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August 26, 2013

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Amgen Buys Producer of Drugs for Cancer

By Andrew Pollack and Michael J. de la Merced

Amgen has huge sales of drugs that help patients cope with chemotherapy and counter some of the effects of cancer, but it has long wanted drugs that directly attack the tumors themselves. In buying Onyx, it acquires some.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 21, 2013, covering August 26, 2013.

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    Album cover for The Civil Wars by The Civil Wars

    The Civil Wars

    The Civil Wars

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    Album cover for NOW 47 by Various Artists

    NOW 47

    Various Artists

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    Album cover for Blurred Lines by Robin Thicke

    Blurred Lines

    Robin Thicke

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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 From Death To Destiny by Asking Alexandria

    From Death To Destiny

    Asking Alexandria

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Notable Deaths

2013HĂ©lie de Saint Marc, French soldier (born 1922)[†]

HĂ©lie Denoix de Saint Marc or HĂ©lie de Saint Marc, was a senior member of the French Resistance and a senior active officer of the French Army, having served in the French Foreign Legion, in particular at the heart and corps of the Foreign Airborne Battalions and Regiments, the heirs of the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment 2Ăšme REP, a part constituent of the 11th Parachute Brigade. Commandant by interim of the 1st Foreign Parachute Regiment 1er REP, HĂ©lie assumed full responsibility for commanding exclusively his regiment towards the Generals' Putsch in April 1961 and would be charged for such action while also distancing accusations that would compromise the integrity of the men acting under his direct orders of command. He was rehabilitated within his civilian and military rights in 1978 and awarded the high distinction of the Grand-Croix of the Legion of Honor on 28 November 2011.

John J. Gilligan

2013John J. Gilligan, American soldier and politician, 62nd Governor of Ohio (born 1921)[†]

John Joyce “Jack” Gilligan was an American World War II veteran, educator and Democratic politician from the state of Ohio who served as a U.S. Representative and as the 62nd governor of Ohio from 1971 to 1975. He was the father of Kathleen Sebelius, who later served as governor of Kansas and United States Secretary of Health and Human Services.

2013Bill Schmitz, American football player and coach (born 1954)[†]

Bill Schmitz was an American football coach. He served as head football coach at the United States Coast Guard Academy from 1993 to 1996 and Austin Peay State University from 1997 to 2002, compiling a career college football record of 39–65.

2013Jack Sinagra, American lawyer and politician (born 1950)[†]

Jack G. Sinagra was an American Republican Party politician who was the mayor of East Brunswick, New Jersey, and served in the New Jersey Senate from 1992 to 2001, where he represented the 18th Legislative District.

Clyde A. Wheeler

2013Clyde A. Wheeler, American soldier and politician (born 1921)[†]

Clyde A. Wheeler was an American congressional relations expert, lobbyist, and member of the White House staff. After leaving the White House staff, he returned to Oklahoma, where he settled in Tulsa and became a lobbyist for Sun Oil Company. He retired from Sun in 1984 and returned to his ranch in his home town of Laverne, Oklahoma. He continued to do part-time work as a consultant for two Washington law firms until 1988. He died in Laverne in 2013.

Historical Context for August 26, 2013

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