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December 6, 2014

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 December 3, 2014, covering December 6, 2014.

  1. 1
    Album cover for FOUR by One Direction

    FOUR

    One Direction

    Last week
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    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    1
  2. 2
    Album cover for 1989 by Taylor Swift

    1989

    Taylor Swift

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    4
  3. 3
    Album cover for That's Christmas To Me by Pentatonix

    That's Christmas To Me

    Pentatonix

    Last week
    8
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    5
  4. 4
    Album cover for No Fixed Address by Nickelback

    No Fixed Address

    Nickelback

    Last week
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    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    1
  5. 5
    Album cover for Man Against Machine by Garth Brooks

    Man Against Machine

    Garth Brooks

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    2

Notable Deaths

Ralph H. Baer

2014Ralph H. Baer, German-American video game designer, created the Magnavox Odyssey (born 1922)[†]

Ralph Henry Baer was a German-born American inventor, game developer, and engineer.

Jimmy Del Ray

2014Jimmy Del Ray, American wrestler and manager (born 1962)[†]

David Everett Ferrier was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, "Gigolo" Jimmy Del Ray. Del Ray was best known for his appearances in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) as one half of the Heavenly Bodies with his tag team partner, Tom Prichard.

Fred Hawkins (golfer)

2014Fred Hawkins, American golfer (born 1923)[†]

Fred Hawkins was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour from the mid-1940s to the mid-1960s.

2014Luke Somers, English-American photographer and journalist (born 1981)[†]

Luke Daniel Somers was a British-born American photojournalist who had been held hostage by the militant Islamist group al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) in Yemen. He was a dual citizen of the United Kingdom and the United States. He traveled to Egypt before settling in Yemen.

Historical Context for December 6, 2014

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