Word: 69th
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Robert L. Levy of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, conducted extensive tests ... on the effects of cigarette smoking on the heart. At the 69th Annual Session of the American Medical Association on June 12, 1947, he said: "It has been our experience, over a period of years, that most patients with a cardiac disorder, including those with disease of the coronary arteries, can smoke moderately without apparent harm. In fact, for many, smoking not only affords pleasure but aids in promoting emotional stability...
...give their boss a birthday present, perhaps a plaid shirt like the gaudy ones he usually wears. Managing Editor John Bayard Taylor Campbell, whose loud & lusty journalism had given the paper (circ. 410,470) its bumptious slogan-"The biggest daily west of Chicago"*-last week was celebrating his 69th birthday and his 50th year in the newspaper business. But when the party-loving reporters got started on the celebration, there was no stopping...
Douglas MacArthur and Hirohito shared the same festive day. The general celebrated his 69th birthday, the Emperor his 25th wedding anniversary. Hirohito knocked off work for the day and had a little party; MacArthur stuck to his desk, except for the time it took to slice a cake...
Joseph Stalin observed his 69th birthday quietly in the Kremlin. The Soviet press and public, obeying instructions, ignored the occasion...
...sang 4,000 Tories last week as they gathered for the 69th annual conference of the British Conservative Party in Llandudno (pronounced: hlandidno), Wales. It was the largest Conservative conference ever held, and the first which opened with a religious service. An elderly delegate said: "We do well to thank God, and to pray for His help in the future." It was the first time since the Tories' great defeat in 1945 that the gloom which encircled them showed signs of lifting...