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October 25, 1968

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Headlines from October 25, 1968

DOAR SEES NO GAIN IN SCHOOL DISPUTE; ALLEN CONSULTED; Efforts to Resolve Teacher Strike Continue as Mayor Talks to State Aide

By Leonard Buder

Doar says no progress has been made toward settling dispute; Allen, under pub pressure to intervene in dispute, meets with Regents Bd; Shanker predicts state intervention in school crisis; earlier cited alleged incident of teacher in Ocean Hill-Brownsville school who instructed class to refer to policemen around school as 'pigs'; group of 23 legislators urges Rockefeller to convene special Legis session to suspend Educ Bd and replace it with temporary comm empowered to reopen schools; 8 City Councilmen urge Lindsay to call Council session to discuss crisis; illus

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 23, 1968, covering October 25, 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
    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
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    16
  3. 3
    Album cover for Feliciano! by Jose Feliciano

    Feliciano!

    Jose Feliciano

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    15
  4. 4
    Album cover for The Time Has Come by The Chambers Brothers

    The Time Has Come

    The Chambers Brothers

    Last week
    8
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    37
  5. 5
    Album cover for In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida by Iron Butterfly

    In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

    Iron Butterfly

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    15

Notable Births

Doris Fitschen

1968Doris Fitschen, German footballer[†]

Doris Fitschen was a German footballer who played as a midfielder.

Christopher McQuarrie

1968Christopher McQuarrie, American filmmaker[†]

Christopher McQuarrie is an American filmmaker. He received the BAFTA Award, Independent Spirit Award, and Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the neo-noir mystery film The Usual Suspects (1995). He made his directorial debut with the crime thriller film The Way of the Gun (2000).

Speech (rapper)

1968Speech, American rapper[†]

Todd Thomas, better known by the stage name Speech, is an American rapper. He is a member of the progressive hip hop group Arrested Development and has released a number of solo albums.

Historical Events

Fairchild F-27

1968A Fairchild F-27 crashes into Moose Mountain while on approach to Lebanon Municipal Airport in Lebanon, New Hampshire, killing 32 people.[†]

The Fairchild F-27 and Fairchild Hiller FH-227 are versions of the Fokker F27 Friendship twin-engined, turboprop, passenger aircraft formerly manufactured under license by Fairchild Hiller in the United States. The Fairchild F-27 was similar to the standard Fokker F27, while the FH-227 was an independently developed, stretched version.

Historical Context for October 25, 1968

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