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September 21, 1970

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Headlines from September 21, 1970

Mrs. Meir Appeals to U.S. Jews for Aid

By Henry Tanner

Israeli Premier Meir says Jordan should fear neither Israel nor its so‐called enemies but its friends, the Arab countries, s, Israel Bond‐UJA dinner, NYC; says that Israel feels tragedy of Jordanian people; reptdly spent major part of 2‐hr conf with Nixon discussing situation

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Soviet Moon Craft Lands; Begins Sending Back Data

By Bernard Gwertzman Special to The New York Times

Tass repts unmanned craft has made soft landing in Sea of Fertility, just south of moon's equator, and begun sending signals back to earth; craft is 1st to land in region; Bochum and Jodrell Bank, Eng, scientists rept it is transmitting TV pictures of lunar surface; Bochum dir Kaminski says pictures are of 'excellent quality;' before landing, course correction sent craft into elliptical orbit with 60‐mi apogee and 9‐mi perigee

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Op. Ed. Page

By Unknown Author

The Times inaugurates today a new page oppo site the editorial page devoted to views and opinions. Obituaries, for merly found opposite the editorial page, will now appear regularly on the second page of the sec ond section.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 16, 1970, covering September 21, 1970.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Cosmo's Factory by Creedence Clearwater Revival

    Cosmo's Factory

    Creedence Clearwater Revival

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    9
  2. 2
    Album cover for Woodstock by Soundtrack

    Woodstock

    Soundtrack

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    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    16
  3. 3
    Album cover for Mad Dogs & Englishmen by Joe Cocker

    Mad Dogs & Englishmen

    Joe Cocker

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    4
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    3
  4. 4
    Album cover for Tommy by The Who

    Tommy

    The Who

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    8
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    53
  5. 5
    Album cover for Chicago II by Chicago

    Chicago II

    Chicago

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    32

Notable Births

Rob Benedict

1970Rob Benedict, American actor, screenwriter, and musician[†]

Rob Benedict is an American actor and writer. His near 30 year career includes more than 90 television and movie credits. He is best known for his work on the television series Supernatural, Threshold, Felicity and the comedy film Waiting.... He is also the lead singer/songwriter of the Los Angeles based band Louden Swain.

Melissa Ferrick

1970Melissa Ferrick, American singer-songwriter and guitarist[†]

Melissa Ferrick is an American singer-songwriter. She is a music professor at Northeastern University and at Berklee College of Music.

Samantha Power

1970Samantha Power, Irish-American journalist, academic, and diplomat, 28th United States Ambassador to the United Nations[†]

Samantha Jane Power is an Irish-American journalist, diplomat, and government official who served as the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development from 2021 to 2025. She was the 28th United States Ambassador to the United Nations from 2013 to 2017. Power is a member of the Democratic Party.

Historical Context for September 21, 1970

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