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Nixon names interim com headed by Drs A Burns and M Anderson to coordinate and develop legis programs from ideas emerging from study groups; confs with Hardin, Blount, Rogers, Kissinger
article on Morton Natl Wildlife Refuge, Sag Harbor, NY; illus
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 21 -- Red Berenson scored his 17th goal of the season with 12 seconds remaining in the game tonight to give the St. Louis Blues a 2-2 tie with the New York Rangers in a National Hockey League game.
drive for NYS Legis to make it illegal for landlord to refuse to rent apt to welfare families discussed; Lindsay and Rockefeller favor it
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 18, 1968, covering December 22, 1968.
Glen Campbell
The Beatles
Big Brother And The Holding Company
Jose Feliciano
Steppenwolf
1968Emre Aracı, Turkish composer, conductor, and historian[†]
Emre Aracı is a Turkish music historian, conductor, and composer.
1968Luis Hernández, Mexican footballer[†]
Luis Arturo Hernández Carreón, commonly known as El Matador, is a Mexican former professional footballer. He is widely regarded as one of Mexico's most talented strikers.
1968Lori McKenna, American singer-songwriter[†]
Lorraine McKenna is an American folk, Americana, and country music singer-songwriter. In 2016, she was nominated for the Grammy Award for Song of the Year and won Best Country Song for co-writing the hit single "Girl Crush" performed by Little Big Town. In 2017, she again won Best Country Song at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards for writing "Humble and Kind" performed by Tim McGraw. McKenna along with Lady Gaga, Natalie Hemby and Hillary Lindsey wrote the second single off the soundtrack to the 2018 film A Star Is Born called "Always Remember Us This Way.” McKenna performed backing vocals along with Lindsey and Hemby, and the song received a nomination for Song of the Year at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards.
1968Dina Meyer, American actress[†]
Dina Meyer is an American actress. She began her career appearing in a recurring role on the Fox teen drama series Beverly Hills, 90210 (1993–94), before landing a leading role opposite Keanu Reeves in the 1995 film Johnny Mnemonic.
1968Raymond Gram Swing, American journalist (born 1887)[†]
Raymond Gram Swing was an American print and broadcast journalist. He was one of the most influential news commentators of his era, heard by people worldwide as a leading American voice from Britain during World War II. Known originally as Raymond Swing, he adopted his wife's last name in 1919 and became known as Raymond Gram Swing.
1968Cultural Revolution: People's Daily posted the instructions of Mao Zedong that "The intellectual youth must go to the country, and will be educated from living in rural poverty."[†]
The Cultural Revolution, formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a sociopolitical movement in the People's Republic of China (PRC). It was launched by Mao Zedong in 1966 and lasted until his death in 1976. Its stated goal was to preserve Chinese socialism by purging remnants of capitalist and traditional elements from Chinese society.
In 1968, the world population was approximately 3,545,187,251 people[†]