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The New York Knicks, confident that they have finally put together a team that can handle the Boston Celtics, meet the defending National Basketball Association champions at 2 P.M. today in the opener of the fourof-seven-game Eastern final.
thousands of antiwar demonstrators march in NYC to Central Pk rally demanding US withdrawal; parade begins weekend of demonstrations in several cities; Dem contenders for Mayor Repr Scheuer and Borough Pres Badillo give support to demonstration; police decline to estimate number of marchers, parade chief marshal puts total from 50,000-100,000, NY Times reporter counts 26,600; P O'Dwyer says parade will probably start a number of demonstrations; details on parade and rally; O Davis is chmn of rally; demonstrations in Philadelphia and Chicago noted; illus
Gen Eisenhower assocs recall his advice to Nixon not to demand recount in Ill and Tex on grounds that Amers do not like sorehead loser; version differs from that reptd by Nixon in his book 6 Crises
LITTLE in this world illustrates the difference between illusion and reality as well as the automobile. And nobody knows the difference as well as the motorist.
lr lauds Mar 31 ed, scores welfare cuts
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 2, 1969, covering April 6, 1969.
Glen Campbell
Blood| Sweat & Tears
Iron Butterfly
Cream
Iron Butterfly
1969Bret Boone, American baseball player and manager[†]
Bret Robert Boone is an American former professional baseball second baseman who is a hitting coach for the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball (MLB). During his career, Boone was a three-time All-Star, four-time Gold Glove winner, and two-time Silver Slugger Award winner. He is a third-generation professional athlete. His brother is Aaron Boone, manager of the New York Yankees.
1969Bison Dele, American basketball player (died 2002)[†]
Bison Dele was an American professional basketball player who played center for the NBA's Orlando Magic, Denver Nuggets, Los Angeles Clippers, Chicago Bulls and Detroit Pistons. Dele played college basketball for the Maryland Terrapins from 1987–1988 and for the Arizona Wildcats from 1988–1991 before being selected by the Magic with the 10th overall pick in the 1991 NBA draft. He won a championship with the Bulls in 1997.
1969Philipp Peter, Austrian race car driver[†]
Philipp Peter is a race car driver from Austria.
1969Paul Rudd, American actor[†]
Paul Stephen Rudd is an American actor. Rudd studied theatre at the University of Kansas and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts before making his acting debut in 1991. He was included on the Forbes Celebrity 100 list in 2019, and was named People magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive" in 2021. The accolades he has received include a Critics' Choice Television Award, alongside nominations for a Golden Globe Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.
1969Spencer Wells, American geneticist and anthropologist[†]
Rush Spencer Wells is an American geneticist, anthropologist, author and entrepreneur. He co-hosts The Insight podcast with Razib Khan. Wells led The Genographic Project from 2005 to 2015, as an Explorer-in-Residence at the National Geographic Society, and is the founder and executive director of personal genomics nonprofit The Insitome Institute.
In 1969, the world population was approximately 3,619,491,579 people[†]