some germ they might be bringing back." The astronauts were, however, able to address the spectators over a loudspeaker connected to the quarantine lab. Richard M. Nixon became the first American president to visit Indonesia, the fifth most-populous nation in the world (with 117 million people compared to 203 million in the U.S.), and spent the night in Jakarta during his 22-hour visit. Born: Jonty Rhodes, South African test cricketer and fielder; in Pietermaritzburg Dacian Cioloș, Prime Minister of Romania 2015-2017; in Zalau Tanni Grey-Thompson, Welsh paralympic racer and gold medalist in four games and one world championship; in Cardiff Triple H (ring name for Paul Levesque), American professional wrestler; in Nashua, New Hampshire Pavel Hapal, Czech soccer football midfielder for the Czechoslovakian and Czech Republic teams, later the manager of the Slovakia under-21 national team; in Kromeriz, Czechoslovakia Died: Gary Hinman, 34, American music teacher who was the first victim of the Manson family murders. After the arrest of gang member Bobby Beausoleil in Hinman's car on August 5, Manson would order a series of similar killings. July 28, 1969 (Monday) President Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon arrived in Bangkok where they were greeted by the King of Thailand, Bhumibol Adulyadej, and reviewed Thai troops while walking in a monsoon downpour. Nixon then vowed that the United States would "stand proudly with Thailand against those who might threaten it from abroad or from within" even after the end of the Vietnam War. Born: Alexis Arquette, American actress and transsexual; as Robert Arquette in Los Angeles (d. 2016) Died: Frank Loesser, 59, American songwriter, Tony Award, Oscar and Pulitzer Prize winner; of lung cancer. Among the songs he wrote were ""Baby, It's Cold Outside"; ""Luck Be a Lady Tonight"; and the children's song "Inch Worm" July 29, 1969 (Tuesday) In a special election in Greene County, Alabama, African-American candidates won control of both the county commission and the school board of the majority-black, but minority-ruled county. What was described by civil rights advocates as "their greatest election triumph in recent years" made Greene County "the first in the South since reconstruction with both the commission and the school board dominated by Negroes." The election had been ordered by a federal court after the candidates of the new "National Democratic Party of Alabama" had been disqualified from the ballot the previous November. With four of the five county commissioners, and