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November 26, 1968

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OCEAN HILL CLASH ENDANGERS PEACE IN CITY'S SCHOOLS; Accused Teacher Sent Back to Class by Johnson, Who Then Reverses Order

By Unknown Author

Johnson, after 1st reassigning Nauman to JHS 271 classroom, orders Nauman to rept to Donovan's office pending outcome of hearing on charge he hit pupil; says move is in best interest of Nauman and educ welfare of teachers and pupils in dist; action is also result of demand by McCoy that Nauman be reassigned; Shanker calls Johnson's stand 'complete capitulation to governing bd of dist against his own professional judgement'; sets UFT negotiating com conf to recommend steps to insure compliance with strike settlement; local bd, in retaliation for Nauman dispute, orders 4 suspended teachers and 3 suspended principals back to their posts; Israelson com holds emergency meeting; calls current dispute 'desperate situation'; earlier Educ Bd officials held hearing on suspended teachers; illus

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 20, 1968, covering November 26, 1968.

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

    Electric Ladyland

    The Jimi Hendrix Experience

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    6
  2. 2
    Album cover for Cheap Thrills by Big Brother And The Holding Company

    Cheap Thrills

    Big Brother And The Holding Company

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    13
  3. 3
    Album cover for Feliciano! by Jose Feliciano

    Feliciano!

    Jose Feliciano

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    19
  4. 4
    Album cover for The Second by Steppenwolf

    The Second

    Steppenwolf

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    8
  5. 5
    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
    20

Notable Births

Edna Campbell

1968Edna Campbell, American basketball player[†]

Edna Campbell is a former women's basketball player who played in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The 5 ft 8 in guard played with the Sacramento Monarchs as well as three other teams, but is well known for continuing to play despite suffering breast cancer. In 2004, she was designated a Women's History Month honoree by the National Women's History Project. Campbell was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Haluk Levent

1968Haluk Levent, Turkish singer[†]

Haluk Levent is a Turkish rock music singer who helped revive the long forgotten Anatolian rock genre in the 1990s.

Historical Events

Vietnam War

1968Vietnam War: United States Air Force helicopter pilot James P. Fleming rescues an Army Special Forces unit pinned down by Viet Cong fire. He is later awarded the Medal of Honor.[†]

The Vietnam War was an armed conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam and their allies. North Vietnam was supported by the Soviet Union and China, while South Vietnam was supported by the United States and other anti-communist nations. The conflict was the second of the Indochina wars and a proxy war of the Cold War between the Soviet Union and US. The Vietnam War was one of the postcolonial wars of national liberation, a theater in the Cold War, and a civil war, with civil warfare a defining feature from the outset. Direct US military involvement escalated from 1965 until its withdrawal in 1973. The fighting spilled into the Laotian and Cambodian Civil Wars, which ended with all three countries becoming communist in 1975.

Historical Context for November 26, 1968

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