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September 29, 1968

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Headlines from September 29, 1968

In Place Of a Son; Rialto: In Place of a Son

By Lewis Funke

LYLE KESSLER, 32, erstwhile pre-med student, subsequently an actor and for the last three years a writer, is hardly a household word, if you will forgive the understatement. But some very respectable theater people, including Michael Langham, who headed the Canadian Stratford Festival for a dozen years, think that Kessler is a name to remember.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 25, 1968, covering September 29, 1968.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Time Peace/The Rascals' Greatest Hits by The Rascals

    Time Peace/The Rascals' Greatest Hits

    The Rascals

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    12
  2. 2
    Album cover for Waiting For The Sun by The Doors

    Waiting For The Sun

    The Doors

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    8
  3. 3
    Album cover for Feliciano! by Jose Feliciano

    Feliciano!

    Jose Feliciano

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    11
  4. 4
    Album cover for Cheap Thrills by Big Brother And The Holding Company

    Cheap Thrills

    Big Brother And The Holding Company

    Last week
    13
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    5
  5. 5
    Album cover for Realization by Johnny Rivers

    Realization

    Johnny Rivers

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    14

Notable Births

Darius de Haas

1968Darius de Haas, American stage actor and singer[†]

Darius de Haas is an American stage actor and singer.

Luke Goss

1968Luke Goss, English actor[†]

Luke Damon Goss is an English actor, and drummer of the 1980s band Bros. He has appeared in numerous films including Blade II (2002) as Jared Nomak, One Night with the King (2006) as King Xerxes, Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008) as Prince Nuada, Tekken (2009) as Steve Fox, Interview with a Hitman (2012) as Viktor, and Traffik (2018) as Red.

1968Adam Segal, American cybersecurity expert[†]

Adam Segal is an American cybersecurity expert. He serves as the Ira A. Lipman Chair in Emerging Technologies and National Security and Director of the Digital and Cyberspace Policy Program at the Council on Foreign Relations. He is the author of three monographs on technology.

Historical Context for September 29, 1968

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