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June 5, 2013

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Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 5, 2013, covering June 5, 2013.

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    Album cover for Random Access Memories by Daft Punk

    Random Access Memories

    Daft Punk

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    Album cover for True Believers by Darius Rucker

    True Believers

    Darius Rucker

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    Album cover for Trouble Will Find Me by The National

    Trouble Will Find Me

    The National

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    Album cover for Excuse My French by French Montana

    Excuse My French

    French Montana

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    Album cover for The Great Gatsby: Music From Baz Luhrmann's Film by Soundtrack

    The Great Gatsby: Music From Baz Luhrmann's Film

    Soundtrack

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Notable Deaths

2013Helen McElhone, Scottish politician (born 1933)[†]

Helen Margaret McElhone was a Scottish politician. She worked together with her husband, Frank McElhone, during his time as a Member of Parliament (MP) representing Glasgow from 1969. After his sudden death, McElhone was elected as his successor; but within six months her Glasgow Queen's Park constituency was abolished in boundary changes and she lost out to a neighbouring MP in the selection for a new seat. She continued her political activity after leaving Parliament.

StanisƂaw Nagy

2013StanisƂaw Nagy, Polish cardinal (born 1921)[†]

StanisƂaw Kazimierz Nagy, SCI was a Polish member of the Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Dehonians) and a cardinal. He was born in 1921 in BieruƄ, Silesia, Poland, to a Hungarian father and Polish mother. In 1937 he became a member of the Dehonian Congregation and was ordained a priest in 1945. He was a rector in Kraków-PƂaszów, in Tarnów and a professor at the Catholic University of Lublin.

Ruairí Ó Brádaigh

2013Ruairí Ó Brádaigh, Irish republican activist and politician (born 1932)[†]

RuairĂ­ Ó BrĂĄdaigh was an Irish republican political and military leader. He was Chief of Staff of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) from 1958 to 1959 and again from 1960 to 1962, president of Sinn FĂ©in from 1970 to 1983, and president of Republican Sinn FĂ©in from 1987 to 2009.

2013Michel Ostyn, Belgian physiologist and physician (born 1924)[†]

Michel Ostyn was a Belgian physiologist, sports physician and sports medicine pioneer.

Historical Context for June 5, 2013

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