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August 5, 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 August 5, 2015, covering August 5, 2015.

  1. 1
    Album cover for DS2 by Future

    DS2

    Future

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

    1989

    Taylor Swift

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    39
  3. 3
    Album cover for Black Rose by Tyrese

    Black Rose

    Tyrese

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    2
  4. 4
    Album cover for Currents by Tame Impala

    Currents

    Tame Impala

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    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    1
  5. 5
    Album cover for Angels And Alcohol by Alan Jackson

    Angels And Alcohol

    Alan Jackson

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    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    1

Notable Deaths

Arthur Walter James

2015Arthur Walter James, English journalist and politician (born 1912)[†]

Arthur Walter James was a British journalist and Liberal Party politician.

2015Tony Millington, Welsh footballer (born 1943)[†]

Anthony Horace Millington was a Welsh footballer who played as a goalkeeper for West Bromwich Albion, Crystal Palace, Peterborough United and Swansea City in the 1960s and 1970s and made 21 international appearances for Wales. His career ended in 1975 following a car accident and he later became the disability officer at Wrexham A.F.C. He was the brother of Grenville Millington, who played in goal for Rhyl and Chester.

Historical Events

2015 Gold King Mine waste water spill

2015The Environmental Protection Agency at Gold King Mine waste water spill releases three million gallons of heavy metal toxin tailings and waste water into the Animas River in Colorado.[†]

The 2015 Gold King Mine waste water spill was an environmental disaster that began at the Gold King Mine near Silverton, Colorado, when Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) personnel, along with workers for Environmental Restoration LLC, caused the release of toxic waste water into the Animas River watershed. They caused the accident by breaching a tailings dam while attempting to drain ponded water near the entrance of the mine on August 5. After the spill, the Silverton Board of Trustees and the San Juan County Commission approved a joint resolution seeking Superfund money.

Historical Context for August 5, 2015

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