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December 29, 2015

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Preschool Without Walls

By Lillian Mongeau

Bundle up, buttercup. A growing number of preschools are situating their classrooms under the open sky and towering trees, regardless of weather.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 23, 2015, covering December 29, 2015.

  1. 1
    Album cover for 25 by Adele

    25

    Adele

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    3
  2. 2
    Album cover for A Head Full Of Dreams by Coldplay

    A Head Full Of Dreams

    Coldplay

    Last week
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    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    1
  3. 3
    Album cover for Purpose by Justin Bieber

    Purpose

    Justin Bieber

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    4
  4. 4
    Album cover for That's Christmas To Me by Pentatonix

    That's Christmas To Me

    Pentatonix

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    19
  5. 5
    Album cover for When It's Dark Out by G-Eazy

    When It's Dark Out

    G-Eazy

    Last week
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    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    1

Notable Deaths

Om Prakash Malhotra

2015Om Prakash Malhotra, Indian general and politician, 25th Governor of Punjab (born 1922)[†]

General Om Prakash Malhotra,, best known as OP Malhotra, was a senior army officer in the Indian Army who served as the 10th Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army from 1978 – 1981. Upon retiring from his military service in India, he served in the Indian Foreign Service when he tenured as the Indian Ambassador to Indonesia 1981–1984, and later served as a political administrator in India as the Governor of Punjab and Administrator of Chandigarh 1990–1991.

Pavel Srníček

2015Pavel Srníček, Czech footballer and coach (born 1968)[†]

Pavel Srníček was a Czech football coach and former professional player who played as a goalkeeper.

Kim Yang-gon

2015Kim Yang-gon, North Korean politician (born 1942)[†]

Kim Yang-gon was a North Korean politician and a senior official of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea.

Historical Context for December 29, 2015

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