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October 6, 1968

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Headlines from October 6, 1968

To Hanoi, 'All Crows Are Black'

By -- HEDRICK SMITH

PARIS -- If Americans have had their troubles following the political ins and outs of this unpredictable campaign year, North Vietnamese negotiators have been even more baffled.

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Wallace Tries to Start That 'Swing'

By -- ROY REED

TOLEDO, Ohio -- George C. Wallace began to understand Richard M. Nixon's problem last week. The American Independent party candidate named his running mate and the No. 2 man got the ticket in trouble the first time he opened his mouth.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 2, 1968, covering October 6, 1968.

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

    Waiting For The Sun

    The Doors

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    9
  2. 2
    Album cover for Time Peace/The Rascals' Greatest Hits by The Rascals

    Time Peace/The Rascals' Greatest Hits

    The Rascals

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    13
  3. 3
    Album cover for Feliciano! by Jose Feliciano

    Feliciano!

    Jose Feliciano

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    12
  4. 4
    Album cover for Cheap Thrills by Big Brother And The Holding Company

    Cheap Thrills

    Big Brother And The Holding Company

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    6
  5. 5
    Album cover for Are You Experienced? by Jimi Hendrix

    Are You Experienced?

    Jimi Hendrix

    Last week
    7
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    59

Notable Births

1968Bjarne Goldbæk, Danish footballer and sportscaster[†]

Bjarne Goldbæk is a Danish former professional footballer and current sports pundit for Eurosport. An attacking midfielder, he played for a number of foreign clubs, including Chelsea and Fulham in England and several clubs in Germany. He most prominently won the 1990 German Cup tournament and 1990–91 Bundesliga championship with 1. FC Kaiserslautern. For the Denmark national team, Goldbæk was capped 28 times, and he was a part of the Danish squads for the 1998 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2000 tournaments.

1968Bob May, American golfer[†]

Robert Anthony May is an American professional golfer. He is most notable for losing to Tiger Woods in a three-hole playoff for the 2000 PGA Championship at Valhalla.

Notable Deaths

Phyllis Nicolson

1968Phyllis Nicolson, English mathematician and physicist (born 1917)[†]

Phyllis Nicolson was a British mathematician and physicist best known for her work on the Crank–Nicolson method together with John Crank.

Historical Context for October 6, 1968

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