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January 26, 1966

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 26, 1966, covering January 26, 1966.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Rubber Soul by The Beatles

    Rubber Soul

    The Beatles

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    6
  2. 2
    Album cover for Whipped Cream & Other Delights by Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass

    Whipped Cream & Other Delights

    Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    38
  3. 3
    Album cover for The Sound Of Music by Soundtrack

    The Sound Of Music

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    46
  4. 4
    Album cover for !!Going Places!! by Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

    !!Going Places!!

    Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    16
  5. 5
    Album cover for The Best Of Herman's Hermits by Herman's Hermits

    The Best Of Herman's Hermits

    Herman's Hermits

    Last week
    6
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    11

Notable Births

1966Kazushige Nagashima, Japanese baseball player and sportscaster[†]

Kazushige Nagashima is a Japanese tarento, sports commentator and former professional baseball player. His father is Japanese baseball legend Shigeo Nagashima.

Historical Events

Disappearance of the Beaumont children

1966The three Beaumont children disappear from a beach in Glenelg, South Australia, resulting in one of the country's largest-ever police investigations.[†]

Jane Nartare Beaumont, Arnna Kathleen Beaumont and Grant Ellis Beaumont, collectively referred to as the Beaumont children, were three Australian siblings who disappeared from Glenelg Beach near Adelaide, South Australia, on 26 January 1966 in a suspected abduction and murder.

Historical Context for January 26, 1966

In 1966, the world population was approximately 3,404,041,125 people[†]