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housing starts, Aug, at annual rate of 1,336,000, seasonally adjusted, down slightly from July
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y., Sept. 16 -- Miss Angie E. Brooks of Liberia today was overwhelmingly elected President of the 24th General Assembly of the United Nations, which opened today.
Premier Tran Thien Khiem says new S Vietnamese Cabinet is devoted to peace, TV s
US officials say US will ask USSR to urge negotiations upon Ho Chi Minh's successors
Nixon announces 2d round of US troop withdrawals involving about 35,000 men; Nixon announcement says he orders reduction in 'authorized troop ceiling', which is not same as actual number of troops; makes no mention of further withdrawals; White House sources say troop levels will be revd periodically; say Hanoi must realize there is floor to troop strength below which US will not go; provide no clear answers concerning reasoning behind withdrawals; Nixon announcement calls for end of war
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 17, 1969, covering September 17, 1969.
Blind Faith
Johnny Cash
Blood| Sweat & Tears
Original Cast Recording
Creedence Clearwater Revival
1969Adam Devlin, English guitarist and songwriter[†]
Adam Devlin is an English musician, best known as the guitarist and songwriter for The Bluetones.
1969Ken Doherty, Irish snooker player[†]
Kenneth Joseph Doherty is an Irish professional snooker player who also works as a commentator and pundit on televised snooker broadcasts. From Ranelagh in Dublin, he is the sport's only world champion from the Republic of Ireland, having won the title in 1997, and one of only five players from outside the United Kingdom to have won the title in the modern era. He was the first player to have won the world amateur and world professional title; Doherty was previously world U-21 champion.
1969Keith Flint, English singer-songwriter (died 2019)[†]
Keith Charles Flint was an English singer, motorcyclist, dancer and a vocalist of the electronic dance act The Prodigy. Starting out as a dancer for the group, he became the vocalist and performed on the group's two UK number-one singles, "Firestarter" and "Breathe", both released in 1996. He was also the singer of his own band, Flint.
1969Matthew Settle, American actor[†]
Jeffrey Matthew Settle is an American actor. He is known for playing Captain Ronald Speirs on the 2001 HBO miniseries Band of Brothers and Rufus Humphrey on the CW teen drama series Gossip Girl.
1969Paul Varelans, American MMA fighter and wrestler[†]
Paul Varelans was an American professional mixed martial artist. He competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship from 1995 to 1996, and had a worked match in Extreme Championship Wrestling in 1996.
In 1969, the world population was approximately 3,619,491,579 people[†]