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November 17, 2019

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Headlines from November 17, 2019

How FedEx Cut Its Tax Bill to $0

By Jim Tankersley, Peter Eavis and Ben Casselman

The company, like much of corporate America, has not made good on its promised investment surge from President Trump’s 2017 tax cuts.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 13, 2019, covering November 17, 2019.

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

    Hollywood's Bleeding

    Post Malone

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    9
  2. 2
    Album cover for Jesus Is King (Soundtrack) by Kanye West

    Jesus Is King (Soundtrack)

    Kanye West

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    2
  3. 3
    Album cover for AI YoungBoy 2 by YoungBoy Never Broke Again

    AI YoungBoy 2

    YoungBoy Never Broke Again

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    4
  4. 4
    Album cover for Wildcard by Miranda Lambert

    Wildcard

    Miranda Lambert

    Last week
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    1
  5. 5
    Album cover for Over It by Summer Walker

    Over It

    Summer Walker

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    5

Notable Deaths

2019Tuka Rocha, Brazilian race car driver (born 1982)[†]

Christiano "Tuka" Chiaradia Alcoba Rocha was a Brazilian race car driver. He won numerous karting championships in Brazil from 1996 to 2000. Then moved up to South American Formula 3 Lights. In 2002 he moved to Europe to compete in the World Series by Nissan where he was Ricardo Zonta's teammate. In 2004 he competed in Superfund Euro 3000. In 2005 he was a test driver for A1 Team Brazil in the A1 Grand Prix Series and was named one of the team's race drivers for the 2006-2007 season. In 2008 Tuka was chosen to drive the Flamengo's car in Formula Superleague.

Historical Events

COVID-19

2019The first known case of COVID-19 is traced to a 55-year-old man who had visited a market in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.[†]

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. In January 2020, the disease spread worldwide, resulting in the COVID-19 pandemic.

Historical Context for November 17, 2019

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