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August 28, 2014

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The Crazy Quilt of Fall

By Ruth La Ferla

The fall season’s eye-popping tapestry of textures, shapes and layers reflects the increasingly global worldview of designer and consumer alike.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 27, 2014, covering August 28, 2014.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 by Soundtrack

    Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    1
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    1
    Weeks
    3
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    Album cover for NOW 51 by Various Artists

    NOW 51

    Various Artists

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    2
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    2
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    2
  3. 3
    Album cover for Frozen by Soundtrack

    Frozen

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    8
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    38
  4. 4
    Album cover for Get Hurt by The Gaslight Anthem

    Get Hurt

    The Gaslight Anthem

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    Peak
    4
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    1
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    Album cover for TRXYE (EP) by Troye Sivan

    TRXYE (EP)

    Troye Sivan

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    5
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    1

Notable Deaths

Glenn Cornick

2014Glenn Cornick, English bass guitarist (born 1947)[†]

Glenn Douglas Barnard Cornick was an English bass guitarist, best known as the original bassist for the British rock band Jethro Tull from 1967 to 1970. Rolling Stone has called his playing with Tull as "stout, nimble underpinning, the vital half of a blues-ribbed, jazz-fluent rhythm section".

Hal Finney (computer scientist)

2014Hal Finney, American cryptographer and programmer (born 1956)[†]

Harold Thomas Finney II was an American software developer. In his early career, he was credited as lead developer on several console games. He later worked for PGP Corporation. He was an early Bitcoin contributor, and received the first Bitcoin transaction from the currency's creator Satoshi Nakamoto.

John Anthony Walker

2014John Anthony Walker, American soldier and spy (born 1937)[†]

John Anthony Walker Jr. was a United States Navy chief warrant officer and communications specialist convicted of spying for the Soviet Union from 1967 to 1985 and sentenced to life in prison.

Historical Context for August 28, 2014

In 2014, the world population was approximately 7,381,616,244 people[†]