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November 18, 1968

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Headlines from November 18, 1968

CREEDMOOR GIVES 2,500 FURLOUGHS; Strike - Threatened Mental Hospital's Patients Go Home -- 1,000 Shifted Creedmoor Sends Patients Home As Mental Hospital Faces Strike

By Emanuel Perlmutter

strike set at Creedmoor; hosp sends home several hundred patients who normally get weekend leave; 2,500 patients already sent home in past few days, 1,000 more sent to Kings Park and to Harlem State Hosp, Wingdale; Creedmoor now has 2,800 patients; Miller declares state of emergency at Creedmoor; says bus service will be provided for those who rept to work; restraining order obtained by NYS against union to be argued in ct; SCME announces strikes set for Manhattan State and Bronx State Hosps on Nov 20, for Rockland State Hosp, Nov 21

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 13, 1968, covering November 18, 1968.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Electric Ladyland by The Jimi Hendrix Experience

    Electric Ladyland

    The Jimi Hendrix Experience

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    5
  2. 2
    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
    12
  3. 3
    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
    19
  4. 4
    Album cover for Feliciano! by Jose Feliciano

    Feliciano!

    Jose Feliciano

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    18
  5. 5
    Album cover for The Second by Steppenwolf

    The Second

    Steppenwolf

    Last week
    7
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    7

Notable Births

George Kotsiopoulos

1968George Kotsiopoulos, American stylist and journalist[†]

George Kotsiopoulos is an American magazine editor, fashion consultant, stylist and television personality. He is style editor at large for C magazine and was a fashion associate at The New York Times Magazine. He was a co-host of Fashion Police.

Romany Malco

1968Romany Malco, American rapper, producer, actor, and screenwriter[†]

Romany Romanic Malco Jr. is an American actor, rapper, and music producer. He has been nominated for several awards, including an NAACP Image Award, MTV Movie Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award. In film, he is best known for his roles in The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), Baby Mama (2008), Think Like a Man (2012) and its sequel Think Like a Man Too (2014), and The DUFF (2015). In television, he is best known for portraying Conrad Shepard on the Showtime series Weeds (2005–2012) and Rome Howard on the ABC series A Million Little Things (2018–2023). He is also known for writing the rap lyrics for the character of MC Skat Kat in "Opposites Attract".

Gary Sheffield

1968Gary Sheffield, American baseball player[†]

Gary Antonian Sheffield is an American former professional baseball outfielder who played in Major League Baseball for eight teams from 1988 to 2009. After his playing career, he became a sports agent.

Owen Wilson

1968Owen Wilson, American actor[†]

Owen Cunningham Wilson is an American actor. He has frequently worked with filmmaker Wes Anderson, with whom he has shared writing and acting credits on the films Bottle Rocket (1996), Rushmore (1998), and The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)β€”the latter received a nomination for the Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay. He has also appeared in Anderson's The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004), The Darjeeling Limited (2007), Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), and The French Dispatch (2021).

Historical Context for November 18, 1968

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