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November 22, 1968

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Historical Context for November 22, 1968

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

Notable Births

1968Daedra Charles, American basketball player and coach (died 2018)[โ€ ]

Daedra Janel Charles was an American women's basketball player and assistant coach at Tennessee. She was a member of the United States women's national basketball team that claimed the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Born in Detroit, Michigan, Charles attended the University of Tennessee. She twice helped Tennessee win the NCAA Women's Championship in 1989 and 1991. Charles was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2007.

Sidse Babett Knudsen

1968Sidse Babett Knudsen, Danish actress[โ€ ]

Sidse Babett Knudsen is a Danish actress who works in theatre, television, and film. Knudsen made her screen debut in the 1997 improvisational comedy Let's Get Lost, for which she received both the Robert and Bodil awards for Best Actress.

Historical Events

Japan Air Lines Flight 2

1968Japan Air Lines Flight 2 accidentally ditches in San Francisco Bay while on approach to San Francisco International Airport. No one is injured.[โ€ ]

Japan Air Lines Flight 2 was a scheduled passenger flight on November 22, 1968. The plane was a six month old Douglas DC-8-62 named Shiga (ๅฟ—่ณ€), flying from Tokyo International Airport (Haneda) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO). Due to heavy fog and other factors, Captain Kohei Asoh mistakenly ditched the plane near Coyote Point in the shallow waters of San Francisco Bay, two and a half miles short of the runway. All 107 people on board survived the accident without any injuries. Despite the abrupt ditching, and being immersed in salt-water, the aircraft was recovered, repaired, and returned to service.

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Headlines from November 22, 1968

MONETARY TALKS DIVIDED ON VALUE OF GERMAN MARK; FRANC IS AT ISSUE Devaluation Proposal in Return for Loan Is Reported Monetary Conference Stalled on Revaluation of Mark and Devaluation of Franc BONN TAKES STEPS TO REDUCE INFLOW France and Britain Lead Forces Seeking a Change in German Currency

By Clyde H. Farnsworthspecial To the New York Times

BONN, Friday, Nov. 22 -- An international monetary conference was deadlocked this morning over the issue of revaluation of the West German mark and devaluation of the French franc.

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SOVIET OVERRIDES DISSENT AND WINS RED PARLEY IN MAY; Communists Agree on Talks Delayed by Differences Over Czechoslovakia

By United Press International

USSR, overriding objections of rebels in Western parties, wins Budapest conf approval of world conf in Moscow next May; only parties of Switzerland, GB and Reunion oppose move; 8-party working group to prepare policy draft to be presented to next session of preparatory comm in Moscow Mar 17; exact date for world conf to be set then; all parties to be invited

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8 UNION TEACHERS BARRED 3 1/2 HOURS FROM J. H. S. 271; 40 Parents' Blockade Ends as State Trustee Acts to Calm Tempers SHANKER GIVES WARNING Says Failure to Enforce Settlement Could Lead to Another Strike Eight Union Teachers Barred 3 1/2 Hours by Parents

By Sylvan Fox

about 40 Ocean Hill-Brownsville residents and nonunion teachers bar JHS 271 entrance preventing 8 union teachers from entering in reaction to incident in which Nauman allegedly injured pupil's finger during altercation; illus; Johnson succeeds in persuading group to leave as police arrive; also persuades Vann and 2 other suspended teachers to leave school; Nauman leaves school for conf at Johnson's office; says he will return to JHS 271; McCoy says he was told 'by someone higher than Johnson' that Nauman will be kept out of school; Shanker warns of new strike if agreement which ended last strike is not carried out, news conf

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10 GROUPS SHAPE NIXON'S PROGRAMS; Prepare Reports on Policy for Submission Soon in Major Domestic Areas 10 Groups of Experts Aid Nixon On New Programs and Policies

By R. W. Apple Jr.special To the New York Times

10 groups of experts from govt, acad world and private business are at work on repts that will help Nixon shape plans and programs; Ziegler says their aim is to identify major issues in various areas, point out where Nixon will have immediate power to act and make proposals for action; Prof P W McCracken is over-all chmn of coms; H Loomis is exec dir; coms and their chmn listed; Nixon works in Key Biscayne; returns to NYC

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THE TAYLOR LAW UPHELD BY COURT; State Strike Curb on Public Employes Ruled Valid by Top Appeals Tribunal State Court Upholds Taylor Law Ban on Strikes

By Special to The New York Times

NYS Appeals Ct unanimously upholds const of provision barring strikes, finds Uniformed Sanitationmen's pres DeLury guilty of criminal contempt for NYC strike last Feb; charges pub employe strikes endanger dem process and well-being of state and municipalities; finds clear distinction between private and pub strikes

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N.A.A.C.P. Assails Black Extremists As Threat to Race; N.A.A.C.P. Assails Black Militants

By Thomas A. Johnson

NAACP urges Negroet to speak out 'loud and clear' against extremists who insist on apartheid, racism and violence, ed in assn pub Crisis; cites Sen Muskie s on need for such action; notes deepening schism within Negro community over tactics and goals, including faction within assn; criticism by assn runs counter to unwritten law that Negroes should refrain from attacking each other

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