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September 5, 1968

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Headlines from September 5, 1968

F.A.A. ACTS TO CUT USE OF 5 AIRPORTS; Proposes Hourly Limits on Flights and Priorities for Airlines to Ease Snarls F.A.A. ACTS TO CUT USE OF 5 AIRPORTS

By Edward Hudsonspecial To the New York Times

FAA, to ease congestion at 1 Chicago, 1 Washington and 3 NYC Met Area airports, proposes curbing number and types of flights; rules would restrict total of flights made in any hr, curb private craft and require all flights to reserve runways in advance; curbs geared largely to weather conditions; detailed; Aircraft Owners and Pilots Assn 'shocked but not surprised'; deplores 'attempt to deliver pub airports' to commercial lines; NY Port Auth pleased with curbs

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 4, 1968, covering September 5, 1968.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Waiting For The Sun by The Doors

    Waiting For The Sun

    The Doors

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    5
  2. 2
    Album cover for Time Peace/The Rascals' Greatest Hits by The Rascals

    Time Peace/The Rascals' Greatest Hits

    The Rascals

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    9
  3. 3
    Album cover for Wheels Of Fire by Cream

    Wheels Of Fire

    Cream

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    9
  4. 4
    Album cover for Feliciano! by Jose Feliciano

    Feliciano!

    Jose Feliciano

    Last week
    9
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    8
  5. 5
    Album cover for Realization by Johnny Rivers

    Realization

    Johnny Rivers

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    11

Notable Births

Serhiy Kovalets

1968Serhiy Kovalets, Ukrainian footballer and manager[†]

Serhiy Ivanovych Kovalets is a Ukrainian former footballer and current manager of Podillya Khmelnytskyi.

Dennis Scott (basketball)

1968Dennis Scott, American basketball player and sportscaster[†]

Dennis Eugene Scott Jr. is an American former professional basketball player. A 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) small forward from Georgia Tech, and the 1990 ACC Men's Basketball Player of the Year, Scott was selected by the Orlando Magic with the fourth pick of the 1990 NBA draft after being the leading scorer on a Yellow Jackets team that made the Final Four, and comprising one portion of Georgia Tech's "Lethal Weapon 3" attack featuring Scott, Kenny Anderson and Brian Oliver.

1968Robin van der Laan, Dutch footballer and coach[†]

Robertus Petrus van der Laan is a Dutch former football player and manager.

Brad Wilk

1968Brad Wilk, American singer-songwriter and drummer[†]

Bradley Joseph Wilk is an American musician. He is best known as the drummer of the rock bands Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave, and Prophets of Rage (2016–2019).

Historical Context for September 5, 1968

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