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August 19, 2013

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Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 14, 2013, covering August 19, 2013.

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    Album cover for Blurred Lines by Robin Thicke

    Blurred Lines

    Robin Thicke

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    Album cover for The Wrong Side Of Heaven...Volume 1 by Five Finger Death Punch

    The Wrong Side Of Heaven...Volume 1

    Five Finger Death Punch

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    Album cover for Magna Carta... Holy Grail by Jay-Z

    Magna Carta... Holy Grail

    Jay-Z

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    Album cover for Something Else by Tech N9ne

    Something Else

    Tech N9ne

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    Album cover for In A World Like This by Backstreet Boys

    In A World Like This

    Backstreet Boys

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Notable Deaths

2013Musa'id bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabian prince (born 1923)[†]

Musa'id bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was the twelfth son of King Abdulaziz, the founder of Saudi Arabia. He was a businessman and the father of Faisal bin Musaid, the assassin of his half-brother King Faisal.

2013Russell S. Doughten, American director and producer (born 1927)[†]

Russell S. Doughten Jr. was an American filmmaker and producer of numerous short and feature-length films. His film work is credited under numerous variations of his name: with or without the "Jr." suffix or middle initial, and sometimes using the informal "Russ" instead of "Russell".

2013Abdul Rahim Hatif, Afghan politician, 8th President of Afghanistan (born 1926)[†]

Abdul Rahim Hatif was a politician in Afghanistan. He served as one of the vice presidents during the last years of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.

Donna Hightower

2013Donna Hightower, American singer-songwriter (born 1926)[†]

Donna Lubertha Hightower was an American R&B, soul and jazz singer and songwriter, who recorded and released albums for the Decca and Capitol labels. Later in her career she was based in Europe, where she had a hit in 1972 with "This World Today is a Mess."

Historical Events

Dhamara Ghat train accident

2013The Dhamara Ghat train accident kills at least 37 people in the Indian state of Bihar.[†]

The Dhamara Ghat train accident occurred on 19 August 2013 when the Saharsa Patna Rajya Rani Express train struck a large group of people at the Dhamara Ghat railway station in the Indian state of Bihar. At least 28 people were killed and 24 injured. The victims were mostly Hindu pilgrims returning from prayers at the nearby Katyayani temple. The accident triggered a protest by passengers who beat the driver unconscious, attacked staff and torched two coaches of the train. The chief minister of Bihar State, Nitish Kumar, called it "the rarest of rare tragedies". He pledged 200,000 rupees, or around $3,180, for the family of each victim, and urged the railway ministry to do the same.

Historical Context for August 19, 2013

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