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November 16, 2016

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 16, 2016, covering November 16, 2016.

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    Album cover for Trap Or Die 3 by Jeezy

    Trap Or Die 3

    Jeezy

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    Album cover for Cosmic Hallelujah by Kenny Chesney

    Cosmic Hallelujah

    Kenny Chesney

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    Album cover for DC4 by Meek Mill

    DC4

    Meek Mill

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    Album cover for The Stage by Avenged Sevenfold

    The Stage

    Avenged Sevenfold

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    Album cover for Joanne by Lady Gaga

    Joanne

    Lady Gaga

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Notable Deaths

Jay Wright Forrester

2016Jay Wright Forrester, American computer engineer (born 1918)[†]

Jay Wright Forrester was an American computer engineer, management theorist and systems scientist. He spent his entire career at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, entering as a graduate student in 1939, and eventually retiring in 1989.

Melvin Laird

2016Melvin Laird, American politician and writer (born 1922)[†]

Melvin Robert Laird Jr. was an American politician, writer and statesman. He was a U.S. congressman from Wisconsin from 1953 to 1969 before serving as Secretary of Defense from 1969 to 1973 under President Richard Nixon. Laird was instrumental in forming the administration's policy of withdrawing U.S. soldiers from the Vietnam War; he coined the expression "Vietnamization," referring to the process of transferring more responsibility for combat to the South Vietnamese forces. First elected in 1952, Laird was the last living Representative elected to the 83rd Congress at the time of his death.

Daniel Prodan

2016Daniel Prodan, Romanian football player (born 1972)[†]

Daniel "Didi" Claudiu Prodan was a Romanian professional footballer who played mainly as a centre-back.

Historical Context for November 16, 2016

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