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May 24, 2018

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The Forgotten Entertainer Rag

By Alex Vadukul

Every year in a cemetery in Queens, Scott Joplin fans make a pilgrimage to pay homage to a giant of American music — and to make sure he is never forgotten again.

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Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 23, 2018, covering May 24, 2018.

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    Album cover for beerbongs & bentleys by Post Malone

    beerbongs & bentleys

    Post Malone

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    Album cover for Beautiful Trauma by P!nk

    Beautiful Trauma

    P!nk

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    31
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    Album cover for Die Lit by Playboi Carti

    Die Lit

    Playboi Carti

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    Album cover for Voicenotes by Charlie Puth

    Voicenotes

    Charlie Puth

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    Album cover for The Greatest Showman by Soundtrack

    The Greatest Showman

    Soundtrack

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Notable Deaths

TotalBiscuit

2018John "TotalBiscuit" Bain, English gaming commentator and critic (born 1984)[†]

John Peter Bain, better known as TotalBiscuit, was a British video gaming commentator and game critic on YouTube. He was known for his role in professional shoutcasting and esports, and also known for his gaming commentary audio work on WCradio.com. According to Eurogamer, he gained a large following due to his video commentary on newly developed indie games and analysis of gaming news. Bain voiced strong support for consumer protection in the video gaming industry. In October 2015, Bain announced that he had terminal cancer that had spread to his liver. He continued to critique games after the diagnosis, announcing his retirement only a few weeks before his death in May 2018.

Gudrun Burwitz

2018Gudrun Burwitz, daughter of Margarete Himmler and Heinrich Himmler (born 1929)[†]

Gudrun Margarete Elfriede Emma Anna Burwitz was the daughter of Heinrich Himmler and Margarete Himmler. Her father, as ReichsfĂŒhrer-SS, was a leading member of the Nazi Party and chief architect of the Final Solution. After the Allied victory, she was arrested and made to testify at the Nuremberg trials. Never renouncing Nazi ideology, she consistently fought to defend her father's reputation and became closely involved in neo-Nazi groups that gave support to ex-members of the SS. She married Wulf Dieter Burwitz, an official of the extremist NPD. In the 1960s she worked for West Germany's Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND), at its headquarters in Pullach, near Munich.

Historical Context for May 24, 2018

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