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September 23, 1968

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Headlines from September 23, 1968

FOE SLAYS P.W.'S REFUSING TO FLEE; Vietcong Said to Have Shot 20 Who Chose to Stay in Raided Compound Vietcong Kill 20 of Their Men Who Refuse to Quit P. W. Camp

By Douglas Robinsonspecial To the New York Times

Vietcong kills 23 POWs it was seeking to rescue from S Vietnamese POW camp at Binhson; POWs were killed after they refused to leave camp with soldiers who attacked it; 70 civilians in nearby town wounded during attack; enemy shells Danang; light and scattered ground action reptd; map

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 18, 1968, covering September 23, 1968.

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

    Waiting For The Sun

    The Doors

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    7
  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
    11
  3. 3
    Album cover for Feliciano! by Jose Feliciano

    Feliciano!

    Jose Feliciano

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    10
  4. 4
    Album cover for Wheels Of Fire by Cream

    Wheels Of Fire

    Cream

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    11
  5. 5
    Album cover for Realization by Johnny Rivers

    Realization

    Johnny Rivers

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    13

Notable Births

Yvette Fielding

1968Yvette Fielding, English actress and producer[†]

Yvette Paula Fielding is an English television presenter, producer, actress, writer and paranormal investigator. In 1987, aged 18, she became the youngest presenter on the BBC television programme Blue Peter. With her husband Karl Beattie, she co-created and presented the Most Haunted series on the Living channel, via their own production company, followed by Ghosthunting With..., establishing Fielding as 'first lady of the paranormal'. She has appeared in a wide range of other programmes, from The Wright Stuff to Through the Keyhole and I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!.

Adam Price

1968Adam Price, Welsh politician[†]

Adam Robert Price is a Welsh politician who served as Leader of Plaid Cymru from September 2018 to May 2023. He has been the Member of the Senedd (MS) for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr since 2016, having previously been a Member of Parliament (MP) for the same Westminster constituency from 2001 to 2010.

Notable Deaths

Padre Pio

1968Pio of Pietrelcina, Italian priest and saint (born 1887)[†]

Pio of Pietrelcina, widely known as Padre Pio, Latin: Pater Pius, was an Italian Capuchin friar, priest, stigmatist, and mystic. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church, celebrated on 23 September.

Historical Context for September 23, 1968

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