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Dennis Dale McLain's steady march toward 30 victories and a $100,000 salary was interrupted yesterday when he was outpitched by Mel Stottlemyre of the New York Yankees, 2-1.
The American Stock Exchange has delisted a total of seven companies whose managements have balked at adopting reverse splits of low-price shares, a survey showed last week.
The Diary of Che Guevara, Bolivia; Nov 7, 1966-Oct 7, 1967, version authorized by Cuba with introduction by F Castro, and The Complete Bolivian Diaries of Che Guevara, And Other Captured Documents, version released by Govt, revd by L Lockwood; illus
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y., Aug. 24 -- Dr. Jiri Hajek, speaking before the Security Council in behalf of liberal Czechoslovak Communism, today dissected and rejected as baseless the Soviet Union's reasons for the occupation of his country.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 21, 1968, covering August 25, 1968.
Cream
The Rascals
Aretha Franklin
The Doors
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
1968David Alan Basche, American actor[†]
David Alan Basche is an American actor. He is best known for playing Todd Beamer in the film United 93. He has been a series regular on many TV comedies and dramas, and has also appeared in films directed by Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Paul Greengrass, Shawn Levy, Robert Zemeckis, and Michael Patrick King.
1968Yuri Mitsui, Japanese actress, model, and race car driver[†]
Yuri Mitsui , is a Japanese actress and model. She is also a race car driver. She was born in Chiba Prefecture.
1968Stuart Murdoch, Scottish singer-songwriter[†]
Stuart Lee Murdoch is a Scottish musician, writer and filmmaker, and the lead singer and songwriter for the indie pop band Belle and Sebastian.
1968Spider One, American singer-songwriter and producer[†]
Michael David Cummings, better known as Spider One, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and director. He is the founder and only consistent member of the rock band Powerman 5000. He is the younger brother of musician and filmmaker Rob Zombie.
1968Rachael Ray, American chef, author, and television host[†]
Rachael Domenica Ray is an American cook, television personality, businesswoman, and author. She hosted the syndicated daily talk and lifestyle program Rachael Ray. Other programs to her credit include 30 Minute Meals, Rachael Ray's Tasty Travels, $40 a Day, Rachael Ray's Week in a Day, and the reality format shows Rachael vs. Guy: Celebrity Cook-Off and Rachael Ray's Kids Cook-Off. Ray has written several cookbooks based on the 30 Minute Meals concept, and launched a magazine, Every Day with Rachael Ray, in 2006. Ray's television shows have won three Daytime Emmy Awards.
1968Takeshi Ueda, Japanese singer-songwriter and bass player[†]
Takeshi Ueda is the bassist, programmer, additional vocalist and songwriter for The Mad Capsule Markets. He is often known for his unique way of bass guitar playing, and ever changing haircuts.
1968Stan McCabe, Australian cricketer and coach (born 1910)[†]
Stanley Joseph McCabe was an Australian cricketer who played 39 Test matches for Australia from 1930 to 1938. A short, stocky right-hander, McCabe was described by Wisden as "one of Australia's greatest and most enterprising batsmen" and by his captain Don Bradman as one of the great batsmen of the game. He was never dropped from the Australian Test team and was known for his footwork, mastery of fast bowling and the hook shot against the Bodyline strategy. He also regularly bowled medium-pace and often opened the bowling at a time when Australia lacked fast bowlers, using an off cutter. He was one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1935.
In 1968, the world population was approximately 3,545,187,251 people[†]