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In 1966, the world population was approximately 3,404,041,125 people[†]
1966Danny Morrison, New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster[†]
Daniel Kyle Morrison is a New Zealand cricket commentator and former cricketer. He specialized as a pace bowler with a useful outswinger. He made his test debut for New Zealand in 1987 at the age of 21 against Australia.
1966The Soviet Union's Luna 9 becomes the first spacecraft to make a soft landing on the Moon, and the first spacecraft to take pictures from the surface of the Moon.[†]
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until it dissolved in 1991. During its existence, it was the largest country by area, extending across eleven time zones and sharing borders with twelve countries, and the third-most populous country. An overall successor to the Russian Empire, it was nominally organized as a federal union of national republics, the largest and most populous of which was the Russian SFSR. In practice, its government and economy were highly centralized. As a one-party state governed by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU), it was a flagship communist state. Its capital and largest city was Moscow.
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Formed; City Council Pres O'Connor and Justice Lawless among members; O'Connor comments
Dem, Repub leaders conf; agree to withhold introduction of their rival plans and will go over each other's maps; Travia, Brydges comment; Straus urges Mayor Lindsay to back Dem plan; Assemblyman DeSalvio urges Rockefeller to back new census; holds reapportionment based on '60 census may be unrealistic
'65 Govt econ rept, 1st listing actual earnings, puts avg monthly wage for 77-million in Govt-run enterprises at 95 rubles ($105.55), 5 rubles over '64; gives income with bonuses and soc benefits as 128 rubles ($142.22) a mo, 7 above '64
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Mississippi Gov Johnson colls for referendum on ending state-wide prohibition, message to Legis; will seek strict prohibition control laws to end widespread abuses if referendum fails; unofficial local option system now prevalent noted
French Govt, after de Gaulle Cabinet meeting, issues statement deploring resumed bombing and charging UN is not qualified to intervene since N and S Vietnam and China are not members; de Gaulle reptdly edited statement; reptdly had been notified on bombing by Johnson; French officials interested in Mansfield, Fulbright and Aiken appeal for convocation of Geneva conf
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survey of US reaction to US resumption of bombing N Vietnam
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US casualties over 1,200, Jan; S Vietnamese 3,398, Vietcong 2,337; ground action light; B-52s hit Vietcong, Binhdinh Prov
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Pres Johnson urges global campaign to eradicate disease by '75, special message to Cong