On this day
October 5, 1969
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
Historical Context for October 5, 1969
In 1969, the world population was approximately 3,619,491,579 people[†]
Music on My Birthday
Billboard 200
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 1, 1969, covering October 5, 1969.
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Green River
Creedence Clearwater Revival
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- 4
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Johnny Cash At San Quentin
Johnny Cash
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Blind Faith
Blind Faith
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Through The Past; Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2)
The Rolling Stones
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Blood; Sweat & Tears
Blood| Sweat & Tears
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Best Of Cream
Cream
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Smash Hits
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
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In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
Iron Butterfly
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The Soft Parade
The Doors
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Hair
Original Cast Recording
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- 9
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- 1
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Headlines from October 5, 1969
Columbia and Army Lose; Texas Aggies Top Cadets With Wild Offense, 20-13 ARMY BOWS, 20-13 TO TEXAS AGGIES
WEST POINT, N. Y., Oct. 4 -- For the first time since football was in flower at Fordham University, Texas A. played a game today in the East. It will be a while before Army forgets because the cadets, unable to cope with the Aggies' wild-and-wooly offense, dropped a 20-13 decision.
At Sears, the Feeling Is Mutual; Sears, Adding Fund, Seeks Wider Outlets
Article on Sears, Roebuck entry into mutual funds field notes entry of large number of important retail cos into newer fields
HI FI '69
Hi fi is entering a shakedown era. The next few years will determine whether present ways of listening to recorded music change drastically.
Unbeaten Missouri Routs Michigan Team by 40-17; Unbeaten Missouri Triumphs Over Michigan Eleven, 40-17
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Oct. 4 -- The Devine Era for Missouri football, which began in the rain here 10 years ago, sparkled in the sun today during an impressive 40-17 victory over previously unbeaten Michigan. To the disappointment of a Michigan Stadium crowd of 64,476, Missouri won its third straight game and made Michigan its ninth Big Ten
' Underground Railroad' Aids Deserters to Canada; ' Underground Railroad' Aiding Deserters to Canada
Mounting disenchantment with war said to be among factors contributing to large number of US servicemen who desert to Canada each mo; loosely organized network of antiwar groups and individuals aid servicemen
A Tale of a Man and a Moog; A Man And a Moog
CLASSICAL music was born free and everywhere is in chains, as Rousseau didn't quite put it. Almost everywhere, anyway. Here and there a performer or composer can be found filing away at the bonds, sometimes skillfully, sometimes so brutally that poor, old music's leg is in danger of being lopped off in the process.
Bonanno Seized in Plot to Free Another Mafia Boss From Jail; BONANNO IS SEIZED IN TUCSON HOME
J Bonanno and bodyguard P Notaro arrested, Tucson, on charge of plotting to extort false testimony from ex-Tucson police sgt to get new trial and obtain release of C Battaglia, former Mafia chief, serving 10-yr sentence in '67 extortion case; investigators expert on Mafia affairs say obtaining Battaglia's release could have renewed Bonanno's standing in underworld hierarchy from which he was ousted in '65; Bonanno held in custody in his home after his dr says he is too ill to be moved; his career in Mafia revd
ISRAELI AIR RAIDS FOLLOW CROSSING OF CANAL BY U.A.R.; Two Sides Differ on Results of Commando Landing During Night Barrage ISRAELI JETS RAID SUEZ CANAL AREA
B-52s raid
URBAN COALITIONS SPLIT BY REVOLTS; In Minneapolis, Workers and Elderly Oppose Negroes And Civic Leaders Urban Coalition in Minneapolis, as in Many Other Cities, Is Split by Revolts
city discussed as case study of difficulties encountered in efforts to establish effective Urban Coalitions in cities; Stenvig role in demonstrating coalition's declining influence cited
PRINCETON HANDS LIONS 21-7 LOSS; Scores Twice on Passes in 2d Half for 19th Straight Victory in Series PRINCETON BEATS COLUMBIA BY 21-7
Princeton's football team treated Columbia the same old way yesterday by running its successive triumphs over the Lions to 19. The Tigers, after a scoreless first half, went on to win by 21-7.
PROCACCINO URGES CONGRESS TO HOLD WELFARE HEARING; Cites U.S. Report on Losses Here -- Mayor Says Rivals Didn't Help Improve City BOTH AT UNION MEETING Marchi Asserts Action, Not More Studies, Is Needed in the Relief Problem Procaccino Urges Welfare Hearing
Procaccino urges Cong leaders hold hearings on NYC 'welfare scandal'