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US Sup Ct bars court-martial in peacetime for civilian crimes committed by mil personnel off mil bases within US, J O'Callahan case
rising crime, major city problem, discussed; residents fear and preoccupation with crime, police limitations, Lindsay Adm efforts to deal with situation and other aspects of problem detailed; illus
US Sup Ct unanimously rules that recalcitrant school bds could be required to end recognizable 'Negro' schools by assigning teachers according to racial quotas set by Fed judiciary; action marks 1st time Ct has approved racial quotas in achieving school desegregation
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Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 28, 1969, covering June 3, 1969.
Original Cast Recording
Blood| Sweat & Tears
Bob Dylan
Glen Campbell
Donovan
1969Takako Minekawa, Japanese singer-songwriter[†]
Takako Minekawa is a Japanese musician, singer, songwriter, and writer.
1969Dean Pay, Australian rugby league player and coach[†]
Dean Pay is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer and former head coach of the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the National Rugby League (NRL), a professional player who played in the late 1980s and 1990s.
1969Hiroyuki Takami, Japanese singer and actor[†]
Hiroyuki Takami is a Japanese singer and actor. He is a member of the Japanese pop group access or AXS.
1969George Edwin Cooke, American soccer player (born 1883)[†]
George Edwin Cooke was an American amateur soccer player who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. He was born and died in St. Louis, Missouri.
1969Melbourne–Evans collision: off the coast of South Vietnam, the Australian aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne cuts the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Frank E. Evans in half; resulting in 74 deaths.[†]
The Melbourne–Evans collision was a collision between the light aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and the destroyer USS Frank E. Evans of the United States Navy (USN). On 3 June 1969, the two ships were participating in SEATO exercise Sea Spirit in the South China Sea. Around 3:00 am, when ordered to a new escort station, Evans sailed under Melbourne's bow, where she was cut in two. Seventy-four of Evans's crew were killed.
In 1969, the world population was approximately 3,619,491,579 people[†]