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In 1969, the world population was approximately 3,619,491,579 people[†]
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 26, 1969, covering March 29, 1969.
Blood| Sweat & Tears
Glen Campbell
Cream
Iron Butterfly
The Beatles
Iron Butterfly
Donovan
The Association
Tom Jones
Diana Ross & The Supremes With The Temptations
1969Ted Lieu, American politician and AFRC colonel[†]
Ted Win-Ping Lieu is an American lawyer and politician. He is a member of the Democratic Party and has represented California's 36th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives since 2023. He represented the 33rd congressional district from 2015 to 2023. The district includes South Bay and Westside regions of Los Angeles, as well as Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, the Palos Verdes Peninsula, and Beach Cities.
1969Jimmy Spencer, American football player and coach[†]
James Arthur Spencer, Jr. is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback for 12 seasons in the National Football League (NFL) during the 1990s and early 2000s. Spencer played college football for the Florida Gators, and thereafter, he played in the NFL for the New Orleans Saints, Cincinnati Bengals, San Diego Chargers and Denver Broncos.
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Will attend Gen Eisenhower's funeral as Queen Elizabeth's personal repr
reads announcement of Gen Eisenhower's death
Sen Knorr and Assemblymen Lerner, Kunzeman and Gallagher note rise of crime during Garelik's term as Police Chief Inspector
Illus
Justice Dept files friend-of-ct brief backing suit by Negro group, Contract Buyers League, seeking to force 'blockbusting' real estate speculators to pay back high profits made from sales of homes to Negroes, Chicago; asks Fed Dist Ct to rule that 1866 civil rights law gave Negroes right to recover such overcharges; Asst Atty Gen Leonard says dept believes case could establish precedent that would discourage blockbusting; dept brief cited US Sup Ct June decision in Jones v Mayer, which held that 1866 law barred discrimination in real estate sales; attys for defendants oppose dept's action, charge FHA policies contribute to discrimination against Negro home buyers
Nominated Cardinal
Gen Eisenhower's bodv will lie in Rotunda
Fulbright charges Adm made 'no serious scientific rev' of antimissile program and calls Safeguard 'purely pol gimmick', Sen com hearing, at which Panofsky denies he participated in any advisory capacity in revg decision to deploy Safeguard; Panofsky doubts USSR would launch kind of attack that Safeguard is supposed to defend against; says Safeguard should be completely redesigned if deployed as defense for missile base; Safeguard backed by Dr D G Brennan and opposed by Dr Rathjens, Sen subcom
Sen, 33-24, and Assembly, 78-70, approve rise in sales tax to 3% from 2%; vote is along straight party lines in Sen; 2 Repute, Gallagher and Terry, vote against rise and 2 Dems, Stockmeister and Hausbeck, vote for it in Assembly; Rockefeller reptdly agreed to demands for further cuts in Medicaid program, other demands to win votes of Syracuse Repub Assemblymen; other legislators see Stockmeister and Hausbeck acting in return for patronage and favors from Rockefeller and Repub leaders