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BOSTON, Jan. 27 -- Good runners often come in small packages. Sam Bair proved that tonight as he won the Hunter Mile in the Boston Athletic Association Games in 4 minutes 1.9 seconds. The time was the fastest in the 79-year history of Boston indoor track and the fastest this winter anywhere.
ARTHUR PENN was in town the other day and he wasn't talking about "Bonnie and Clyde." He was talking about the Berkshire Theater Festival in Stockbridge, Mass., in which playwright William Gibson and he have more than a passing interest.
MIAMI, Jan. 27 -- Polyfoto and Abe's Hope raced to upset victories in the two divisions of the Palm Beach Handicap today, but the 21,615 spectators at Hialeah were more surprised when Homa the Fair, after unseating his rider, reversed his field and passed the pack going the wrong way in the sixth race.
Welfare Work: Survey of NYC work and training programs for recipients
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 24, 1968, covering January 28, 1968.
The Beatles
The Rolling Stones
The Monkees
Diana Ross & The Supremes
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
1968Sarah McLachlan, Canadian singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer[†]
Sarah Ann McLachlan is a Canadian singer-songwriter. As of 2015, she had sold over 40 million albums worldwide. McLachlan's best-selling album to date is Surfacing (1997), for which she won two Grammy Awards and four Juno Awards. In addition to her personal artistic efforts, she founded the Lilith Fair tour, which showcased female musicians.
1968DJ Muggs, American DJ and producer[†]
Lawrence Muggerud professionally known as DJ Muggs, is an American DJ, audio engineer and record producer. He has been a member of Cypress Hill, a member of the trip hop band Cross My Heart Hope to Die and the leader of hip hop and art collective Soul Assassins.
1968Rakim, American rapper[†]
William Michael Griffin Jr., better known by his stage name Rakim, is an American rapper. He is one half of golden age hip hop duo Eric B. & Rakim, with whom he released four albums: Paid in Full (1987), Follow the Leader (1988), Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em (1990), and Don't Sweat the Technique (1992). He also released four solo albums: The 18th Letter (1997), The Master (1999), The Seventh Seal (2009), and G.O.D.'s Network: Reb7rth (2024).
In 1968, the world population was approximately 3,545,187,251 people[†]