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October 29, 1970

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Headlines from October 29, 1970

GOVERNOR SPURNS GOODELL AID PLEA

By C. Gerald Fraser

Rockefeller spurns Goodell plea for 'dramatic display of support' and statement of opposition to Buckley; Goodell reptdly believes he needs major boost, in wake of News poll showing him 3d; cancels 2 pub appearances in order to meet with Hinman and Rockefeller; is accompanied by Javits; in earlier 14th St walking tour had voiced confidence Rockefeller would speak out; illus campaigning; in financial dist meeting notes Rockefeller has supported him in past and has different kind of 'coalition' to develop; Javits, campaigning in Ohio, repts meeting friendly; Goodell and Rockefeller attend Astoria Repub meeting, Goodell and Buckley supporters both present in audience; Rockefeller offers customary Goodell endorsement but does not attack Buckley

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 28, 1970, covering October 29, 1970.

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    Album cover for Led Zeppelin III by Led Zeppelin

    Led Zeppelin III

    Led Zeppelin

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    2
  2. 2
    Album cover for Abraxas by Santana

    Abraxas

    Santana

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    4
  3. 3
    Album cover for Cosmo's Factory by Creedence Clearwater Revival

    Cosmo's Factory

    Creedence Clearwater Revival

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    15
  4. 4
    Album cover for Third Album by The Jackson 5

    Third Album

    The Jackson 5

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    6
  5. 5
    Album cover for Sweet Baby James by James Taylor

    Sweet Baby James

    James Taylor

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    34

Notable Births

Phillip Cocu

1970Phillip Cocu, Dutch footballer and manager[†]

Phillip John-William Cocu is a Dutch professional football manager and former midfielder who was most recently the manager of Vitesse.

Dan Ratushny

1970Dan Ratushny, Canadian ice hockey player and coach and lawyer[†]

Daniel Paul Ratushny is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach, lawyer, and sports arbitrator. A former professional ice hockey defenceman, he last served as head coach of Lausanne HC of the Swiss top-flight National League A (NLA).

Kaido Reivelt

1970Kaido Reivelt, Estonian physicist and academic[†]

Kaido Reivelt is an Estonian physicist and science populariser who works at the University of Tartu Institute of Physics. His research area is wave optics and he is President of the Estonian Physical Society.

Toby Smith

1970Toby Smith, English keyboardist and songwriter (died 2017)[†]

Toby Grafftey-Smith, known professionally as Toby Smith, was an English musician, most famous for being the keyboardist and co-songwriter for Jamiroquai from 1992 until his departure in 2002.

Edwin van der Sar

1970Edwin van der Sar, Dutch footballer and sportscaster[†]

Edwin van der Sar is a Dutch football executive and former professional player who played as a goalkeeper. He was most recently the chief executive of Ajax, with whom he began his senior playing career in the early 1990s; he is considered to be a member of the club's golden generation and was part of the Ajax team that won the UEFA Champions League in 1995. In 1999, he left Ajax for Juventus where he spent two years before moving to England, first to Fulham and then to Manchester United in 2005. There he won a second Champions League title in 2008, making him one of just eight players at the time to have won the competition with more than one club. He retired as a professional in 2011, but briefly came out of retirement in 2016 to play a match for Dutch amateur team VV Noordwijk, for whom he had previously played as a youth. He played 130 times for the Netherlands national team, and was the nation's most-capped player until 2017, when he was overtaken by Wesley Sneijder.

Historical Context for October 29, 1970

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