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January 13, 2020

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Headlines from January 13, 2020

Joe Biden’s Vote for War

By Katie Glueck and Thomas Kaplan

In October 2002, he was one of 77 senators who gave President George W. Bush the authority to use force in Iraq. He is still trying to explain that choice.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 8, 2020, covering January 13, 2020.

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    Album cover for JACKBOYS by JACKBOYS

    JACKBOYS

    JACKBOYS

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    Album cover for Please Excuse Me For Being Antisocial by Roddy Ricch

    Please Excuse Me For Being Antisocial

    Roddy Ricch

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    1
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    4
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    Album cover for Hollywood's Bleeding by Post Malone

    Hollywood's Bleeding

    Post Malone

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    17
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    Album cover for Fine Line by Harry Styles

    Fine Line

    Harry Styles

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    Album cover for Frozen II by Soundtrack

    Frozen II

    Soundtrack

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    7

Notable Deaths

2020Bryan Monroe, American journalist and educator, (born 1965)[†]

Bryan Monroe was an American journalist and educator, who was the editor of CNNPolitics.com (2011–15). He was previously the vice president and editorial director of Ebony and Jet magazines at Johnson Publishing Co, and assistant vice president of news at Knight Ridder, where he helped to lead the team of journalists that won the 2006 Pulitzer Prize Gold Medal for Public Service for coverage of Hurricane Katrina. During his career, Monroe also had academic positions at Harvard University and Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, and from 2015, held the Verizon Chair at Temple University's Klein School of Media and Communication.

Philip Tartaglia

2020Philip Tartaglia, Scottish prelate, Catholic archbishop of Glasgow (born 1951)[†]

Filippo "Philip" Tartaglia was a Scottish prelate who served as a bishop of the Catholic Church. He served as Metropolitan Archbishop of Glasgow from 2012 until 2021. He previously served as Bishop of Paisley. Prior to his appointment as bishop, he was a professor at seminaries, as well as an assistant pastor and parish priest in the Archdiocese of Glasgow.

Historical Events

Ministry of Public Health (Thailand)

2020The Thai Ministry of Public Health confirms the first case of COVID-19 outside China.[†]

The Ministry of Public Health is a Thai governmental body responsible for the oversight of public health in Thailand. It is commonly referred to in Thailand by its abbreviation so tho (สธ.).

Historical Context for January 13, 2020

In 2020, the world population was approximately 7,887,001,292 people[†]