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February 14, 1969

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Headlines from February 14, 1969

3 SOUTHERN AREAS DENIED SCHOOL AID IN MOVE BY FINCH; Secretary Declares Districts Refuse to Desegregate -Cutoff Due March 16 ACTION IS TERMED FINAL Official Bars Grace Period of the Type That Produced Criticism in Earlier Case School Areas Denied Funds by Finch

By Roy Reedspecial To the New York Times

Finch announces aid cutoff to 3 more Southern school dists by Mar 16; says cutoffs are absolute with no 60-day grace period as in earlier ruling; aide says action is result of careful rev by Finch; Sen Mondale questions effect of aid cutoffs on school dists' ability to continue operations, lr to Finch; Sen Ervin pushes bill to bar HEW Dept from ending school dist's funds during school yr

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Troops Use Tear Gas at U. of Wisconsin;; Madison Calms Down Guard Troops Use Tear Gas at U. of Wisconsin

By Donald Jansonspecial To the New York Times

several hundred Guardsmen with fixed bayonets restore measure of calm on campus; illus; Knowles orders 1,000 more troops to rept for duty; about 5,000 students led by Negroes later march from campus to State Capitol in support of strike and Negro demands for black studies program; most univ classes meet as usual; 17 demonstrators arrested thus far; Young links disorders to Students for Dem Soc (SDS) and other white radical campus groups taking advantage of Negro protest

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Protesters Disrupt Duke and C.C.N.Y.; 1,000 Quelled at Durham 1,000 Fight Police on Duke Campus

By United Press International

Police, using clubs and tear gas, clash with white and Negro students shortly after Negroes end seizure of adm bldg in demonstration over demands for special Negro educ program without grading, Negro studies program and end to 'racist policies'; clash was sparked when Negro students claimed police tried to run down girl with police car; police say they used tear gas when 2 of their men were injured; white students vote for gen strike in protest against police action

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of February 12, 1969, covering February 14, 1969.

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

    The Beatles [White Album]

    The Beatles

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    10
  2. 2
    Album cover for Wichita Lineman by Glen Campbell

    Wichita Lineman

    Glen Campbell

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    14
  3. 3
    Album cover for TCB by Diana Ross & The Supremes With The Temptations

    TCB

    Diana Ross & The Supremes With The Temptations

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    8
  4. 4
    Album cover for Greatest Hits by The Association

    Greatest Hits

    The Association

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    8
  5. 5
    Album cover for Diana Ross & The Supremes Join The Temptations by Diana Ross & The Supremes

    Diana Ross & The Supremes Join The Temptations

    Diana Ross & The Supremes

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    12

Notable Births

Meg Hillier

1969Meg Hillier, English journalist and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change[†]

Dame Margaret Olivia Hillier, known as Meg Hillier, is a British Labour and Co-operative politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hackney South and Shoreditch since 2005. Hillier was a junior government minister from 2007 until 2010 and was succeeded by Caroline Flint as Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change in the Labour Party October 2011 reshuffle. She has been the chair of the Treasury Select Committee since 2024, having previously chaired the Public Accounts Committee from 2015 to 2024.

Notable Deaths

Vito Genovese

1969Vito Genovese, Italian-American mob boss (born 1897)[†]

Vito Genovese was an Italian-born American mafioso and the leader of the Genovese crime family in New York City. A childhood friend and criminal associate of Lucky Luciano, Genovese took part in the Castellammarese War and helped Luciano shape the Mafia's rise as a major force in organized crime in the United States. He would later lead Luciano's crime family, which was renamed by the FBI after Genovese in 1957.

Historical Context for February 14, 1969

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