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April 3, 1969

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Headlines from April 3, 1969

PEKING CONGRESS HINTS COALITION, WITH ARMY ROLE; Listing of Leaders at Parley Indicates 'Moderates' and 'Leftists' Will Govern

By Charles Mohr

list of dignitaries at opening of cong indicates that in coming yrs China will be ruled by a coalition of 'leftists' and 'moderates' with army exercising great influence; Peking radio repts Mao and Lin Piao made ss, says cong will break down into groups to study pol rept given by Lin Piao; absence from cong of at least 2/3 of old 90-man Central Com seen as reflection of their disgrace and loss of position during cultural revolution; identity and ranking of some presidium members discussed; over 100,000 people continue marching through Peking sts to celebrate cong opening

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 2, 1969, covering April 3, 1969.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Wichita Lineman by Glen Campbell

    Wichita Lineman

    Glen Campbell

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    21
  2. 2
    Album cover for Blood; Sweat & Tears by Blood| Sweat & Tears

    Blood; Sweat & Tears

    Blood| Sweat & Tears

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    10
  3. 3
    Album cover for Ball by Iron Butterfly

    Ball

    Iron Butterfly

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    8
  4. 4
    Album cover for Goodbye by Cream

    Goodbye

    Cream

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    8
  5. 5
    Album cover for In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida by Iron Butterfly

    In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

    Iron Butterfly

    Last week
    6
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    38

Notable Births

Rodney Hampton

1969Rodney Hampton, American football player[†]

Rodney Craig Hampton is an American former professional football player who was a running back for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Georgia Bulldogs and was selected by the Giants in the first round of the 1990 NFL draft. He was a starting running back for the 1990 New York Giants who finished the year at 13–3 during the regular season while winning Super Bowl XXV on January 27, 1991.

1969Peter Matera, Australian footballer and coach[†]

Peter Matera is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is regarded as one of the greatest West Australians and indigenous players being a member of the Australian Football Hall of Fame and Indigenous Team of the Century as well as being 5 time All-Australian and 2 time premiership player.

Ben Mendelsohn

1969Ben Mendelsohn, Australian actor[†]

Paul Benjamin Mendelsohn is an Australian actor. He first rose to prominence in Australia for his break-out role in The Year My Voice Broke (1987). He gained international attention for his starring role in the crime drama Animal Kingdom (2010). He has since had roles in films such as The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Starred Up (2013), Lost River (2014), Mississippi Grind (2015), Darkest Hour (2017) and Ready Player One (2018).

Lance Storm

1969Lance Storm, Canadian wrestler and trainer[†]

Lance Timothy Evers, known professionally by his ring name Lance Storm, is a Canadian retired professional wrestler. He is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he works as a producer. He is best known for his tenures in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), and the World Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Entertainment (WWF/WWE), where he held a combined 14 total championships.

Historical Events

Vietnam War

1969Vietnam War: United States Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announces that the United States will start to "Vietnamize" the war effort.[†]

The Vietnam War was an armed conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam and their allies. North Vietnam was supported by the Soviet Union and China, while South Vietnam was supported by the United States and other anti-communist nations. The conflict was the second of the Indochina wars and a proxy war of the Cold War between the Soviet Union and US. The Vietnam War was one of the postcolonial wars of national liberation, a theater in the Cold War, and a civil war, with civil warfare a defining feature from the outset. Direct US military involvement escalated from 1965 until its withdrawal in 1973. The fighting spilled into the Laotian and Cambodian Civil Wars, which ended with all three countries becoming communist in 1975.

Historical Context for April 3, 1969

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