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March 16, 2017

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 March 15, 2017, covering March 16, 2017.

  1. 1
    Album cover for HNDRXX by Future

    HNDRXX

    Future

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    Peak
    1
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    1
  2. 2
    Album cover for FUTURE by Future

    FUTURE

    Future

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
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    2
  3. 3
    Album cover for 24K Magic by Bruno Mars

    24K Magic

    Bruno Mars

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
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    15
  4. 4
    Album cover for The Breaker by Little Big Town

    The Breaker

    Little Big Town

    Last week
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    1
  5. 5
    Album cover for Trolls by Soundtrack

    Trolls

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    10
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    23

Notable Deaths

2017Lewis Rowland, American neurologist (born 1925)[†]

Lewis Phillip Rowland was an American neurologist. He served as president of the American Neurological Association (1980–81) and the American Academy of Neurology (1989–91), and was editor of the journal Neurology from 1977 to 1987. He authored over 500 scientific articles, with a research emphasis on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and muscular dystrophy. He was chair of the neurology department at Columbia University for 25 years, where he established the H. Houston Merritt Clinical Research Center for Muscular Dystrophy and Related Diseases as well as the Eleanor and Lou Gehrig ALS Center.

Historical Context for March 16, 2017

In 2017, the world population was approximately 7,645,617,954 people[†]