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September 6, 1970

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NASA REAWARDS SATELLITE PACT

By Unknown Author

NASA awards $50-million contract to build 2 ATS satellites to Fairchild Hiller, reversing earlier decision to give it to Gen Elec; Gen Elec calls decision 'incredible;' NASA com that revd contract bids found Fairchild was superior in project orgn and mgt; case revd

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Allende, Chilean Marxist, Wins Vote for Presidency

By Juan de Onis Special to The New York Times

Sen Allende wins 1st place in Pres election, defeats Alessandri by 39,000 votes; tally; illus; Cong to name new Pres on Oct 24; Allende would be 1st Marxist Pres freely elected in non-Communist country; seen likely to be named in Cong tradition of choosing 1st place candidate and because of large number of supporters in Cong; Allende program revd; at news conf he repts visit by Christian Dem Youths, hopes they will vote for him; stresses opposition to US capitalists; denies rumors of pending mil coup

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Amazed Policemen Give Leary Praise

By Murray Schumach

dept members express amazement at Leary's resignation; random survey shows that almost without exception they thought Leary had done good job and had been fair; some policemen suggest that Lindsay had made life difficult for Leary by bringing pol pressures; PBA Pres Kiernan issues statement praising Leary and expressing surprise and dismay at his resignation; policemen, including Asst Chief Inspector Waith comment

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 2, 1970, covering September 6, 1970.

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    Album cover for Cosmo's Factory by Creedence Clearwater Revival

    Cosmo's Factory

    Creedence Clearwater Revival

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    Peak
    1
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    7
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    Album cover for Woodstock by Soundtrack

    Woodstock

    Soundtrack

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    Peak
    1
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    14
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    Album cover for Blood; Sweat & Tears 3 by Blood| Sweat & Tears

    Blood; Sweat & Tears 3

    Blood| Sweat & Tears

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    3
    Peak
    1
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    8
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    Album cover for Chicago II by Chicago

    Chicago II

    Chicago

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    Peak
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    30
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    Album cover for Deja Vu by Crosby| Stills| Nash & Young

    Deja Vu

    Crosby| Stills| Nash & Young

    Last week
    7
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    23

Notable Births

1970Cheyne Coates, Australian singer-songwriter and producer[†]

April M. Coates is an Australian singer, songwriter and producer who performs as Cheyne Coates or Cheyne. Coates and Andrew Van Dorsselaer comprised the duo Madison Avenue (1998–2003). Their song "Don't Call Me Baby" peaked at number two on the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Singles Chart in 1999 and topped the charts in New Zealand and the United Kingdom in 2000, as well as the Billboard dance charts the United States. Since the break-up of Madison Avenue in 2003, Cheyne recorded an album, Something Wicked This Way Comes, and its first single "I've Got Your Number" which reached No. 26 in 2004.

1970Igor Korolev, Russian-Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2011)[†]

Igor Borisovich Korolev was a Russian-Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach. Korolev played over 700 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1992 until 2004. Korolev returned to Russia, and played a further seven seasons in the Russian Super League (RSL) and the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) before retiring from active play in 2010. In 2011, Korolev accepted an assistant coach position with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the KHL. Korolev was killed in the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash along with nearly the entire roster of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl. A native of the Russian Republic of the Soviet Union, Korolev became a naturalized Canadian citizen in 2000.

Emily Maitlis

1970Emily Maitlis, Canadian-English journalist[†]

Emily Maitlis is a Canadian-born British journalist and former newsreader for the BBC who was the lead anchor of the BBC Two news and current affairs programme Newsnight until the end of 2021. She has since been a presenter of the daily podcast The News Agents on LBC Radio.

Rhett Miller

1970Rhett Miller, American alternative country singer-songwriter and guitarist[†]

Stewart Ransom "Rhett" Miller II is the lead singer of the alternative country rock band Old 97's. He also records and performs as a solo musician, and has been published as a writer of both fiction and non-fiction.

Historical Events

Palestinians

1970Two passenger jets bound from Europe to New York are simultaneously hijacked by Palestinian terrorist members of the PFLP and taken to Dawson's Field, Jordan.[†]

Palestinians are an Arab ethnonational group native to the Levantine region of Palestine. They represent a highly homogeneous community who share one cultural and ethnic identity, speak Palestinian Arabic and share close religious, linguistic, and cultural ties with other Levantine Arabs.

Historical Context for September 6, 1970

In 1970, the world population was approximately 3,694,683,794 people[†]