page_title: January 1969
hierarchical_section_title: January 1969
caption_attribution_description: English: Oil piled up at the seawall, near the Santa Barbara Harbor, California, from the 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill.
context_page_description: The #1 ranked Ohio State Buckeyes defeated the #2 ranked USC Trojans, 27 to 16, before a crowd of 102,063 fans to win college football's Rose Bowl and the recognition by the NCAA as college football's national champion.
  North Vietnam released three American prisoners of war to a five-member U.S. Army team at a rice paddyfield near South Vietnam's border with Cambodia. A fourth had escaped captivity from the Viet Cong the day before. One of the POWs, Specialist 4 James Brigham of Ocala, Florida, died less than three weeks later at a Washington hospital after surgery for a brain abscess.
  Born:
  Verne Troyer, diminutive American film actor known for portraying Mini-Me in the Austin Powers film series; in Sturgis, Michigan
  Mr. Lawrence, American writer and voice actor known for SpongeBob SquarePants; in East Brunswick, New Jersey
  Died: Barton MacLane, 66, American film and television actor
caption: January 28, 1969: Largest oil spill to date befouls California coast
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