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Pres Brewster announces univ will enroll 500 girls, Sept, with ultimate goal of 1,500 women undergrads without reducing curret male enrollment; cites Coeduc Wk as indication of very high motivation and responsibility of present Yale students toward coeduc
man-made 94-ft blue whale hoisted by secs to ceiling of main exhibition hall to replace model on display since '08; illus; exhibit took nearly 2 yrs to build, cost $200,000
Central Com meeting opens; Dubcek, in keynote s, offers program aimed at reconciling liberal 'humanistic socialism' with realities of occupation; pledges to guarantee fundamental civil rights and freedoms, observe socialist legality and rehabilitate all those unjustly persecuted in past; pledges no action against those holding anti-socialist views except where laws are violated; criticizes excessive liberalism and backs alliance with USSR; warns against anti-Soviet demonstrations; com begins debate on draft of policy resolution drafted by Presidium; Communist theoretician Dr M Huebl warns party leaders against compromising too far on reforms
speculators betting mark will be revalued; basic problem seen W Ger success in holding prices stable while inflation has mounted in US, GB and France, resulting in steady inflow of foreign currencies to Ger
Drs S Baron and J H Park announce successful step toward new type of treatment for virus diseases, article in Science; method works by inducing body to produce large amts of natural antivirus substance, interferon; details
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 13, 1968, covering November 15, 1968.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Big Brother And The Holding Company
The Rascals
Jose Feliciano
Steppenwolf
1968Ol' Dirty Bastard, American rapper and producer (died 2004)[†]
Russell Tyrone Jones, known professionally as Ol' Dirty Bastard, was an American rapper. He was one of the founding members of the New York rap group Wu-Tang Clan, which formed in 1992. Jones also released music as a solo artist beginning with Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version (1995). He was noted for his "outrageously profane, free-associative rhymes delivered in a distinctive half-rapped, half-sung style".
1968Fausto Brizzi, Italian director, producer, and screenwriter[†]
Fausto Brizzi is an Italian screenwriter, producer and film director.
1968Teodoro Casiño, Filipino journalist and politician[†]
Teodoro "Teddy" Acevedo Casiño is a Filipino activist, writer, and journalist. He was a member of the House of Representatives for Bayan Muna. He is currently the chairperson of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan). On December 4, 2024, Casiño and 74 others filed the second impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte, citing betrayal of public trust for her office's alleged misuse of confidential funds.
1968Jennifer Charles, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer[†]
Jennifer Asher Charles is an American singer and songwriter. Along with Oren Bloedow, she co-founded the New York band Elysian Fields. Her work is known for its emotional intensity, with her writing exploring nature, love, loss, death, myth, and identity, often with philosophical and literary influences. She has a contralto voice.
1968Uwe Rösler, German footballer and manager[†]
Uwe Rösler is a German football manager and former professional footballer. He most recently managed Danish Superliga club AGF from 2022 to 2025.
1968The Cleveland Transit System becomes the first transit system in the western hemisphere to provide direct rapid transit service from a city's downtown to its major airport.[†]
The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority is the public transit agency for Cleveland and the surrounding suburbs of Cuyahoga County in Ohio, United States. RTA is the largest transit agency in Ohio, with a ridership of 24,875,000, or about 81,100 per weekday as of the first quarter of 2025.
In 1968, the world population was approximately 3,545,187,251 people[†]