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March 4, 2018

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

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Headlines from March 4, 2018

Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of February 28, 2018, covering March 4, 2018.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Black Panther: The Album; Music From And Inspired By by Soundtrack

    Black Panther: The Album; Music From And Inspired By

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    2
  2. 2
    Album cover for Culture II by Migos

    Culture II

    Migos

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    4
  3. 3
    Album cover for The Greatest Showman by Soundtrack

    The Greatest Showman

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    11
  4. 4
    Album cover for Victory Lap by Nipsey Hussle

    Victory Lap

    Nipsey Hussle

    Last week
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    1
  5. 5
    Album cover for By The Way; I Forgive You by Brandi Carlile

    By The Way; I Forgive You

    Brandi Carlile

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    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    1

Notable Deaths

Davide Astori

2018Davide Astori, Italian soccer player (born 1987)[†]

Davide Astori was an Italian professional footballer who played as a central defender.

Historical Events

MI6

2018Former MI6 spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter are poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent in Salisbury, England, causing a diplomatic uproar that results in mass-expulsions of diplomats from all countries involved.[†]

The Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), commonly known as MI6, is the foreign intelligence service of the United Kingdom, tasked mainly with the covert overseas collection and analysis of human intelligence on foreign nationals in support of its Five Eyes partners. SIS is one of the British intelligence agencies and the Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service is directly accountable to the Foreign Secretary.

Historical Context for March 4, 2018

In 2018, the world population was approximately 7,729,902,781 people[†]