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September 13, 2013

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 11, 2013, covering September 13, 2013.

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    Album cover for Hail To The King by Avenged Sevenfold

    Hail To The King

    Avenged Sevenfold

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    Album cover for Crash My Party by Luke Bryan

    Crash My Party

    Luke Bryan

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    Album cover for Hall Of Fame by Big Sean

    Hall Of Fame

    Big Sean

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    Album cover for Stay Trippy by Juicy J

    Stay Trippy

    Juicy J

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    Album cover for Blurred Lines by Robin Thicke

    Blurred Lines

    Robin Thicke

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Notable Deaths

2013Olusegun Agagu, Nigerian politician, 15th Governor of Ondo State (born 1948)[†]

Olusegun Kokumo Agagu ; 16 February 1948–13 September 2013) was a Nigerian politician who was a governor of Ondo State from 29 May 2003 until February 2009, when a court voided his re-election as governor on account of electoral irregularities. He was replaced as a governor by Olusegun Mimiko, the runner-up in the election. He was a member of the then-ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Robert J. Behnke

2013Robert J. Behnke, American biologist and academic (born 1929)[†]

Dr. Robert J. Behnke was an American fisheries biologist and conservationist who was recognized as a world authority on the classification of salmonid fishes. He was popularly known as "Dr. Trout" or "The Trout Doctor". His seminal work, Trout and Salmon of North America, was published in 2002. He wrote a regular column for Trout Magazine, the quarterly publication of Trout Unlimited. He was a fisheries biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in the Colorado Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit and a professor at Colorado State University in the 1970s. He became a Professor Emeritus at the Department of Fishery and Wildlife Biology at Colorado State University.

Rick Casares

2013Rick Casares, American football player (born 1931)[†]

Richard Jose Casares was an American professional football player who was a fullback in the National Football League (NFL) and American Football League (AFL) for twelve seasons during the 1950s and 1960s. Casares played college football for the University of Florida, where he was standout fullback and kicker. Casares played professionally for the Chicago Bears and Washington Redskins of the NFL, and was a member of the expansion Miami Dolphins of the AFL.

Luiz Gushiken

2013Luiz Gushiken, Brazilian trade union leader and politician (born 1950)[†]

Luiz Gushiken was a Brazilian union leader and politician. He was formerly the head of the social communication office of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's administration, a position which carried a ministerial rank. He was a second-generation Japanese-Brazilian, with Ryukyuan parents from Okinawa.

Historical Events

Taliban

2013Taliban insurgents attack the United States consulate in Herat, Afghanistan, with two members of the Afghan National Police reported dead and about 20 civilians injured.[†]

The Taliban, which also refers to itself by its state name, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is an Afghan political and militant movement with an ideology comprising elements of the Deobandi movement of Islamic fundamentalism. It ruled approximately 75% of Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001, before it was overthrown by an American invasion after the September 11 attacks carried out by the Taliban's ally al-Qaeda. The Taliban recaptured Kabul in August 2021 following the departure of coalition forces, after 20 years of Taliban insurgency, and now controls the entire country. The Taliban government is not recognized by any country and has been condemned for restricting human rights, including women's rights to work and have an education.

Historical Context for September 13, 2013

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