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August 19, 2012

Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.

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Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 15, 2012, covering August 19, 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

2012Donal Henahan, American journalist and critic (born 1921)[†]

Donal Henahan was an American music critic and journalist who had lengthy associations with the Chicago Daily News and The New York Times. With the Times he won the annual Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 1986; he had been a finalist in 1982.

2012Ivar Iversen, Norwegian canoe racer (born 1914)[†]

Ivar Iversen was a Norwegian sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1930s to the late 1940s. He won a gold medal in the K-1 4 x 500 m event at the 1948 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in London.

Tony Scott

2012Tony Scott, English-American director and producer (born 1944)[†]

Anthony David Leighton Scott was a British film director and producer.

Edmund Skellings

2012Edmund Skellings, American poet and academic (born 1932)[†]

Edmund Skellings was an American poet. He was the Poet Laureate of Florida from 1980 to 2012, and was succeeded by Peter Meinke.

Historical Context for August 19, 2012

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