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March 10, 1969

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Headlines from March 10, 1969

Peking Deploys Civilians Along Border With Soviet; Chinese Civilians Are Deployed On Tense Border With Soviet

By Peter Grosespecial To the New York Times

China repts civilians and regular Army forces have been deployed with regular border patrols on Siberian frontier; USSR intensifies civil defense training and duty schedules in schools and factories near border, sets up field hq near exposed border points; speculation on motivations behind present tensions and likely outcome

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 5, 1969, covering March 10, 1969.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Wichita Lineman by Glen Campbell

    Wichita Lineman

    Glen Campbell

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    17
  2. 2
    Album cover for Yellow Submarine by The Beatles

    Yellow Submarine

    The Beatles

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    5
  3. 3
    Album cover for Goodbye by Cream

    Goodbye

    Cream

    Last week
    9
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    4
  4. 4
    Album cover for The Beatles [White Album] by The Beatles

    The Beatles [White Album]

    The Beatles

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    13
  5. 5
    Album cover for Greatest Hits by The Association

    Greatest Hits

    The Association

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    11

Notable Births

Paget Brewster

1969Paget Brewster, American actress[†]

Paget Valerie Brewster is an American actress. She first received recognition for her recurring role as Kathy on the fourth season of Friends. She gained wider recognition as FBI Supervisory Special Agent Emily Prentiss on CBS's Criminal Minds. Brewster was a regular cast member of the show from 2006 to 2012, then made two guest appearances before returning as a regular in 2016.

Historical Events

Memphis, Tennessee

1969In Memphis, Tennessee, James Earl Ray pleads guilty to assassinating Martin Luther King Jr. He later unsuccessfully attempts to recant.[†]

Memphis is a city in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, and its county seat. Situated along the Mississippi River, it had a population of 633,104 at the 2020 census, making it the second-most populous city in Tennessee, the fifth-most populous in the Southeast, and the 28th-most populous in the nation. Memphis is the largest city proper on the Mississippi River and anchors the Memphis metropolitan area that includes parts of Arkansas and Mississippi, the 45th-most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. with 1.34 million residents.

Historical Context for March 10, 1969

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