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Madison Sq Garden promoter Brenner subpoenaed; Hogan expected to reveal 1st major boxing scandal since '58
At President Nixon's news conference last week, this exchange took place:
Kuznetsov and deputy Maj Gen Matrosov are returning to Moscow after 7 wks of talks on border dispute; Tass repts they arc returning to participate in Sup Soviet session; foreign diplomats speculate that they are are being recalled to rept on progress of talks; Chinese-language newspaper, Hong Kong, repts Chinese troops have surrounded Soviet Army rgt in disputed border area of Sinkiang Prov, that China demands an apology for intrusion
US mil hq in Saigon issued 5-page directive in '67 requiring immediate repts up the chain of command of any violation of the Geneva Convs; details on directive; Army panel probing Songmy incident seeks to determine why reptg system failed in Mar '68 after attack on Songmy; on-the-field acct of attack turned in a mo later reptdly insisted there was no indiscriminate killing of civilians; panel is reptdly especially interested in black and white photos turned in by ex-Army photographer R Haeberle after Songmy incident; unlike color slides he took, photos reptdly do not show massacre scenes but show US troops leaving helicopters and moving across fields; photos reptdly show only 1 scene of a dead civilian
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 10, 1969, covering December 14, 1969.
The Beatles
Led Zeppelin
Tom Jones
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Santana
1969Scott Hatteberg, American baseball player and sportscaster[†]
Scott Allen Hatteberg is an American former professional first baseman and catcher. From 1995 through 2008, he played in Major League Baseball for the Boston Red Sox, Oakland Athletics, and Cincinnati Reds. Hatteberg attended Washington State University, where he played college baseball for the Cougars.
1969Archie Kao, American actor and producer[†]
Archie Kao is an American actor and producer. He is best known to American audiences for series regulars roles on Chicago P.D., Power Rangers Lost Galaxy as well as long-running hit CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
1969Natascha McElhone, English-Irish actress[†]
Natascha Abigail Taylor, known professionally as Natascha McElhone, is an English actress. In film, she has starred in the action thriller Ronin (1998), the psychological comedy-drama The Truman Show (1998) and the science fiction drama Solaris (2002). On television, she has starred in the Showtime comedy-drama series Californication (2007–2014), the ABC political drama series Designated Survivor (2016–2017), the Hulu science fiction drama series The First (2018), the Netflix historical series The Crown (2022) and the Paramount+ military science fiction series Halo.
1969Dave Nilsson, Australian baseball player and manager[†]
David Wayne Nilsson is an Australian former professional baseball catcher and current manager of the Australia national baseball team and the Brisbane Bandits. He played for Major League Baseball's Milwaukee Brewers from 1992 to 1999 and was an All-Star in 1999, becoming the first Australian player to appear in an All-Star game. He ended his Major League career on 3 October 1999 with 837 games played, 789 hits, 105 home runs and a .284 career batting average.
1969Arthur Numan, Dutch footballer and manager[†]
Arthur Numan is a Dutch former professional footballer. He played as a left back and was a regular fixture in Netherlands national football team. He is currently the team manager for the Netherlands B squad and a scout for AZ Alkmaar.
In 1969, the world population was approximately 3,619,491,579 people[†]