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State Dept says jet transport carried Netherlands Princess Beatrix and bridegroom from Netherlands to US on 'space available' basis at request of royal family; couple was charged $7.88 above regular commercial fare
Assembly, 80-75, defeats Goldstein bill to grant amnesty to 1-time offenders after they have served jail terms and probation period; defeats La Fauci bill to allow convicted criminal who got suspended sentence or fine of $500 or less to petition ct 10 yrs later to expunge record of case
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technicians solve last-min problems; countdown underway; Agena target vehicle set for launching; diagram of docking maneuver
Meany, in private White House meeting, reptdly assures Johnson that labor blames Dirksen, not Pres, for defeat of Sec 14(b) repeal
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 16, 1966, covering March 16, 1966.
SSgt Barry Sadler
Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
The Beatles
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1966H.P. Baxxter, German musician[†]
Hans Peter Geerdes, professionally known by his stage name H. P. Baxxter, is a German musician best known as the lead vocalist of the German techno band Scooter. He founded Scooter with his friend Rick J. Jordan in 1993.
1966Chrissy Redden, Canadian cross-country cyclist[†]
Chrissy Redden is a Canadian cross-country cyclist.
1966Launch of Gemini 8 with astronauts Neil Armstrong and David Scott. It would perform the first docking of two spacecraft in orbit.[†]
Gemini 8 was the sixth crewed spaceflight in NASA's Gemini program. It was launched on March 16, 1966, and was the 14th crewed American flight and the 22nd crewed spaceflight overall. The mission conducted the first docking of two spacecraft in orbit, but also suffered the first critical in-space system failure of a U.S. spacecraft. Astronauts Neil Armstrong and David Scott temporarily lost attitude control of their craft during the docking procedure, which threatened their lives and resulted in an immediate abort of the mission. The crew returned to Earth safely.
In 1966, the world population was approximately 3,404,041,125 people[†]