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October 1, 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 September 28, 2016, covering October 1, 2016.

  1. 1
    Album cover for They Don't Know by Jason Aldean

    They Don't Know

    Jason Aldean

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

    Views

    Drake

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    20
  3. 3
    Album cover for Suicide Squad: The Album by Soundtrack

    Suicide Squad: The Album

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    6
  4. 4
    Album cover for Wild World by Bastille

    Wild World

    Bastille

    Last week
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    1
  5. 5
    Album cover for Signs Of Light by The Head And The Heart

    Signs Of Light

    The Head And The Heart

    Last week
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    1

Historical Events

Spanish Socialist Workers' Party

2016The leader of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, Pedro Sánchez, resigns. He would return to the position a year later.[†]

The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is a social democratic political party in Spain. The PSOE has been in government longer than any other political party in modern democratic Spain: from 1982 to 1996 under Felipe González, 2004 to 2011 under José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, and since 2018 under Pedro Sánchez.

Historical Context for October 1, 2016

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