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January 26, 2013

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How Much? Roll the Credits

By Jerry Garrett

A car can often bring a better price at auction if a celebrity once owned it. Steve McQueen helps, as does Clark Gable. But Fatty Arbuckle?

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 23, 2013, covering January 26, 2013.

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    Album cover for Burning Lights by Chris Tomlin

    Burning Lights

    Chris Tomlin

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    Album cover for Notes From The Underground by Hollywood Undead

    Notes From The Underground

    Hollywood Undead

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    Album cover for Les Miserables by Soundtrack

    Les Miserables

    Soundtrack

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    Album cover for Red by Taylor Swift

    Red

    Taylor Swift

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    Album cover for Pitch Perfect by Soundtrack

    Pitch Perfect

    Soundtrack

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    12

Notable Deaths

Christine M. Jones

2013Christine M. Jones, American educator and politician (born 1929)[†]

Christine M. Jones was an American politician who represented District 26 in the Maryland House of Delegates.

Stefan Kudelski

2013Stefan Kudelski, Polish-Swiss engineer, inventor of the Nagra (born 1929)[†]

Stefan Kudelski was a Polish audio engineer known for creating the Nagra series of professional audio recorders.

Padma Kant Shukla

2013Padma Kant Shukla, Indian physicist and academic (born 1950)[†]

Padma Kant Shukla was a distinguished Professor and first International Chair of the Physics and Astronomy Department of Ruhr-University Bochum in Germany. He was also the director of the International Centre for Advanced Studies in Physical Sciences at Ruhr-University Bochum. He held a PhD in physics from Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi, India and a second doctorate in Theoretical Plasma Physics from Umeå University in Sweden.

Shōtarō Yasuoka

2013Shōtarō Yasuoka, Japanese author (born 1920)[†]

Shōtarō Yasuoka was a Japanese writer.

Historical Context for January 26, 2013

In 2013, the world population was approximately 7,291,793,585 people[†]