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November 8, 1968

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Headlines from November 8, 1968

NIXON LEAVES BID TO VISIT VIETNAM UP TO PRESIDENT; Aide, Noting Thieu Invitation, Bars Trips Abroad Except at Request of Johnson APPOINTMENTS STUDIED But None Will Be Announced Until Dec. 5 -- Silence on Agnew Continues NIXON PUTS TRIP UP TO PRESIDENT

By Robert B. Semple Jr.special To the New York Times

Nixon aide says Nixon will make no trip unless he is asked to do so by Johnson; acknowledges Nixon has received invitation fron Nguyen Van Thieu to visit S Vietnam; Nixon said to be reluctant to travel to avoid becoming partner in possible collapse of Paris talks

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 6, 1968, covering November 8, 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
    11
  2. 2
    Album cover for Electric Ladyland by The Jimi Hendrix Experience

    Electric Ladyland

    The Jimi Hendrix Experience

    Last week
    20
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    4
  3. 3
    Album cover for Feliciano! by Jose Feliciano

    Feliciano!

    Jose Feliciano

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    17
  4. 4
    Album cover for Time Peace/The Rascals' Greatest Hits by The Rascals

    Time Peace/The Rascals' Greatest Hits

    The Rascals

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    18
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    Album cover for The Time Has Come by The Chambers Brothers

    The Time Has Come

    The Chambers Brothers

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    39

Notable Births

Keith Jones (ice hockey)

1968Keith Jones, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster[†]

Keith Jones is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and current executive. He was a hockey studio analyst for NBC/NBCSN from 2005–2021 and TNT from 2021–2023. He currently works as the President of Hockey Operations for the Philadelphia Flyers. In 491 NHL games, Jones produced a total of 258 points between 1992 and 2000.

José Offerman

1968JosĂ© Offerman, Dominican baseball player and manager[†]

José Antonio Offerman Dono is a Dominican professional baseball manager and former infielder. He played professional baseball for nearly 20 years, including 15 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) and four seasons of independent and Mexican League baseball after leaving MLB.

1968Sergio Porrini, Italian footballer and manager[†]

Sergio Porrini is an Italian football coach and former centre-back and right-back defender.

Parker Posey

1968Parker Posey, American actress[†]

Parker Christian Posey is an American actress. Known for playing eccentric characters in independent films, she was named "Queen of the Indies" by Time in 1997. She has received nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and an Independent Spirit Award.

Notable Deaths

Wendell Corey

1968Wendell Corey, American actor and politician (born 1914)[†]

Wendell Reid Corey was an American stage, film, and television actor. He was President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and a board member of the Screen Actors Guild, and also served on the Santa Monica City Council.

Peter Mohr Dam

1968Peter Mohr Dam, Faroese educator and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (born 1898)[†]

Peter Mohr Dam was a Faroe Islands politician who was one of the founders of the Social Democratic JavnaĂ°arflokkurin party in 1926.

Historical Events

Vienna Convention on Road Traffic

1968The Vienna Convention on Road Traffic is signed to facilitate international road traffic and to increase road safety by standardising the uniform traffic rules among the signatories.[†]

The Convention on Road Traffic, commonly known as the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic, is an international treaty designed to facilitate international road traffic and to increase road safety by establishing standard traffic rules among the contracting parties. The convention was agreed upon at the United Nations Economic and Social Council's Conference on Road Traffic and concluded in Vienna on 8 November 1968. This conference also produced the Convention on Road Signs and Signals. The convention had amendments on 3 September 1993 and 28 March 2006. There is a European Agreement supplementing the Convention on Road Traffic (1968), which was concluded in Geneva on 1 May 1971.

Historical Context for November 8, 1968

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