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July 27, 1968

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Headlines from July 27, 1968

FIRE DEPARTMENT EXPECTED TO GET 500 NEW MEN SOON; Action by Lindsay Due to Come Before Threatened Slowdown Next Week COST PUT AT $5-MILLION Declining Morale a Factor -- Alarms Up Sharply as Manpower Is Unchanged City Is Expected to Add 500 Firemen

By Richard Reeves

Lindsay expected to authorize 500-man increase in force; reptdly is more concerned about declining morale in firehouses than about threatened slowdown; ref at news conf to pressures under which firemen are operating noted

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DUBCEK ATTEMPTS TO ASSURE CZECHS AS PARLEY NEARS; ' I Am Still an Optimist,' He Tells Worker Delegation -- Bids All Have Faith PUBLIC GIVES SUPPORT Petition to Party's Leaders Urges No Compromise in Talks With Soviet Dubcek Seeks to Assure Nation As Meeting With Soviet Nears

By Henry Kammspecial To the New York Times

Dubcek seeks to reassure Czechs as parley draws near; belief in firmness of leaders' stand seen threatened by Prchlik's ouster and rumors of discord among Presidium members over stand toward USSR; sources hold there will be no division when leaders confront USSR; Central Com member Cisar declares Presidium is united on stand, TV broadcast; Smrkovsky reptd in agreement; Literarni Listy pub extra edition with manifesto, written by P Kohout, imploring leadership to preserve reforms without concessions; thousands reptd to have signed manifesto; Smrkovsky supports manifesto; illus of Czechs signing petition and reading special edition; paper also sought to underline Czech-USSR friendship by reproducing famous photo symbolizing their ties and pub poem, written by J Seifert, expressing country's gratitude to USSR for freeing nation; poem concludes with warning and appeal to USSR against endangering ties; sources describe Prchlik's dismissal as sacrifice to save principles of liberalization; Pravda charges that Czech forces, encouraged by West, were on verge of 'call for coup d'etat' to overthrow Communism

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 24, 1968, covering July 27, 1968.

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    Album cover for Beat Of The Brass by Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

    Beat Of The Brass

    Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

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    Album cover for Wheels Of Fire by Cream

    Wheels Of Fire

    Cream

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    Album cover for Bookends by Simon & Garfunkel

    Bookends

    Simon & Garfunkel

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    Album cover for A Tramp Shining by Richard Harris

    A Tramp Shining

    Richard Harris

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    Album cover for The Graduate by Soundtrack

    The Graduate

    Soundtrack

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Notable Births

Maria Grazia Cucinotta

1968Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Italian actress and producer[†]

Maria Grazia Cucinotta is an Italian actress who has featured in films and television series since 1990. Internationally she is best known for her roles in Il Postino and as the Bond girl, credited as "Cigar Girl", in the James Bond film The World Is Not Enough.

Tom Goodwin

1968Tom Goodwin, American baseball player and coach[†]

Thomas Jones Goodwin is an American former professional baseball player and the current first base coach for the Atlanta Braves. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 14 seasons, primarily as a center fielder, from 1991 to 2004. As a player, he was listed at 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) and 165 pounds (75 kg); he batted left-handed and threw right-handed.

Sabina Jeschke

1968Sabina Jeschke, Swedish-German engineer and academic[†]

Sabina Jeschke is a German university professor for information sciences in mechanical engineering at the RWTH Aachen University. As of 10 November 2017, she was named member of the management board of Deutschen Bahn AG for digitalization and technology. She is also the director of the Cybernetics Lab IMA/ZLW & IfU. In the summer semester of 2017, she is on sabbatical leave to develop her research in the area of artificial consciousness, and is involved in building a think tank "Strong Artificial Intelligence" at the Volvo Car Corporation in Göteborg. Since May 2015, Jeschke has been a member of the supervisory board of Körber AG, since April 2012 chairman of the board of VDI Aachen. Beginning of January 2023 she took on an additional position as a senior advisor at Arthur D. Little.

Julian McMahon

1968Julian McMahon, Australian actor and producer[†]

Julian Dana William McMahon is an Australian-American actor. He is the only son of Sir William McMahon, a former Prime Minister of Australia. He is best known for his roles as Ben Lucini in Home and Away, Detective John Grant in Profiler, Cole Turner in Charmed, Christian Troy in Nip/Tuck, Doctor Doom in the Fantastic Four duology, Jonah in Runaways, and Jess LaCroix in CBS crime drama FBI: Most Wanted. For his performance in Nip/Tuck, McMahon was nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Television Drama Series.

Ricardo Rosset

1968Ricardo Rosset, Brazilian race car driver[†]

Ricardo Rosset is a Brazilian racing driver. Runner-up in the 1995 International Formula 3000 Championship, he later participated in 33 Formula One Grands Prix, making his debut at the 1996 Australian Grand Prix. He scored no championship points. He eventually quit Formula One to focus on developing a sportswear business in Brazil.

Notable Deaths

Babe Adams

1968Babe Adams, American baseball player and manager (born 1882)[†]

Charles Benjamin "Babe" Adams was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1906 to 1926 who spent nearly his entire career with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Noted for his outstanding control, his career average of 1.29 walks per 9 innings pitched was the second lowest of the 20th century; his 1920 mark of 1 walk per 14.6 innings was a modern record until 2005. He shares the Pirates' franchise record for career victories by a right-hander (194), and holds the team mark for career shutouts (47); from 1926 to 1962, he held the team record for career games pitched (481).

Historical Context for July 27, 1968

In 1968, the world population was approximately 3,545,187,251 people[†]