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October 11, 2012

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Sometimes You Just Need to Get Away

By Ben Brantley

In “Harper Regan” Mary McCann stunningly plays a working wife and mother who runs away from her job and her family when she suddenly feels mortal shadows are closing in on her.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 10, 2012, covering October 11, 2012.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Babel by Mumford & Sons

    Babel

    Mumford & Sons

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    1
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  2. 2
    Album cover for Uno! by Green Day

    Uno!

    Green Day

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    Peak
    2
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    1
  3. 3
    Album cover for Push And Shove by No Doubt

    Push And Shove

    No Doubt

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    3
    Weeks
    1
  4. 4
    Album cover for The Truth About Love by P!nk

    The Truth About Love

    P!nk

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    1
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    2
  5. 5
    Album cover for Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1 by Lupe Fiasco

    Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1

    Lupe Fiasco

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    Peak
    5
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    1

Notable Deaths

2012Avrohom Genachowsky, Israeli rabbi (born 1936)[†]

Avrohom Genachowsky, was an Orthodox Jewish rabbi and talmudic scholar. He served as dean at Yeshivas Tchebin in Jerusalem.

Helmut Haller

2012Helmut Haller, German footballer and coach (born 1939)[†]

Helmut Haller was a German footballer who played as a forward. At international level, he represented West Germany at three World Cups. At club level, he played in both Germany and Italy, and won Italian league titles with Bologna and Juventus.

Edward Kossoy

2012Edward Kossoy, Polish lawyer, publicist, and activist (born 1913)[†]

Edward Kossoy was a Polish lawyer, publicist and an activist for victims of Nazism.

Édgar Negret

2012Édgar Negret, Colombian sculptor (born 1920)[†]

Édgar Negret Dueñas was a Colombian abstract sculptor.

Champ Summers

2012Champ Summers, American baseball player and coach (born 1946)[†]

John Junior "Champ" Summers was an American Major League Baseball outfielder and first baseman for six teams during his eleven-year career that spanned from 1974 to 1984. Summers played with the Oakland Athletics, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers, San Francisco Giants and San Diego Padres.

Historical Context for October 11, 2012

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