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March 6, 2015

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Headlines from March 6, 2015

Reinventing the Mail Truck

By Aaron M. Kessler

The United States Postal Service is asking automakers to produce a truck that is more fuel efficient, safer and with room for all the packages mail carriers are increasingly handling.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 4, 2015, covering March 6, 2015.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Smoke + Mirrors by Imagine Dragons

    Smoke + Mirrors

    Imagine Dragons

    Last week
    —
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    1
  2. 2
    Album cover for If You're Reading This It's Too Late by Drake

    If You're Reading This It's Too Late

    Drake

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    2
  3. 3
    Album cover for Fifty Shades Of Grey by Soundtrack

    Fifty Shades Of Grey

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    2
  4. 4
    Album cover for 1989 by Taylor Swift

    1989

    Taylor Swift

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    17
  5. 5
    Album cover for x by Ed Sheeran

    x

    Ed Sheeran

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    35

Notable Deaths

Fred Craddock

2015Fred Craddock, American minister and academic (born 1928)[†]

Fred Brenning Craddock Jr. was Bandy Distinguished Professor of Preaching and New Testament Emeritus in the Candler School of Theology at Emory University. He was an ordained minister of the Christian Church from rural Tennessee. He was the director of the Craddock Center, a non-profit service group which operates in rural Appalachia.

Ram Sundar Das

2015Ram Sundar Das, Indian lawyer and politician, 18th Chief Minister of Bihar (born 1921)[†]

Ram Sundar Das was an freedom fighter,Indian politician and former Chief Minister of Bihar state. He was a two-time Member of Parliament from Hajipur constituency.

2015Enrique "Coco" VicĂ©ns, Puerto Rican-American basketball player and politician (born 1926)[†]

Enrique "Coco" Alberto Vicéns Sastre was a Puerto Rican professional basketball player that also served as senator-at-large in the Puerto Rico State Legislature from 1973 until 1978. He played for the Leones de Ponce basketball team and was also a volleyball player and track and field athlete. His brother was basketball star Juan "Pachín" Vicéns.

Historical Context for March 6, 2015

In 2015, the world population was approximately 7,470,491,872 people[†]