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October 18, 2019

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The Return of Golden Age Design

By Tim McKeough

With so many glass towers vying for attention in New York City, some developers are looking to the past for inspiration. The result: new buildings with Art Deco and neo-Georgian flourishes.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 16, 2019, covering October 18, 2019.

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    Album cover for SuperM: The 1st Mini Album (EP) by SuperM

    SuperM: The 1st Mini Album (EP)

    SuperM

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    1
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    Album cover for Over It by Summer Walker

    Over It

    Summer Walker

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    2
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    1
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    Album cover for Hollywood's Bleeding by Post Malone

    Hollywood's Bleeding

    Post Malone

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    5
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    Album cover for KIRK by DaBaby

    KIRK

    DaBaby

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    Album cover for Lover by Taylor Swift

    Lover

    Taylor Swift

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    Peak
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    7

Notable Deaths

Rui Jordão

2019Rui Jordão, Angolan-born Portuguese footballer (born 1952)[†]

Rui Manuel Trindade Jordão was a Portuguese footballer.

Historical Events

NASA Astronaut Corps

2019NASA Astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch take part in the first all-female spacewalk when they venture out of the International Space Station to replace a power controller.[†]

The NASA Astronaut Corps is a unit of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) that selects, trains, and provides astronauts as crew members for U.S. and international space missions. It is based at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.

2019–2022 Chilean protests

2019Riots in Chile's capital Santiago escalate into open battles, with attacks reported at nearly all of the city's 164 Metro stations. President Sebastián Piñera later announces a 15-day state of emergency in the capital.[†]

A series of massive demonstrations and severe riots, known in Chile as the Estallido Social, originated in Santiago and took place in all regions of Chile, with a greater impact in the regional capitals. The protests mainly occurred between October 2019 and March 2020, in response to a raise in the Santiago Metro's subway fare, a probity crisis, cost of living, university graduate unemployment, privatisation, and inequality prevalent in the country.

Historical Context for October 18, 2019

In 2019, the world population was approximately 7,811,293,698 people[†]