On this day
January 22, 1969
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
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Headlines from January 22, 1969
Harvard Report Calls for Degree in Negro Studies; HARVARD REPORT ASKS NEGRO UNIT
Special faculty panel under Prof H Rosovsky issues rept, based on 9-mo study and confs with Negro student leaders, calling for degree-granting program in Negro studies; plan would give Negro students voice, but not veto power, in apptmt of faculty to new dept; also calls for changes in univ's soc, cultural, recruitment and investment structure to enhance status of Negroes; details; panel members listed
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LINDSAY ASSAILS 2 AT OCEAN HILL; Asks School Board to Act on 'Anti-Semitism'
Lindsay, in scoring racism and anti-Semitism, says Campbell and Vann hive 'no place teaching' in pss and asks Educ Bd to take 'appropriate action,' s, synagogue, Queens; community meeting held, JHS 271, Ocean Hill-Brownsville, in support of Campbell; Vann, S Carson attend
Revised School Plan Limits New Demonstration Areas; School Plan Limits Special Districts
Educ Bd issues revised decentralization plan; recommends that no additional dists be set up without approval of Educ Comr and that setting of actual boundaries for 30 proposed school dists be delayed till Dec; status of 3 pilot school dists would not be affected by revision; Shanker says UFT will fight decentralization plan in Fed ct if there is no change in districting; several members of bd are reptdly opposed to parts of plan
Music on My Birthday
Billboard 200
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 22, 1969, covering January 22, 1969.
- 1
The Beatles [White Album]
The Beatles
- Last week
- 1
- Peak
- 1
- Weeks
- 7
- 2
TCB
Diana Ross & The Supremes With The Temptations
- Last week
- 2
- Peak
- 2
- Weeks
- 5
- 3
Wichita Lineman
Glen Campbell
- Last week
- 6
- Peak
- 1
- Weeks
- 11
- 4
Fool On The Hill
Sergio Mendes
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- 4
- Peak
- 3
- Weeks
- 8
- 5
Beggars Banquet
The Rolling Stones
- Last week
- 5
- Peak
- 5
- Weeks
- 7
Notable Births

1969Olivia d'Abo, English-American singer-songwriter and actress[โ ]
Olivia Jane d'Abo is a British actress and singer. She is known for her roles as Karen Arnold, Kevin Arnold's rebellious teenaged hippie sister in the ABC comedy-drama series The Wonder Years (1988โ1993), as female serial killer Nicole Wallace in Law & Order: Criminal Intent, as Marie Blake on The Single Guy (1995โ1997), and Jane Porter in The Legend of Tarzan (2001โ2003). Her film appearances include roles in Conan the Destroyer (1984) and Bank Robber (1993).
Historical Context for January 22, 1969
In 1969, the world population was approximately 3,619,491,579 people[โ ]