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March 31, 2012

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Headlines from March 31, 2012

Two Sides to Labor in China

By Keith Bradsher

A shortage of workers is a big factor in the long shifts and workweeks that manufacturers have used to meet production quotas, all while forcing higher wages.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 28, 2012, covering March 31, 2012.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Up All Night by One Direction

    Up All Night

    One Direction

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

    21

    Adele

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    56
  3. 3
    Album cover for Greatest Hits by Guns N' Roses

    Greatest Hits

    Guns N' Roses

    Last week
    31
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    231
  4. 4
    Album cover for Wrecking Ball by Bruce Springsteen

    Wrecking Ball

    Bruce Springsteen

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    2
  5. 5
    Album cover for Passion: White Flag by Passion

    Passion: White Flag

    Passion

    Last week
    —
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    1

Notable Deaths

2012Judith Adams, New Zealand-Australian nurse and politician (born 1943)[†]

Judith Anne Adams was a New Zealand-born Australian politician, midwife, nurse, and farmer, who served as a member of the Australian Senate between 2005 and 2012, representing the state of Western Australia.

Dale R. Corson

2012Dale R. Corson, American physicist and academic (born 1914)[†]

Dale Raymond Corson was an American physicist and academic administrator who was the eighth president of Cornell University.

2012Bernard O. Gruenke, American stained glass artist (born 1914)[†]

Bernard Otto Gruenke was an American stained glass artist who produced one of the first faceted glass windows in the United States in 1949. He was born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin.

Jerry Lynch

2012Jerry Lynch, American baseball player (born 1930)[†]

Gerald Thomas Lynch, nicknamed "the Hat", "Lynch the Pinch" and "the Allison Park Sweeper", was an American professional baseball outfielder who ranked among the most prolific pinch hitters in Major League Baseball (MLB) history. He played 13 seasons (1954-1966) with the Pittsburgh Pirates and Cincinnati Reds.

Alberto Sughi

2012Alberto Sughi, Italian painter (born 1928)[†]

Alberto Sughi was an Italian painter.

2012Halbert White, American economist and academic (born 1950)[†]

Halbert Lynn White Jr. was the Chancellor's Associates Distinguished Professor of Economics at the University of California, San Diego, and a Fellow of the Econometric Society and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Historical Context for March 31, 2012

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