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Mississippi troopers use tear gas to rout brick-throwing Negro students from dormitory after school officials gathered to halt rights march; 35 Negroes arrested; Gov Johnson orgers Natl Guard to scene; NAACP official C Evers barred by troopers from leading 300 nonstudent Negroes to coll campus to protest alleged school discrimination against teachers and students engaged in civil rights protests; charges discrimination in coll student loan policy
US breaks silence, backs early conf of contending pol factions; officials indicate support for Nguyen Cao Ky to reestablish his authority in Hue-Danang area, think he would be justified in using force; Sec Rusk concerned over situation, Sen com; illus; says mil operations have not been affected, comment to press
GM to recall some 1.5-million Chevrolets to correct throttle that sticks under certain conditions
Fed ct fines BLFE and Gilbert $27,500 for remaining on strike 12 hrs after deadline; union disputes legality of fine; asks hearing; Gilbert conf with Wirtz in effort to enlist Govt aid in getting talk's started on job issue
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 30, 1966, covering April 5, 1966.
SSgt Barry Sadler
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass
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Paul Revere & The Raiders
1966Yoon Hyun, South Korean judoka[†]
Yoon Hyun is a South Korean judoka.
1966Mike McCready, American guitarist and songwriter[†]
Michael David McCready is an American musician known for being a founding member and lead guitarist of Pearl Jam. McCready was also a member of the side project bands Flight to Mars, Temple of the Dog, Mad Season, and The Rockfords. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a part of Pearl Jam in 2017 alongside the three other founding members, and former member Dave Krusen.
1966Peter Overton, English-Australian journalist and television host[†]
Peter John Overton, is an Australian television journalist and news presenter. He is currently the presenter for Nine News Sydney from Sunday to Thursday at 6 pm.
1966During the Buddhist Uprising, South Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyễn Cao Kỳ personally attempts to lead the capture of the restive city of Đà Nẵng before backing down.[†]
The Buddhist Uprising of 1966, or more widely known in Vietnam as the Crisis in Central Vietnam, was a period of civil and military unrest in South Vietnam, largely focused in the I Corps area in the north of the country in central Vietnam. The area is a heartland of Vietnamese Buddhism, and at the time, activist Buddhist monks and civilians were at the forefront of opposition to a series of military juntas that had been ruling the nation, as well as prominently questioning the escalation of the Vietnam War.
In 1966, the world population was approximately 3,404,041,125 people[†]