University Crises in Brief
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April 22, 1969
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
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23-SHIP U.S. FLEET OFF KOREAN COAST TO GUARD FLIGHTS; 4 Carriers in Special Force Backing Up Nixon's Pledge -- Jets May Make Runs 23-Ship U.S. Task Force Sent to Sea Off Korea to Protect Scout Planes
By William Beecherspecial To the New York Times
some US ships involved in war included in special task force to implement Nixon pledge to protect Amer reconnaissance flights off N Korea after recent downing of plane
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A Series of Limited Pacts On Missiles Now U.S. Aim; Series of Limited Missile Accords Now Is U.S. Aim
By Peter Grosespecial To the New York Times
US to seek series of ltd accords on strategic arms rather than comprehensive pkg treaty when missile control talks get under way; start would be freeze of weapons at existing levels; US preparations for talks to be completed in May; Sec Rogers has designated Dir Smith as chief US negotiator
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Bonn Says a Key Spy for Soviet Has Defected and Named Agents; Bonn Says a Key Spy for Soviet Has Defected and Named A gents
By David Binderspecial To the New York Times
W Ger press aide C Ahlers repts unnamed 'master spy' has defected to West and disclosed names of number of agents, some of whom have been arrested in W Ger; W Ger sources rept spy now in hands of CIA; link him to surveillance in London of Dr and Mrs A Laurence; Laurences issue statement; CIA, FBI and State Dept decline comment
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Albany to Increase Panel Heads' 'Lulus'; ALBANY PLANNING 'LULU' INCREASES
By Sydney H. Schanbergspecial To the New York Times
ALBANY, April 21 -- The Republican leaders of the Legislature announced today that they had decided to raise the expense allowances of several chairmen and ranking minority members of committees.
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Music on My Birthday
Billboard 200
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 16, 1969, covering April 22, 1969.
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Blood; Sweat & Tears
Blood| Sweat & Tears
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- 1
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- 12
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Hair
Original Cast Recording
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- 2
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- 38
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Galveston
Glen Campbell
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- 3
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Donovan's Greatest Hits
Donovan
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Help Yourself
Tom Jones
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Historical Events
1969British yachtsman Sir Robin Knox-Johnston wins the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race and completes the first solo non-stop circumnavigation of the world.[†]
Sir William Robert Patrick Knox-Johnston CBE RD* is a British sailor. In 1969, he became the first person to perform a single-handed non-stop circumnavigation of the globe. Along with Sir Peter Blake, he won in 1994 the second Jules Verne Trophy, for which they were also given the ISAF World Sailor of the Year Awards. In 2007, at the age of 67, he set a record as the oldest yachtsman to complete a round the world solo voyage in the Velux 5 Oceans Race.
1969The formation of the Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) is announced at a mass rally in Calcutta.[†]
The Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) (CPI(ML)) was an Indian communist party formed by the All India Coordination Committee of Communist Revolutionaries (AICCCR) at a congress in Calcutta in 1969. The foundation of the party was declared by Kanu Sanyal at a mass meeting in Calcutta on 22 April, Vladimir Lenin's birthday. Later the CPI(ML) party splintered into several Naxalite groups.
Historical Context for April 22, 1969
In 1969, the world population was approximately 3,619,491,579 people[†]