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Comment on Adm plans for study of ways to liberalize tax treatment of depreciation, use tax incentives to spur exports and other business tax issues
Nixon revs his reform proposals, legis message to Cong
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comment on how moratorium grew into nationwide protest
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 8, 1969, covering October 12, 1969.
Creedence Clearwater Revival
The Rolling Stones
Johnny Cash
Blind Faith
Blood| Sweat & Tears
1969Martie Maguire, American singer-songwriter, violinist, and producer[â ]
Martha Elenor Maguire is an American musician who is a founding member of the country band the Chicks and the country bluegrass duo Court Yard Hounds. She won awards in national fiddle championships while still a teenager. Maguire is accomplished on several other instruments, including the mandolin, viola, double bass and guitar. She has written and co-written a number of the band's songs, some of which have become chart-topping hits. She also contributes her skills in vocal harmony and backing vocals, as well as orchestrating string arrangements for the band.
1969Ćœeljko MilinoviÄ, Slovenian footballer[â ]
Ćœeljko MilinoviÄ is a Slovenian former professional footballer who played as a defender. He represented his country at the two major tournaments for which they qualified, the Euro 2000 and the World Cup 2002.
1969Dwayne Roloson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach[â ]
Albert Dwayne Roloson is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender and former goaltending coach of the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League (NHL). He is currently the Goaltending Coach and Director of Player Development for Lake Superior State University Men's Ice Hockey of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA).
1969JosĂ© ValentĂn, American baseball player, coach, and manager[â ]
JosĂ© Antonio ValentĂn is a Puerto Rican former professional baseball infielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Milwaukee Brewers (1992â1999), Chicago White Sox (2000â2004), Los Angeles Dodgers (2005), and New York Mets (2006â2007).
1969Sonja Henie, Norwegian figure skater and actress (born 1912)[â ]
Sonja Henie was a Norwegian figure skater and film star. She was a three-time Olympic champion in women's singles, a ten-time World champion (1927â1936) and a six-time European champion (1931â1936). Henie won more Olympic and World titles than any other ladies' figure skater. She is one of only two skaters to defend a ladies' singles Olympic title, the other being Katarina Witt, and her six consecutive European titles have only been matched by Witt.
1969Serge Poliakoff, Russian-French painter and academic (born 1906)[â ]
Serge Poliakoff was a Russian-born French modernist painter belonging to the 'New' Ăcole de Paris (Tachisme).
1969Julius Saaristo, Finnish javelin thrower and soldier (born 1891)[â ]
Juho Julius Saaristo was a Finnish track and field athlete. He won two medals at the 1912 Olympics: a silver in conventional javelin throw and gold in the two-handed javelin throw, a one-time Olympic event in which the total was a sum of best throws with the right hand and with the left hand. He finished fourth in the javelin throw at the 1920 Olympics. Saaristo held the Finnish national title in the javelin in 1910, 1911 and 1919.
In 1969, the world population was approximately 3,619,491,579 people[â ]