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Hughes doubts Sen passage; Hudson County Sens Musto and Guarini withdraw support; Hughes says defeat of income tax will not enhance chances of passage of substitute sales tax
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Johnson replies to de Gaulle Mar 7 lr on ultimate French control of all US bases
decisions confuse some areas of pub and entertainment industries and antipornography groups; Times Sq bookstores remove sado-masochistic and homosexual pubs
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Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 23, 1966, covering March 23, 1966.
SSgt Barry Sadler
Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
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The Beatles
1966Lorenzo Daniel, American sprinter[†]
Lorenzo Daniel is an American retired track and field sprinter, best known for setting the 1985 world's best year performance in the men's 200 meters and being one of the fastest to run the event at the time. He did so on May 18, 1985, at a meet in Starkville, Mississippi, clocking 20.07. His fastest-ever 200m dash was 19.87 at Eugene, Oregon in 1988. He attended Mississippi State University, and majored in Sports Communication. Daniel was born in Avera, Georgia and grew up in Wrens, Georgia. He was once the third-fastest man in the world. Though he made the 1988 Olympics, he injured himself before he could attend The Games. He now resides in Dallas, Texas; has a wife, Sissy Sanders-Daniel and three children: Lauren, Lorenzo Jr., and Lorielle. He also founded and currently runs a sports agility company, Turbo Techniques.
1966Marin Hinkle, American actress[†]
Marin Hinkle is an American actress. Among many television and movie roles, she is best known for playing Judy Brooks in the ABC television drama Once and Again (1999–2002), Judith Harper-Melnick in the CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men (2003–2015), and Rose Weissman in the Amazon Prime Video comedy-drama series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017–2023). For her role in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Hinkle was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 2019 and 2020.
1966Vasilis Vouzas, Greek footballer and manager[†]
Vasilios Vouzas is a Greek professional football manager and former player.
In 1966, the world population was approximately 3,404,041,125 people[†]