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to urge City Council to license private cars that serve as taxis in Negro areas where many regular cab drivers refuse to operate
21st annual dedication and breakfast, NYC; Sen Javits s
198 members of Asian Studies Assn urge US try to open negotiations with Communist China, statement
US Arms Control Agency study finds verification of halt in mfg fissionable materials for weapons would be considerably easier than US and GB had earlier estimated; warns time is running out for accord; suggests Internatl Atomic Energy Agency supervision; study made by Washington Center of Foreign Policy Research
HR Ways and Means Com seen cool to Econ Com's Dem majority proposal for standby tax bill; Cong leaders hold groundwork for quick action has been laid by Treas and Cong studies; Johnson aide B D Moyers calls prediction that Johnson will ask tax rise 'premature,' TV int
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 16, 1966, covering March 21, 1966.
SSgt Barry Sadler
Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
The Beatles
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1966Benito Archundia, Mexican footballer, referee, lawyer, and economist[â ]
Benito Armando Archundia TĂ©llez is a Mexican former football referee. He is known in Mexico as Armando Archundia, but appears as Benito Archundia in FIFA records. He has been a professional referee since 1985 and has had his FIFA referee permission since 1993. His first fixture as an international referee was the 1994 match between USA and Greece.
1966Hauke FuhlbrĂŒgge, German runner[â ]
Hauke FuhlbrĂŒgge is a German former middle-distance runner.
1966Al Iafrate, American ice hockey player[â ]
Albert Anthony Iafrate is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman who played in the National Hockey League between 1984 and 1998. He was born in Dearborn, Michigan, and grew up in Livonia, Michigan.
1966Moa Matthis, Swedish author[â ]
Moa Matthis, is a Swedish literature critic and author. She writes for Dagens Nyheter, and she writes articles and books mostly for a feminist angle.
1966Matthew Maynard, English cricketer and coach[â ]
Matthew Peter Maynard, is an English cricket coach and former cricketer. He played in four Tests and fourteen ODIs for England.
1966DJ Premier, American DJ and producer[â ]
Christopher Edward Martin, known professionally as DJ Premier, is an American record producer and DJ. He has been frequently lauded as one of hip hop's greatest producers by publications such as Vibe. He formed the hip hop duo Gang Starr alongside American rapper Guru, with whom he has released seven albums. He formed another hip hop duo, PRhymeâwith American rapper Royce da 5'9"âin 2014, with whom he has released two albums.
In 1966, the world population was approximately 3,404,041,125 people[â ]