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October 6, 2013

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Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 2, 2013, covering October 6, 2013.

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    Album cover for From Here To Now To You by Jack Johnson

    From Here To Now To You

    Jack Johnson

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    Album cover for Off The Beaten Path by Justin Moore

    Off The Beaten Path

    Justin Moore

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    Album cover for A.M. by Chris Young

    A.M.

    Chris Young

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    Album cover for Maybach Music Group Presents: Self Made; Vol. 3 by Various Artists

    Maybach Music Group Presents: Self Made; Vol. 3

    Various Artists

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    Album cover for True by Avicii

    True

    Avicii

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Notable Deaths

2013Ulysses Curtis, American-Canadian football player and coach (born 1926)[†]

Ulysses "Crazy Legs" Curtis was an American professional football player who was a running back in the Canadian Football League (CFL) for the Toronto Argonauts from 1950 to 1954. He won two Grey Cups with Toronto in 1950 and 1952.

Rift Fournier

2013Rift Fournier, American screenwriter and producer (born 1936)[†]

Rift Fournier was an American writer, screenwriter and television producer. Fournier, who lost the ability to walk at 17 years old due to polio, had a long and diverse career in television. He wrote episodes of numerous television series, including Baretta, Charlie's Angels, Highway to Heaven, Hell Town, Kojak, Matlock, Charley Hannah, High Mountain Rangers and NYPD Blue.

Paul Rogers (actor)

2013Paul Rogers, English actor (born 1917)[†]

Paul Rogers was an English actor of film, stage and television. He was the first winner of the BAFTA TV Award Best Actor in 1955 and won a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play for The Homecoming in 1967.

2013Nico van Kampen, Dutch physicist and academic (born 1921)[†]

Nicolaas 'Nico' Godfried van Kampen was a Dutch theoretical physicist, who worked mainly on statistical mechanics and non-equilibrium thermodynamics.

Historical Context for October 6, 2013

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