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In 1969, the world population was approximately 3,619,491,579 people[†]
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 16, 1969, covering July 16, 1969.
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Blood| Sweat & Tears
The 5th Dimension
Tom Jones
Henry Mancini
The Who
Bob Dylan
Iron Butterfly
Crosby| Stills & Nash
1969Kathryn Harby-Williams, Australian netball player and sportscaster[†]
Kathryn Harby-Williams is an Australian netball player and television presenter, who captained the Australian netball team. She is the Chief Executive Officer, Secretary and Treasurer of the Australian Netball Players’ Association.
1969James Scott Douglas, English-born Scottish race car driver and 6th Baronet Douglas (born 1930)[†]
Sir James Louis Fitzroy Scott Douglas, 6th Baronet was a British racing driver and a baronet.
1969The Apollo 11 lunar landing mission is launched from Cape Kennedy in Florida, USA.[†]
Apollo 11 was a spaceflight conducted from July 16 to 24, 1969, by the United States and launched by NASA. It marked the first time that humans landed on the Moon. Commander Neil Armstrong and Lunar Module pilot Buzz Aldrin landed the Lunar Module Eagle on July 20, 1969, at 20:17 UTC, and Armstrong became the first person to step onto the Moon's surface six hours and 39 minutes later, on July 21 at 02:56 UTC. Aldrin joined him 19 minutes later, and they spent about two and a quarter hours together exploring the site they had named Tranquility Base upon landing. Armstrong and Aldrin collected 47.5 pounds (21.5 kg) of lunar material to bring back to Earth as pilot Michael Collins flew the Command Module Columbia in lunar orbit, and were on the Moon's surface for 21 hours, 36 minutes, before lifting off to rejoin Columbia.
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NY Airways: 3 killed, 10 hurt as Twin Otter turboprop STOL (short takeoff and landing) craft crashes, Kennedy Airport, on shuttle flight to Newark Airport; illus; list of dead and injured
Controller Mario A. Procaccino, the Democratic candidate for Mayor, charged yesterday that Mayor Lindsay was attempting "to create a mass movement of the defeated, the disaffected and the discontented."
Nguyen Cao Ky, in s made during 1st pub appearance in 5 mos, says Nguyen Van Thieu election offer to enemy constitutes 'grave step backward' in natl policy of anti-Communism
Laird says Nixon has instructed Abrams to make reduction of Amer casualties 1 of his primary responsibilities, testimony to Sen com
Maneuvering continues in Sen on linking tax reform and income tax surcharge extension; Sen E M Kennedy hacks view of Dem leadership that entire matter should be treated jointly in Sept; offers 8 major reforms
Nixon Adm deplores use of US-supplied arms in conflict with Salvador; expresses full support for OAS efforts to achieve cease-fire, ruling out any ind US mediation role; Honduran ex-Min Perdomo charges Salvadoran armed forces with staging large-scale invasion, OAS Council meeting; Salvadoran Sup Ct pres Martinez accuses Honduras of genocide against thousands of Salvadorans living in Honduras; OAS Council adopts cease-fire resolution; State Dept concedes possibility that belligerents use equipment supplied under US mil aid programs; Sen Fulbright expresses 'embarrassment' at warfare to degree that US has responsibility, Sen com; annual US aid amounts for both nations listed; OAS peace-making comm, headed by Amb Sevilla, flies to Guatemala City; US members are R A Poole and J W Ford
Nixon Adm moves to reopen case; Justice Dept's new suit is civil, not criminal, action; has broader scope than earlier prosecution and seeks damages up to $1.7-million; charges Baker abused his trust as pub employe, getting rich by selling influence on legis and Govt decisions; says he got $7,500 from US Freight Co, $2,500 from Redwood Natl Bank of San Rafael, Calif, $20,000 from Haitian-Amer Meat Co, $5,600 from Capitol Vending Co; asks ct to order complete acctg of all transactions; asks that Baker be forced to return to Govt all money improperly earned; case revd
Bern Univ scientist Dr J Geiss says Aldrin will try to trap solar particles on lunar surface in 1-by-4-ft aluminum foil sheet, news conf, Cape Kennedy; says sheet will be brought back to earth and analyzed by scientists to learn more about composition of sun; Profs P Eberhardt and P Signer comment; NASA Lunar Surface Project Office official J W Small holds astronauts' gathering of lunar material is mission's most important scientific experiment; says 127 scientific labs around world have requested and will probably get samples for analysis
3 Amer friends of Mboya reveal he confided fear of assassination to them when he visited US in Mar; rept he felt pol enemies wished to eliminate him before time came to choose successor to Kenyatta
he arrives, Cape Kennedy, for Apollo 11 launch