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September 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 August 31, 2016, covering September 5, 2016.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Suicide Squad: The Album by Soundtrack

    Suicide Squad: The Album

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    2
  2. 2
    Album cover for Views by Drake

    Views

    Drake

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    16
  3. 3
    Album cover for PARTYNEXTDOOR 3 (P3) by PARTYNEXTDOOR

    PARTYNEXTDOOR 3 (P3)

    PARTYNEXTDOOR

    Last week
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    1
  4. 4
    Album cover for Kinda Don't Care by Justin Moore

    Kinda Don't Care

    Justin Moore

    Last week
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    1
  5. 5
    Album cover for Blurryface by Twenty One Pilots

    Blurryface

    Twenty One Pilots

    Last week
    6
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    66

Notable Deaths

Hugh O'Brian

2016Hugh O'Brian, American actor (born 1925)[†]

Hugh O'Brian was an American actor and humanitarian, best known for his starring roles in the ABC Western television series The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955–1961) and the NBC action television series Search (1972–1973). His notable films included the adaptation of Agatha Christie's Ten Little Indians (1965); he also had a notable supporting role in John Wayne's last film, The Shootist (1976).

Phyllis Schlafly

2016Phyllis Schlafly, American lawyer, writer, and political activist (born 1924)[†]

Phyllis Stewart Schlafly was an American attorney, conservative activist, and anti-feminist, who was nationally prominent in conservatism. She held paleoconservative social and political views, opposed feminism, gay rights, and abortion, and campaigned against ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Historical Context for September 5, 2016

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