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staggered hrs still in effect as strike nears end
Pres Johnson asks for new civil rights legis including bill to make attack on and murder or intimidation of civil rights workers Fed crimes, State of Union Message
London sources say over 100,000 Communists and sympathizers were killed by vigilante groups since Oct coup attempt; all party leaders including D N Aidit believed killed
plans to double econ aid in '66 to curb inflation, spur new rural reconstruction program; spending on latter seen rising from current $55-million to $70-million
Pres Johnson asks legis 'to deal with strikes which threaten irreparable harm to natl interest,' State of Union Message; Sec Wirtz drafting proposals; move seen direct result of NYC transit strike
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 12, 1966, covering January 13, 1966.
The Beatles
Soundtrack
Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass
The Rolling Stones
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
1966Patrick Dempsey, American actor and race car driver[†]
Patrick Galen Dempsey is an American actor and racing driver best known for playing neurosurgeon Derek Shepherd in Grey's Anatomy. He is also known for his leading man romantic film roles, such as Enchanted (2007). Dempsey has received nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award and two Golden Globe Awards, and was named as People's Sexiest Man Alive in 2023.
1966Leo Visser, Dutch speed skater and pilot[†]
Leendert "Leo" Visser is a Dutch former speed skater, who in 1989 won the World Allround championships and European championships.
1966Robert C. Weaver becomes the first African American Cabinet member when he is appointed United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.[†]
Robert Clifton Weaver was an American economist, academic, and political administrator who served as the first United States secretary of housing and urban development (HUD) from 1966 to 1968, when the department was newly established by President Lyndon B. Johnson. Weaver was the first African American to be appointed to a US Cabinet-level position.
In 1966, the world population was approximately 3,404,041,125 people[†]