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Sen Ribicoff repts Sen Permanent Investigations Subcom on Govt Operations investigators probed, Mar-July, for misuse of funds of NCO clubs
new violence erupts, Londonderry, when Cath youths attack Prot Apprentice Boys parade; police use tear gas against rioting Cath mob in effort to break up fighting after nearly 8 hrs; 80 policemen and 12 civilians hurt; running battles raged between police and Cath crowds using sticks and gasoline bombs; illus; pubs and shops set afire; windows smashed by Prot youths who followed closely behind police
Vatican, in 1st official comment on case, says Ger prelates who nominated Defregger for promotion to bishop did not reveal candidate's involvement in wartime executions, unsigned statement in Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano; implicity attributes omission to Doepfner, but expresses respect for Doepfner's decision to regard wartime incident as one for which Defregger had atoned; says 'scandalous sensationalism' of press campaign confers on case symbolic significance that 'goes beyond it'; 2d statement by Munich archdiocese, pub below Vatican statement, confirms Doepfner's assumption of responsibility
On manpower training act
NJ suit against 7 airlines asks them to submit schedules for modifying existing jets or switching to new ones to curb exhaust fumes
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 13, 1969, covering August 13, 1969.
Blood| Sweat & Tears
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Johnny Cash
Tom Jones
1969Midori Ito, Japanese figure skater[†]
Midori Ito is a retired Japanese figure skater. She is the 1989 World champion and the 1992 Olympic silver medalist. She is the first woman to land a triple Axel in competition. At the 1988 Calgary Olympics, she became the first woman to land seven triple jumps in an Olympic free skating competition. She is widely recognised as one of the best figure skaters of all time.
1969The Apollo 11 astronauts enjoy a ticker-tape parade in New York City. That evening, at a state dinner in Los Angeles, they are awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by U.S. President Richard Nixon.[†]
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.
In 1969, the world population was approximately 3,619,491,579 people[†]