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Tass repts Chinese-USSR agreement has been signed to insure normal river navigation along Far Eastern frontier; map
party leaders in Cong comment
Nixon, in TV s to nation proposing Fed-local revenue-sharing plan as part of his New Federalism approach, says moneys to localities will be channeled through states
internatl bankers expect huge speculative flows in wake of franc devaluation but doubt long-range disruption of system or changes in any other major currency; US Govt repts devaluation will not affect value of US dollar; US bankers expect Brit pound and Belgian france to come under selling pressure while Ger mark, Swiss franc and Dutch guilder will be in demand; say devaluation underscores need for fundamental reforms in internatl monetary mechanism to smooth process of changing currency values; US Fed Reserve plans cooperation with other central banks to keep speculative pressures to minimum
Adm bill offered that would transfer from Civil Rights Comm to Equal Employment Opportunity Comm authority to probe complaints against Fed agencies; Nixon issues Exec order ordering agencies to take new initiatives in assuring equal job opportunities to minorities
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 6, 1969, covering August 9, 1969.
Blood| Sweat & Tears
Original Cast Recording
Soundtrack
Iron Butterfly
Tom Jones
1969Troy Percival, American baseball player and coach[ā ]
Troy Eugene Percival is an American baseball coach and former professional baseball pitcher. He gained fame as a closer. He is currently the manager of the Idaho Falls Chukars of the Pioneer League. During a 14-year baseball career spanning from 1995 to 2009, he pitched for four Major League Baseball (MLB) teams, primarily with the California/Anaheim Angels. He was an integral part of that franchise's 2002 World Series championship team.
1969Wojciech Frykowski, Polish-American actor and author (born 1936)[ā ]
The TateāLaBianca murders were a series of murders perpetrated by members of the Manson Family during August 9ā10, 1969, in Los Angeles, California, United States, under the direction of Tex Watson and Charles Manson. The perpetrators killed five people on the night of August 8ā9: pregnant actress Sharon Tate and her companions Jay Sebring, Abigail Folger and Wojciech Frykowski, along with Steven Parent. The following evening, the Family murdered supermarket executive Leno LaBianca and his wife, Rosemary, at their home in the Los Feliz section of Los Angeles.
1969Sharon Tate, American model and actress (born 1943)[ā ]
Sharon Marie Tate Polanski was an American actress and model. During the 1960s, she appeared in advertisements and small television roles before appearing in films as well as working as a model. After receiving positive reviews for her comedic and dramatic acting performances, Tate was hailed as one of Hollywood's most promising newcomers, being compared favorably with the late Marilyn Monroe.
1969C. F. Powell, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1903)[ā ]
Cecil Frank Powell was an English particle physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1950 for heading the team that developed the photographic method of studying nuclear processes and for the resulting discovery of the pion (pi-meson), a subatomic particle.
1969TateāLaBianca murders: Followers of Charles Manson murder pregnant actress Sharon Tate (wife of Roman Polanski), coffee heiress Abigail Folger, Polish actor Wojciech Frykowski, men's hairstylist Jay Sebring and recent high-school graduate Steven Parent.[ā ]
The TateāLaBianca murders were a series of murders perpetrated by members of the Manson Family during August 9ā10, 1969, in Los Angeles, California, United States, under the direction of Tex Watson and Charles Manson. The perpetrators killed five people on the night of August 8ā9: pregnant actress Sharon Tate and her companions Jay Sebring, Abigail Folger and Wojciech Frykowski, along with Steven Parent. The following evening, the Family murdered supermarket executive Leno LaBianca and his wife, Rosemary, at their home in the Los Feliz section of Los Angeles.
In 1969, the world population was approximately 3,619,491,579 people[ā ]