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November 12, 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 12, 2013.

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    Album cover for PRISM by Katy Perry

    PRISM

    Katy Perry

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    1
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    Album cover for Lightning Bolt by Pearl Jam

    Lightning Bolt

    Pearl Jam

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    Peak
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    Album cover for Nothing Was The Same by Drake

    Nothing Was The Same

    Drake

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

    Bangerz

    Miley Cyrus

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

    Pure Heroine

    Lorde

    Last week
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    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    4

Notable Deaths

2013Steve Rexe, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1947)[†]

Stephen Glen Rexe was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender, the first-ever draft pick of the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL) and second overall pick in the 1967 NHL Amateur Draft.

Konrad Rudnicki

2013Konrad Rudnicki, Polish astronomer and academic (born 1926)[†]

Konrad Rudnicki was a Polish astronomer, professor at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, and a priest of the Old Catholic Mariavite Church.

Aleksandr Serebrov

2013Aleksandr Serebrov, Russian engineer and astronaut (born 1944)[†]

Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Serebrov was a Soviet cosmonaut. He graduated from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (1967), and was selected as a cosmonaut on 1 December 1978. He retired on 10 May 1995. He was married and had one child.

John Tavener

2013John Tavener, English composer and educator (born 1944)[†]

Sir John Kenneth Tavener was an English composer, known for his extensive output of choral religious works. Among his best known works are The Lamb (1982), The Protecting Veil (1988), and Song for Athene (1993).

Kurt Trampedach

2013Kurt Trampedach, Danish painter and sculptor (born 1943)[†]

Kurt Trampedach was a Danish painter and sculptor.

Historical Context for November 12, 2013

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