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June 16, 2017

Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.

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Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 14, 2017, covering June 16, 2017.

  1. 1
    Album cover for True To Self by Bryson Tiller

    True To Self

    Bryson Tiller

    Last week
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    1
  2. 2
    Album cover for DAMN. by Kendrick Lamar

    DAMN.

    Kendrick Lamar

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    7
  3. 3
    Album cover for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles

    Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

    The Beatles

    Last week
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    195
  4. 4
    Album cover for More Life by Drake

    More Life

    Drake

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    11
  5. 5
    Album cover for Teenage Emotions by Lil Yachty

    Teenage Emotions

    Lil Yachty

    Last week
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    1

Notable Deaths

Helmut Kohl

2017Helmut Kohl, German politician, Chancellor of Germany (born 1930)[†]

Helmut Josef Michael Kohl was a German politician who served as chancellor of Germany and governed the Federal Republic from 1982 to 1998. He was leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1973 to 1998 and oversaw the end of the Cold War, the German reunification and the creation of the European Union (EU). Kohl’s 16-year tenure is the longest in German post-war history, and is the longest for any democratically elected chancellor of Germany.

Historical Context for June 16, 2017

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