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April 13, 2013

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

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 10, 2013, covering April 13, 2013.

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    Album cover for The 20/20 Experience by Justin Timberlake

    The 20/20 Experience

    Justin Timberlake

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    Album cover for I Am Not A Human Being II by Lil Wayne

    I Am Not A Human Being II

    Lil Wayne

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    Album cover for Based On A True Story ... by Blake Shelton

    Based On A True Story ...

    Blake Shelton

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    Album cover for Native by OneRepublic

    Native

    OneRepublic

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    Album cover for Precious Memories: Volume II by Alan Jackson

    Precious Memories: Volume II

    Alan Jackson

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Notable Deaths

2013Stephen Dodgson, English composer and educator (born 1924)[†]

Stephen Cuthbert Vivian Dodgson was a British composer and broadcaster. Dodgson's prolific musical output covered most genres, ranging from opera and large-scale orchestral music to chamber and instrumental music, as well as choral works and song. Three instruments to which he dedicated particular attention were the guitar, harpsichord and recorder. He wrote in a mainly tonal, although sometimes unconventional, idiom. Some of his works use unusual combinations of instruments.

Historical Events

Salam Fayyad

2013Salam Fayyad resigns as Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority following an ongoing dispute with the President Mahmoud Abbas.[†]

Salam Fayyad is a Palestinian politician and economist who served as the first prime minister of Palestine from January 2013 until his resigned in July of that same year. He was previously the fourth prime minister of the Palestinian Authority from 2007 until the post was replaced. He was Finance Minister from June to 2005 and from March 2007 to May 2012.

Historical Context for April 13, 2013

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