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August 14, 2012

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 8, 2012, covering August 14, 2012.

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    Album cover for Uncaged by Zac Brown Band

    Uncaged

    Zac Brown Band

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    Peak
    1
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    3
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    Album cover for Life Is Good by Nas

    Life Is Good

    Nas

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    1
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    Album cover for Handwritten by The Gaslight Anthem

    Handwritten

    The Gaslight Anthem

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    3
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    1
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    Album cover for Gossamer by Passion Pit

    Gossamer

    Passion Pit

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    Album cover for Kidz Bop 22 by Kidz Bop Kids

    Kidz Bop 22

    Kidz Bop Kids

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    Peak
    3
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    2

Notable Deaths

Vilasrao Deshmukh

2012Vilasrao Deshmukh, Indian lawyer and politician, Chief Minister of Maharashtra (born 1945)[†]

Vilasrao Dagadojirao Deshmukh was an Indian politician who served as the 14th Chief Minister of Maharashtra, first term from 18 October 1999 to 16 January 2003 and second term, from 1 November 2004 to 5 December 2008. He also served in the Union cabinet as the Minister of Science and Technology and Minister of Earth Sciences.

Svetozar Gligorić

2012Svetozar Gligorić, Serbian chess player (born 1923)[†]

Svetozar Gligorić was a Serbian and Yugoslav chess grandmaster and musician. He won the championship of Yugoslavia a record 11 times, and is considered the best player ever from Serbia and Yugoslavia. In 1958, he received the Golden Badge award for the best athlete of Yugoslavia.

Phyllis Thaxter

2012Phyllis Thaxter, American actress (born 1919)[†]

Phyllis St. Felix Thaxter was an American actress. She is best known for portraying Ellen Lawson in Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944) and Martha "Ma" Kent in Superman (1978). She also appeared in Bewitched (1945), Blood on the Moon (1948), and The World of Henry Orient (1964).

Historical Context for August 14, 2012

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