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December 9, 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 December 7, 2016, covering December 9, 2016.

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    Album cover for Hardwired...To Self-Destruct by Metallica

    Hardwired...To Self-Destruct

    Metallica

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    Album cover for 24K Magic by Bruno Mars

    24K Magic

    Bruno Mars

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    Album cover for The Weight Of These Wings by Miranda Lambert

    The Weight Of These Wings

    Miranda Lambert

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    Album cover for A Pentatonix Christmas by Pentatonix

    A Pentatonix Christmas

    Pentatonix

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    Album cover for We Got It From Here...Thank You 4 Your Service by A Tribe Called Quest

    We Got It From Here...Thank You 4 Your Service

    A Tribe Called Quest

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Historical Events

Park Geun-hye

2016President Park Geun-hye of South Korea is impeached by the country's National Assembly in response to a major political scandal.[†]

Park Geun-hye is a South Korean politician who served as the 11th president of South Korea from 2013 until her removal from office in 2017. Park was the first and to date only woman to be elected president of South Korea, and also the first woman to be popularly elected as a head of state in East Asia. She is also the first South Korean president to be born after the founding of South Korea. Her father, Park Chung-hee, was president from 1963 to 1979, serving five consecutive terms after he seized power in 1961 and whom she served as first lady under from 1974 until his assassination in 1979.

Madagali

2016At least 57 people are killed and a further 177 injured when two schoolgirl suicide bombers attack a market area in Madagali, Adamawa, Nigeria in the Madagali suicide bombings.[†]

Madagali or Madagli is a town and local government area in Adamawa State, Nigeria, adjacent to the border with Cameroon.

Historical Context for December 9, 2016

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