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March 29, 2016

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 23, 2016, covering March 29, 2016.

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    Album cover for untitled unmastered. by Kendrick Lamar

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    Kendrick Lamar

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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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    7
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    Album cover for ColleGrove by 2 Chainz

    ColleGrove

    2 Chainz

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    Album cover for Purpose by Justin Bieber

    Purpose

    Justin Bieber

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Notable Deaths

Patty Duke

2016Patty Duke, American actress (born 1946)[†]

Anna Marie Duke, known professionally as Patty Duke, was an American actress. Over the course of her acting career, she was the recipient of an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, three Primetime Emmy Awards, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Historical Events

United States Air Force

2016A United States Air Force F-16 crashes during takeoff from Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan.[†]

The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is one of the six United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Tracing its origins to 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Signal Corps, the USAF was established by transfer of personnel from the Army Air Forces with the enactment of the National Security Act of 1947. It is the second youngest branch of the United States Armed Forces and the fourth in order of precedence. The United States Air Force articulates its core missions as air supremacy, global integrated intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, rapid global mobility, global strike, and command and control.

Historical Context for March 29, 2016

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