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May 19, 2016

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 May 18, 2016, covering May 19, 2016.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Views by Drake

    Views

    Drake

    Last week
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    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    1
  2. 2
    Album cover for Lemonade by Beyonce

    Lemonade

    Beyonce

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    2
  3. 3
    Album cover for Purple Rain (Soundtrack) by Prince And The Revolution

    Purple Rain (Soundtrack)

    Prince And The Revolution

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    102
  4. 4
    Album cover for The Very Best Of Prince by Prince

    The Very Best Of Prince

    Prince

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    42
  5. 5
    Album cover for ANTI by Rihanna

    ANTI

    Rihanna

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    15

Notable Deaths

Alan Young

2016Alan Young, English-born Canadian-American actor (born 1919)[†]

Alan Young was a British actor. Young is best known for portraying Wilbur Post in the television comedy Mister Ed (1961–1966) and voicing Disney's Scrooge McDuck for over 40 years, beginning in the 1974 Disneyland Records album An Adaptation of Dickens' Christmas Carol, Performed by The Walt Disney Players. He again voiced Scrooge in the Academy Award-nominated short film Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983) and continued in the role in various other films, television series and video games up until his death. He was considered by TV Guide to be "the Charlie Chaplin of television".

Morley Safer

2016Morley Safer, Canadian-born American journalist (born 1931)[†]

Morley Safer was a Canadian-American broadcast journalist, reporter, and correspondent for CBS News. He was best known for his long tenure on the news magazine 60 Minutes, whose cast he joined in 1970 after its second year on television. He was the longest-serving reporter on 60 Minutes.

Historical Events

EgyptAir Flight 804

2016EgyptAir Flight 804 crashes into the Mediterranean Sea while traveling from Paris to Cairo, killing all on board.[†]

EgyptAir Flight 804 was a regularly scheduled international passenger flight from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport to Cairo International Airport, operated by EgyptAir. On 19 May 2016 at 02:33 Egypt Standard Time (UTC+2), the Airbus A320 crashed into the Mediterranean Sea, killing all 66 occupants on board.

Historical Context for May 19, 2016

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