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April 11, 2012

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 11, 2012, covering April 11, 2012.

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    Album cover for MDNA by Madonna

    MDNA

    Madonna

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    Album cover for Tuskegee by Lionel Richie

    Tuskegee

    Lionel Richie

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    Album cover for 21 by Adele

    21

    Adele

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    Album cover for Amaryllis by Shinedown

    Amaryllis

    Shinedown

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    Album cover for The Hunger Games: Songs From District 12 And Beyond by Soundtrack

    The Hunger Games: Songs From District 12 And Beyond

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Notable Deaths

Ahmed Ben Bella

2012Ahmed Ben Bella, Algerian soldier and politician, 1st President of Algeria (born 1916)[†]

Ahmed Ben Bella was an Algerian politician, soldier and socialist revolutionary who served as the head of government of Algeria from 27 September 1962 to 15 September 1963 and then the first president of Algeria from 15 September 1963 until his overthrow on 19 June 1965.

2012Roger Caron, Canadian criminal and author (born 1938)[†]

Roger "Mad Dog" Caron was a Canadian robber and the author of the influential prison memoir Go-Boy! Memories of a Life Behind Bars (1978). At the time of publishing, Caron was 39 years old and had spent 23 years in prison.

Tippy Dye

2012Tippy Dye, American basketball player and coach (born 1915)[†]

William Henry Harrison "Tippy" Dye was an American college athlete, coach, and athletic director. As a basketball head coach, Dye led the University of Washington to its only NCAA Final Four appearance in 1953. As an athletic director, Dye helped build the University of Nebraska football dynasty in the 1960s.

2012Hal McKusick, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and flute player (born 1924)[†]

Hal McKusick was an American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, and flutist who worked with Boyd Raeburn from 1944 to 1945 and Claude Thornhill from 1948 to 1949.

Agustin Roman

2012Agustin Roman, American bishop (born 1928)[†]

Agustín Aleido Román Rodríguez was the Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Miami and the Titular Bishop of Sertei.

Historical Events

2012A pair of great earthquakes occur in the Wharton Basin west of Sumatra in Indonesia. The maximum Mercalli intensity of this strike-slip doublet earthquake is VII (Very strong). Ten are killed, twelve are injured, and a non-destructive tsunami is observed on the island of Nias.[†]

The 2012 Indian Ocean earthquakes were magnitude 8.6 and 8.2 Mw  undersea earthquakes that struck near the Indonesian province of Aceh on 11 April at 15:38 local time. Initially, authorities feared that the initial earthquake would cause a tsunami and warnings were issued across the Indian Ocean; however, these warnings were subsequently cancelled. These were unusually large intraplate earthquakes and the largest strike-slip earthquake ever recorded.

Historical Context for April 11, 2012

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