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April 21, 1969

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Headlines from April 21, 1969

Princeton Will Add Graduate Trustees And Admit Women; Princeton to Add New Graduates To Board and Admit First Coeds

By Special to The New York Times

univ announces plans to add new grads to trustees bd in line with student demands for greater decision-making powers; action is believed 1st of type by Ivy League inst; procedures for nominating and electing new trustees detailed; univ also announces plan to admit 130 coeds this fall as '1st plateau' of 650 coeds to be achieved by '73-74

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ROCKEFELLER TO ASK ANTIHUNGER BILL; $13.4-Million State Program Would Require Use of Food Stamps -- Delay Foreseen

By Sydney H. Schanberg

Rockefeller announces $13.4-mlllion food program for needy to soften impact of recent state welfare cult; says $85- to $100-million in Fed funds needed to implement program will not be available immediately; Legis Dem leaders attack program as 'too little, too late' and admission by Rockefeller that welfare cuts might lead to hunger and malnutrition among poor; Rockefeller says he will introduce bill in Legis to require that all welfare districts in state adopt food stamps program and use direct distribution program until they get Fed approval for stamps program; says state will improve distribution of surplus food and start consumer educ program to improve diets of needy families; says he is writing Nixon Adm to ask that more funds be provided for food programs and welfare districts be allowed to use both programs at same time

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 16, 1969, covering April 21, 1969.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Blood; Sweat & Tears by Blood| Sweat & Tears

    Blood; Sweat & Tears

    Blood| Sweat & Tears

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    12
  2. 2
    Album cover for Hair by Original Cast Recording

    Hair

    Original Cast Recording

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    38
  3. 3
    Album cover for Galveston by Glen Campbell

    Galveston

    Glen Campbell

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    22
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    2
  4. 4
    Album cover for Donovan's Greatest Hits by Donovan

    Donovan's Greatest Hits

    Donovan

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    9
  5. 5
    Album cover for Help Yourself by Tom Jones

    Help Yourself

    Tom Jones

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    12

Notable Births

Toby Stephens

1969Toby Stephens, English actor[†]

Toby Stephens is an English actor who has appeared in films in the United Kingdom, United States, and India. He is known for the roles of Bond villain Gustav Graves in the 2002 James Bond film Die Another Day, for which he was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor; William Gordon in the 2005 Mangal Pandey: The Rising film; and Edward Fairfax Rochester in the 2006 BBC television adaptation of Jane Eyre. From 2014 to 2017, he starred as Captain Flint in the Starz television series Black Sails, followed by one of the lead roles in the Netflix science fiction series Lost in Space from 2018 to 2021. He has starred as the Greek God Poseidon in Percy Jackson and the Olympians.

Historical Context for April 21, 1969

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