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November 8, 2013

Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 6, 2013, covering November 8, 2013.

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    Album cover for PRISM by Katy Perry

    PRISM

    Katy Perry

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    Album cover for Lightning Bolt by Pearl Jam

    Lightning Bolt

    Pearl Jam

    Last week
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    Album cover for Nothing Was The Same by Drake

    Nothing Was The Same

    Drake

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    Peak
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    5
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    Album cover for Bangerz by Miley Cyrus

    Bangerz

    Miley Cyrus

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    3
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    Album cover for Pure Heroine by Lorde

    Pure Heroine

    Lorde

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    Peak
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    4

Notable Deaths

William C. Davidon

2013William C. Davidon, American physicist, mathematician, and academic (born 1927)[†]

William Cooper Davidon was an American professor of physics and mathematics, and a peace activist. As the mastermind of the March 8, 1971, FBI office break-in, in Media, Pennsylvania, Davidon was the informal leader of the Citizens' Commission to Investigate the FBI. The Media break-in resulted in the disclosure of COINTELPRO, which in turn led to subsequent investigations and reforms of the FBI.

2013Penn Kimball, American journalist and academic (born 1915)[†]

Penn Townsend Kimball II was an American journalist and college professor at Columbia University, most notable for suing the American government in the mid-1980s after his discovery that the FBI and CIA considered him and his wife a security risk.

2013Arnold Rosner, American composer (born 1945)[†]

Arnold Rosner was an American composer of classical music.

Chiyoko Shimakura

2013Chiyoko Shimakura, Japanese singer and actress (born 1938)[†]

Chiyoko Shimakura was an Enka singer and TV presenter in Japan. She was considered "the Goddess of Enka".

AVS (actor)

2013Amanchi Venkata Subrahmanyam, Indian journalist and actor (born 1957)[†]

Amanchi Venkata Subrahmanyam, better known and credited by his initials AVS, was an Indian actor, comedian, producer, director, and journalist known for his works in Telugu cinema. A.V.S. was known particularly for his comic dialogue delivery, and expressions. He starred in over five hundred feature films and has garnered four state Nandi Awards, including Best Comedian, and Best character actor.

Historical Events

Typhoon Haiyan

2013Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest tropical cyclones ever recorded, strikes the Visayas region of the Philippines; the storm left at least 6,340 people dead with over 1,000 still missing, and caused $2.86 billion (2013 USD; equivalent to $3.86 billion in 2024) in damage.[†]

Typhoon Haiyan, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Yolanda, was an extremely powerful and catastrophic tropical cyclone that is among the most powerful tropical cyclones ever recorded. Upon making landfall, Haiyan devastated portions of Southeast Asia, particularly the Philippines during early November 2013. It is one of the deadliest typhoons on record in the Philippines, killing at least 6,300 people in the region of Visayas alone. In terms of JTWC-estimated 1-minute sustained winds, Haiyan is tied with Meranti in 2016 for being the second strongest landfalling tropical cyclone on record, only behind Goni of 2020. It was also the most intense tropical cyclone worldwide in 2013.

Historical Context for November 8, 2013

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