was at the forefront of a movement to force writers to confront their responsibility as wartime collaborators.

Historical Events

Sachin Tendulkar

2012Former Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar becomes the first batter in history to score 100 centuries in international cricket.[†]

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar is an Indian former international cricketer who captained the Indian national team. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest cricketers of all time, and is the holder of several world records, including being the all-time highest run-scorer in both ODI and Test cricket, receiving the most player of the match awards in international cricket, and being the only batsman to score 100 international centuries. Tendulkar was a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha by presidential nomination from 2012 to 2018.

Historical Context for March 16, 2012

In 2012, the world population was approximately 7,201,202,485 people[†]