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SAN ANTONIO, Tex., July 20 -- Marty Fleckman, an amateur when the tournament was played a year ago, shared the lead again today in the Professional Golfers' Association championship. With a third round of 72, he tied Frank Beard, his copacesetter yesterday, for a 54hole aggregate of 210 and a two-stroke advantage.
Menaced by 21,000 youngsters waving Yankee bats, Luis Tiant of the Cleveland Indians merely had grown-up Bombers to worry about yesterday, and he pitched an extraordinary three-hitter to defeat the New York Yankees, 3-0.
Retailers rept continued sales increases, Jan-June, but with smaller profit margin; cite rising labor, wholesale costs, inflation; indus leaders comment
J Siffert (Lotus-Ford) wins Brit Grand Prix
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 17, 1968, covering July 21, 1968.
Simon & Garfunkel
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
Soundtrack
Richard Harris
Sergio Mendes
1968Brandi Chastain, American soccer player and sportscaster[†]
Brandi Denise Chastain is an American retired soccer player, two-time FIFA Women's World Cup champion, two-time Olympic gold-medalist, coach, and sports broadcaster. She played for the United States national team from 1988 to 2004. In her 192 caps on the team, she scored 30 goals playing primarily in the defender and midfielder positions. She scored a World Cup–winning penalty shootout goal against China in the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup final.
1968Aditya Srivastava, Indian actor[†]
Aditya Srivastava is an Indian actor who works in Hindi films, television and theatre. He is best known for his role as Senior Inspector Abhijeet in India's longest-running television police procedural C.I.D. He has also portrayed pivotal roles in the Bollywood films Satya, Gulaal, Lakshya, Paanch, Black Friday, Kaalo, Super 30 and Dil Se Pooch Kidhar Jana Hai.
1968Lyle Odelein, Canadian ice hockey player[†]
Lyle Theodore Odelein is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played for eight National Hockey League (NHL) teams in 16 seasons, and was the inaugural captain of the Columbus Blue Jackets.
1968Ruth St. Denis, American dancer and choreographer (born 1878)[†]
Ruth St. Denis was an American pioneer of modern dance, introducing eastern ideas into the art and paving the way for other women in dance. She was inspired by the Delsarte advocate Genevieve Stebbins. St. Denis was the co-founder in 1915 of the American Denishawn School of Dancing and Related Arts. She taught notable performers including Martha Graham and Doris Humphrey. In 1938, she founded the pioneering dance program at Adelphi University. She published several articles on spiritual dance and the mysticism of the body.
In 1968, the world population was approximately 3,545,187,251 people[†]