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October 20, 1968

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Headlines from October 20, 1968

ARMY VANQUISHES RUTGERS BY 24-0; Cadets Use Strong Ground Attack on Wet Field -- Intercept 4 Passes

By Gordon S. White Jr

NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., Oct. 19 -- Steven Lindell, Army's quarterback, wisely ordered a running game in the heavy rain at Rutgers Stadium today. Then Charlie Jarvis, Billy Hunter and Lynn Moore replied, "Roger, Wilco," and proceeded to give Army its best ground attack of the season as the Black Knights crushed Rutgers, 24-0, before 28,000 persons huddled under umbrellas and plastic sheets.

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Holidays at Home and Abroad Section @0 ,0,, @h, @,..o,k @,m,, Comp,., RF_,SORT$ .A'@ TRA@.rJ Sunday, October 20, 1968 A Return to the Country Of Roadside Farm Stands

By Herbert Gordon

BREWSTER, N. Y. -- Increasingly, the countryside is becoming a world neatly separated from motorists by high chain fences. These cordons sanitaires rightly protect expressway travelers from ambling cows, somnolent villages and dusty farm trucks, but they also tend to shut tourists off from the land. And this is a pity.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 16, 1968, covering October 20, 1968.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Cheap Thrills by Big Brother And The Holding Company

    Cheap Thrills

    Big Brother And The Holding Company

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    8
  2. 2
    Album cover for Time Peace/The Rascals' Greatest Hits by The Rascals

    Time Peace/The Rascals' Greatest Hits

    The Rascals

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    15
  3. 3
    Album cover for Feliciano! by Jose Feliciano

    Feliciano!

    Jose Feliciano

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    14
  4. 4
    Album cover for Waiting For The Sun by The Doors

    Waiting For The Sun

    The Doors

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    11
  5. 5
    Album cover for In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida by Iron Butterfly

    In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

    Iron Butterfly

    Last week
    6
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    14

Notable Births

1968Susan Tully, English actress, director, and producer[†]

Susan Tully is a British retired actress, television producer, and television director from London.

Notable Deaths

Bud Flanagan

1968Bud Flanagan, English actor and screenwriter (born 1896)[†]

Bud Flanagan was a British music hall and vaudeville entertainer and comedian, and later a television and film actor. He was best known as being one half of the comedy and music act Flanagan and Allen with his partner Chesney Allen. Flanagan was famous as a wartime entertainer and his achievements were recognised when he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1959.

Historical Context for October 20, 1968

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