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November 9, 2013

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

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Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 6, 2013, covering November 9, 2013.

  1. 1
    Album cover for PRISM by Katy Perry

    PRISM

    Katy Perry

    Last week
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    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    1
  2. 2
    Album cover for Lightning Bolt by Pearl Jam

    Lightning Bolt

    Pearl Jam

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    2
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    Album cover for Nothing Was The Same by Drake

    Nothing Was The Same

    Drake

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    5
  4. 4
    Album cover for Bangerz by Miley Cyrus

    Bangerz

    Miley Cyrus

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
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    3
  5. 5
    Album cover for Pure Heroine by Lorde

    Pure Heroine

    Lorde

    Last week
    7
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    4

Notable Deaths

2013Savaş Ay, Turkish journalist (born 1954)[†]

Savaş Ay was a Turkish newspaper and television journalist, director, screenwriter, producer, photographer, and actor best known for his panel discussion television series A Takımı.

Helen Eadie

2013Helen Eadie, Scottish politician (born 1947)[†]

Helen Stirling Eadie was a Scottish Labour Co-operative politician who served as Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Cowdenbeath, previously Dunfermline East, from 1999 until her death in 2013.

2013Grethe Rytter Hasle, Norwegian biologist and academic (born 1920)[†]

Grethe Berit Rytter Hasle was a Norwegian planktologist. Among the first female professors of natural science at the University of Oslo, she specialized in the study of phytoplankton.

2013Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre, American saxophonist (born 1936)[†]

Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre was an American free jazz tenor saxophonist.

Steve Prescott

2013Steve Prescott, English rugby player (born 1973)[†]

Stephen Prescott was a professional rugby league footballer who played as a fullback during the 1990s and 2000s.

2013Emile Zuckerkandl, Austrian-American biologist and academic (born 1922)[†]

Émile Zuckerkandl was an Austrian-born French biologist considered one of the founders of the field of molecular evolution. He introduced, with Linus Pauling, the concept of the "molecular clock", which enabled the neutral theory of molecular evolution.

Historical Context for November 9, 2013

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