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May 6, 2013

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 May 1, 2013, covering May 6, 2013.

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    Album cover for Save Rock And Roll by Fall Out Boy

    Save Rock And Roll

    Fall Out Boy

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    Album cover for Indicud by Kid Cudi

    Indicud

    Kid Cudi

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    Album cover for The 20/20 Experience by Justin Timberlake

    The 20/20 Experience

    Justin Timberlake

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    Peak
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    5
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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 Mosquito by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

    Mosquito

    Yeah Yeah Yeahs

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Notable Deaths

Giulio Andreotti

2013Giulio Andreotti, Italian journalist and politician, 41st Prime Minister of Italy (born 1919)[†]

Giulio Andreotti was an Italian politician and statesman who served as the 41st prime minister of Italy in seven governments, and was leader of the Christian Democracy party and its right-wing; he was the sixth-longest-serving prime minister since the Italian unification and the second-longest-serving post-war prime minister. Andreotti is widely considered the most powerful and prominent politician of the First Republic.

2013Severo Aparicio Quispe, Peruvian bishop (born 1923)[†]

Severo Aparicio Quispe, O. de M., was a Peruvian friar of the Mercedarian Order who was made a bishop of the Catholic Church. He wrote a number of works on the history of the Catholic Church and of his Order in Peru.

2013Michelangelo Spensieri, Italian-Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1949)[†]

Michelangelo 'Michael' Spensieri was an Italian-Canadian politician and lawyer in Ontario. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1981 to 1985, as a member of the Ontario Liberal Party.

Historical Events

Ariel Castro kidnappings

2013Three women, kidnapped and missing for more than a decade, are found alive in Cleveland, Ohio, in the United States.[†]

Between 2002 and 2004, Ariel Castro abducted Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry, and Gina DeJesus from the roads of Cleveland, Ohio, and later held them captive in his home at 2207 Seymour Avenue in the city's Tremont neighborhood. All three women were imprisoned at Castro's home until 2013, when Berry successfully escaped with her six-year-old daughter, to whom she had given birth while captive, and contacted the police. Police rescued Knight and DeJesus, and arrested Castro hours later.

Historical Context for May 6, 2013

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