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August 17, 2012

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Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 15, 2012, covering August 17, 2012.

  1. 1
    Album cover for God Forgives; I Don't by Rick Ross

    God Forgives; I Don't

    Rick Ross

    Last week
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    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    1
  2. 2
    Album cover for Uncaged by Zac Brown Band

    Uncaged

    Zac Brown Band

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    4
  3. 3
    Album cover for Believe by Justin Bieber

    Believe

    Justin Bieber

    Last week
    6
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    7
  4. 4
    Album cover for Up All Night by One Direction

    Up All Night

    One Direction

    Last week
    7
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    21
  5. 5
    Album cover for Number Ones by Bee Gees

    Number Ones

    Bee Gees

    Last week
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    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    62

Notable Deaths

Aase Bjerkholt

2012Aase Bjerkholt, Norwegian politician, Minister of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion (born 1915)[†]

Aase Ingerid Nathalie Bjerkholt was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She was born in Oslo.

2012Victor Poor, American engineer, developed the Datapoint 2200 (born 1933)[†]

Victor "Vic" Poor was an American engineer and computer pioneer. At Computer Terminal Corporation, he co-created the architecture that was ultimately implemented in the first successful computer microprocessor, the Intel 8008. Subsequently, Computer Terminal Corporation created the first personal computer, the Datapoint 2200 programmable terminal.

2012Patrick Ricard, French businessman (born 1945)[†]

Patrick Ricard was a French entrepreneur and chairman and CEO of the liquor and wine group Pernod Ricard.

2012John Lynch-Staunton, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1930)[†]

John George Lynch-Staunton was a Canadian senator, who served as interim leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, from December 2003 to March 2004. He represented the Senate division of Grandville, Quebec. Lynch-Staunton was the first Senator to lead a federal political party since Arthur Meighen from 1941 to 1942.

Historical Context for August 17, 2012

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