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January 24, 1969

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Headlines from January 24, 1969

STATE UNIT BACKS TEACHERS' CHARGE; It Asks Board to Discipline 2 Top I.S. 201 Officials for 'Harassment'

By Leonard Buder

Israelson com calls for suspension of IS 201, Harlem, governing bd chmn Spencer and filing of formal charges against dist admr Wilson for allegedly harassing union teachers at PS 39; Israelson says com expects Educ Bd to comply with recommendations; com also recommends Supt Donovan probe actions of 2 supervisors at PS 39; 4 officials have filed suit. State Sup Ct, challenging legality of state com which was set up, Nov, to protect rights of teachers and supervisors as part of UFT strike-settlement pact; Spencer denies harassing teachers; Doar says Educ Bd will not automatically accept com's recommendations but will consider proposals

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GUNMAN ATTACKS CAR IN KREMLIN; 2 MEN WOUNDED; Assailant Fires at Vehicle of Astronauts Following 4 Others to Ceremony

By Theodore Shabad

Tass discloses that man, whose identity has not been made pub, fired several shots at motorcade hon 4 astronauts; repts shots were fired at car in which astronauts Maj Gen Beregovoi, Col and Mrs Nikolayev and Col Leonov were riding; chauffeur and motorcycle escort driver were wounded and assailant was seized on spot; shooting occurred inside Borovitsky Gate entrance to Kremlin; illus; map; Tass says investigation is under way; Western observers, Moscow, hold man fired at car in belief it was carrying top USSR leaders

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 22, 1969, covering January 24, 1969.

  1. 1
    Album cover for The Beatles [White Album] by The Beatles

    The Beatles [White Album]

    The Beatles

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    7
  2. 2
    Album cover for TCB by Diana Ross & The Supremes With The Temptations

    TCB

    Diana Ross & The Supremes With The Temptations

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    5
  3. 3
    Album cover for Wichita Lineman by Glen Campbell

    Wichita Lineman

    Glen Campbell

    Last week
    6
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    11
  4. 4
    Album cover for Fool On The Hill by Sergio Mendes

    Fool On The Hill

    Sergio Mendes

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    8
  5. 5
    Album cover for Beggars Banquet by The Rolling Stones

    Beggars Banquet

    The Rolling Stones

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    7

Notable Births

Yoo Ho-jeong

1969Yoo Ho-jeong, South Korean actress[†]

You Ho-jeong is a South Korean actress. She made her acting debut in 1991 and has been starring in television and film since. Roles include a divorcee whose husband lives next door in daily drama Definitely Neighbors (2010), and the grown-up protagonist in box office hit Sunny (2011).

Carlos Rômulo Gonçalves e Silva

1969Carlos Rômulo Gonçalves e Silva, Brazilian religious leader, Bishop of Montenegro[†]

Carlos Rômulo Gonçalves e Silva is the bishop of Montenegro, a suffragan Latin diocese in the ecclesiastical province of its mother see, the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Porto Alegre in Rio Grande do Sul state, southernmost Brazil.

Historical Context for January 24, 1969

In 1969, the world population was approximately 3,619,491,579 people[†]