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May 25, 1969

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Major U.N. Effort to Curb Birth Rate Asked in Study; U.N. DRIVE SOUGHT TO CUT BIRTH RATE

By Juan de Onis

UN Assn of USA issues natl policy paper in which panel, reptg on study funded by Ford Foundation, urges UN take lead in global fight against population explosion; panel proposes wide program with annual $100-million budget under powerful new UN comr for population; confd with Sec Gen Thant and other UN leaders; rept details; panel chmn J D Rockefeller 3d comments, news conf; panel members listed

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 21, 1969, covering May 25, 1969.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Hair by Original Cast Recording

    Hair

    Original Cast Recording

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    43
  2. 2
    Album cover for Blood; Sweat & Tears by Blood| Sweat & Tears

    Blood; Sweat & Tears

    Blood| Sweat & Tears

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    17
  3. 3
    Album cover for Nashville Skyline by Bob Dylan

    Nashville Skyline

    Bob Dylan

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    4
  4. 4
    Album cover for Galveston by Glen Campbell

    Galveston

    Glen Campbell

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    7
  5. 5
    Album cover for Donovan's Greatest Hits by Donovan

    Donovan's Greatest Hits

    Donovan

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    14

Notable Births

Glen Drover

1969Glen Drover, Canadian guitarist and songwriter[†]

Glen Drover is a Canadian heavy metal guitarist from Ottawa, Ontario. He is best known as the former lead guitarist of Megadeth and King Diamond, along with his brother Shawn Drover who also performed with Megadeth.

Anne Heche

1969Anne Heche, American actress (died 2022)[†]

Anne Celeste Heche was an American actress, known for her roles across a variety of genres in film, television, and theater. She was the recipient of Daytime Emmy, National Board of Review, and GLAAD Media Awards, in addition to nominations for a Tony Award and a Primetime Emmy.

1969Karen Bernstein, Canadian voice actress[†]

Karen Bernstein is a Canadian talent agent and retired voice actress. She is best known in North America as the original English voice of Sailor Mercury in the Canadian dubbing of the first two seasons of Sailor Moon. She was replaced by Liza Balkan.

Stacy London

1969Stacy London, American journalist and author[†]

Stacy London is an American stylist, fashion consultant, author, and magazine editor. She is known primarily for her time as co-host on What Not to Wear, a reality television program that featured wardrobe and appearance makeovers.

Notable Deaths

Elisabeth Geleerd

1969Elisabeth Geleerd, Dutch-American psychoanalyst (born 1909)[†]

Elisabeth Rozetta Geleerd Loewenstein was a Dutch-American psychoanalyst. Born to an upper-middle-class family in Rotterdam, Geleerd studied psychoanalysis in Vienna, then London, under Anna Freud. Building a career in the United States, she became one of the nation's major practitioners in child and adolescent psychoanalysis throughout the mid-20th century. Geleerd specialized in the psychoanalysis of psychosis, including schizophrenia, and was an influential writer on psychoanalysis in childhood schizophrenia. She was one of the first writers to consider the concept of borderline personality disorder in childhood.

Historical Context for May 25, 1969

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