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July 4, 2015

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 July 1, 2015, covering July 4, 2015.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Before This World by James Taylor

    Before This World

    James Taylor

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

    1989

    Taylor Swift

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    34
  3. 3
    Album cover for The Original High by Adam Lambert

    The Original High

    Adam Lambert

    Last week
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    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    1
  4. 4
    Album cover for x by Ed Sheeran

    x

    Ed Sheeran

    Last week
    6
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    52
  5. 5
    Album cover for Breathe In. Breathe Out. by Hilary Duff

    Breathe In. Breathe Out.

    Hilary Duff

    Last week
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    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    1

Notable Deaths

Nedelcho Beronov

2015Nedelcho Beronov, Bulgarian judge and politician (born 1928)[†]

Nedelcho Krumov Beronov was a Bulgarian jurist, right-wing politician and Constitutional Court chairman, as well as a presidential candidate in the 2006 presidential elections.

William Conrad Gibbons

2015William Conrad Gibbons, American historian, author, and academic (born 1926)[†]

William Conrad Gibbons was an American historian and foreign policy expert.

Historical Events

Association football

2015Chile claims its first title in international football by defeating Argentina in the 2015 Copa AmĂ©rica Final.[†]

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposing team by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular-framed goal defended by the opposing team. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45-minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries and territories, it is the world's most popular sport.

Historical Context for July 4, 2015

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