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A police command post with electronic eyes to watch rioters or demonstrators anywhere in New York and an elaborate data system to keep track of every policeman was put into action yesterday by Mayor Lindsay.
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C A Barrington Jr, atty for Fayetteville, NC, gun dealer familiar with cache, denies weapons were headed for Haiti, testimony
US Sup Ct to decide if states could legally set up an absolute limit on amt of welfare money any family with dependent children could receive
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 8, 1969, covering October 14, 1969.
Creedence Clearwater Revival
The Rolling Stones
Johnny Cash
Blind Faith
Blood| Sweat & Tears
1969P. J. Brown, American basketball player[†]
Collier "P. J." Brown Jr. is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m), 239 lb (108 kg) center/power forward was selected out of Louisiana Tech University by the New Jersey Nets with the 29th overall pick in the 1992 NBA draft, but began his NBA career only in the 1993–94 season. He was voted into the NBA All-Defensive Second Team three times, in 1997, 1999 and 2001, and won the NBA Sportsmanship Award in 2004. He attended Winnfield Senior High School in Winnfield, Louisiana, where he played for the Winnfield Tigers, and has played professionally for the Nets, Miami Heat, Charlotte Hornets, New Orleans Hornets, Chicago Bulls and Boston Celtics. Brown retired from the NBA after winning an NBA championship with the Celtics in 2008.
1969Viktor Onopko, Russian footballer and manager[†]
Viktor Savelyevich Onopko is a former Russian football defender. He is the assistant manager of both FC Rostov in the Russian Premier League and the Russia national team.
1969David Strickland, American actor (died 1999)[†]
David Gordon Strickland, Jr. was an American actor. He was best known for playing the boyish rock music reporter Todd Stites in the NBC sitcom Suddenly Susan.
1969Haguroyama Masaji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 36th Yokozuna (born 1914)[†]
Haguroyama Masaji was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Nakanokuchi, Niigata. He was the sport's 36th yokozuna. He was a yokozuna for a period of twelve years and three months dating from his promotion to that rank in May 1941 until his retirement in September 1953, which was an all-time record until surpassed in 2019 by Hakuhō. During his career Haguroyama won seven top division championships and was runner-up on six other occasions. However, he was always in the shadow of yokozuna Futabayama, who came from the same stable. After his retirement he was the head coach of Tatsunami stable until his death in 1969.
In 1969, the world population was approximately 3,619,491,579 people[†]