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November 9, 1968

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Mayor Gets Power To Act in a Crisis On Air Pollution; Mayor Gets Power to Act in an Air Pollution Crisis

By Seth S. King

Lindsay assumes sweeping powers to reduce dangerous pollution, exec order; powers include halting of all incineration and elimination of unnecessary automobile traffic; says it is unlikely that pollution level would ever reach emergency stage that would require him to take such measures; notes some improvements in air quality made by his adm; details on 4-stage alert-warning system that would be initiated following warning by US Weather Bureau

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 6, 1968, covering November 9, 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
  5. 5
    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

Nazzareno Carusi

1968Nazzareno Carusi, Italian pianist and educator[†]

Nazzareno Carusi is an Italian pianist. A pupil of Alexis Weissenberg and Victor Merzhanov, he also studied with Lucia Passaglia and Adriano Vendramelli. The classical studies with Ugo Maria Palanza and Vittoriano Esposito and the meetings with the Dominican theologian F. Innocenzo Colosio, pupil of Réginald Garrigou-Lagrange, and Isaac Stern were decisive for his formation.

1968Colin Hay, English political scientist, author, and academic[†]

Colin Hay is Professor of Political Sciences at Sciences Po, Paris and Affiliate Professor of Political Analysis at the University of Sheffield, joint editor-in-chief of the journal Comparative European Politics. and Managing Editor of the journal New Political Economy.

Notable Deaths

Jan Johansson (jazz musician)

1968Jan Johansson, Swedish pianist (born 1931)[†]

Jan Johansson was a Swedish jazz pianist. His album Jazz på svenska is the best selling jazz release ever in Sweden; it has sold over a quarter of a million copies and has been streamed more than 50 million times on Spotify. He was the father of former HammerFall drummer Anders Johansson and Stratovarius keyboardist Jens Johansson, who run Heptagon Records which keeps their father's recordings available.

Historical Context for November 9, 1968

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