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June 5, 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 June 1, 2016, covering June 5, 2016.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Views by Drake

    Views

    Drake

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    3
  2. 2
    Album cover for Lemonade by Beyonce

    Lemonade

    Beyonce

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    4
  3. 3
    Album cover for Thank You by Meghan Trainor

    Thank You

    Meghan Trainor

    Last week
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    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    1
  4. 4
    Album cover for Misadventures by Pierce the Veil

    Misadventures

    Pierce the Veil

    Last week
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    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    1
  5. 5
    Album cover for ANTI by Rihanna

    ANTI

    Rihanna

    Last week
    7
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    17

Notable Deaths

Jerome Bruner

2016Jerome Bruner, American psychologist (born 1915)[†]

Jerome Seymour Bruner was an American psychologist who made significant contributions to human cognitive psychology and cognitive learning theory in educational psychology. Bruner was a senior research fellow at the New York University School of Law. He received a BA in 1937 from Duke University and a PhD from Harvard University in 1941. He taught and conducted research at Harvard University, the University of Oxford, and New York University. A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked Bruner as the 28th most cited psychologist of the 20th century.

Historical Events

2016 Aktobe shootings

2016Two shootings in Aktobe, Kazakhstan, kill six people.[†]

The 2016 Aktobe shootings were a series of shootings on civilian and military targets in Aktobe, Kazakhstan, in June 2016. On 5 June, two attacks occurred at gun stores, while a third attack was aimed at a military unit. Multiple shootouts between terrorists and police occurred over the next few days. The shootings left 7 victims dead and 37 injured. Eighteen attackers were killed and nine were arrested.

Historical Context for June 5, 2016

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