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March 22, 2016

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 16, 2016, covering March 22, 2016.

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    Album cover for I Like It When You Sleep; For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It by The 1975

    I Like It When You Sleep; For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It

    The 1975

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    Album cover for 25 by Adele

    25

    Adele

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    Album cover for ANTI by Rihanna

    ANTI

    Rihanna

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    Album cover for This Unruly Mess I've Made by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

    This Unruly Mess I've Made

    Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

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    Album cover for Purpose by Justin Bieber

    Purpose

    Justin Bieber

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Notable Deaths

Rob Ford

2016Rob Ford, Canadian businessman and politician, 64th Mayor of Toronto (born 1969)[†]

Robert Bruce Ford was a Canadian politician and businessman who served as the 64th mayor of Toronto from 2010 to 2014. Before and after his term as mayor, Ford was a city councillor. He was first elected to Toronto City Council in the 2000 municipal election, before being re-elected to his council seat twice.

Rita Gam

2016Rita Gam, American actress (born 1927)[†]

Rita Gam was an American film and television actress and documentary filmmaker. She won the Silver Bear for Best Actress.

Historical Events

2016 Brussels bombings

2016Three suicide bombers kill 32 people and injure 316 in the 2016 Brussels bombings at the airport and at the Maelbeek/Maalbeek metro station.[†]

On 22 March 2016, two coordinated terrorist attacks in and close to Brussels, Belgium, were carried out by the Islamic State (IS). Two suicide bombers detonated bombs at Brussels Airport in Zaventem just outside Brussels, and one detonated a bomb on a train leaving Maelbeek/Maalbeek metro station in the city's European Quarter. Thirty-two people were killed and more than 300 were injured. Three perpetrators also died. A third airport attacker fled the scene without detonating his bomb, which was later found in a search of the airport. A second metro attacker also fled, taking his bomb with him. The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attacks.

Historical Context for March 22, 2016

In 2016, the world population was approximately 7,558,554,526 people[†]