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April 10, 1966

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Headlines from April 10, 1966

GRADES INFLATED FOR MIDSHIPMEN; Academy Says the Practice Is Necessary to Graduate Enough Navy Officers Annapolis Concedes It Inflates Midshipman Grades

By Ben A. Franklin Special To the New York Times

officials admit systematic inflation of grades in order to graduate enough officers; rept system in effect 3 yrs; some of faculty charge it has been in use much longer; Kauffman says system will end in June; says it began at height of sweeping reorgn of acad curriculum; Asst Prof Ponder reveals his contract will not be renewed; he refused to raise grades

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 6, 1966, covering April 10, 1966.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Ballads Of The Green Berets by SSgt Barry Sadler

    Ballads Of The Green Berets

    SSgt Barry Sadler

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    7
  2. 2
    Album cover for Whipped Cream & Other Delights by Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass

    Whipped Cream & Other Delights

    Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    48
  3. 3
    Album cover for !!Going Places!! by Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

    !!Going Places!!

    Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    26
  4. 4
    Album cover for The Sound Of Music by Soundtrack

    The Sound Of Music

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    56
  5. 5
    Album cover for Boots by Nancy Sinatra

    Boots

    Nancy Sinatra

    Last week
    8
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    5

Notable Births

Brad William Henke

1966Brad William Henke, American football player and actor (died 2022)[†]

Brad William Henke was an American actor and professional football player in the National Football League (NFL) and Arena Football League (AFL). He was best known for his role as Corrections Officer Desi Piscatella on Orange Is the New Black, for which he won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in 2016.

1966Steve Claridge, English footballer, manager, and sportscaster[†]

Stephen Edward Claridge is an English football pundit, coach and former professional player who is the manager of Fleetlands. He was a pundit for BBC Sport football shows including Football Focus and The Football League Show, until 2014 when he became both manager and a director at newly formed Salisbury.

Notable Deaths

Evelyn Waugh

1966Evelyn Waugh, English soldier, novelist, journalist and critic (born 1903)[†]

Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh was an English writer of novels, biographies, and travel books; he was also a prolific journalist and book reviewer. His most famous works include the early satires Decline and Fall (1928) and A Handful of Dust (1934), the novel Brideshead Revisited (1945), and the Second World War trilogy Sword of Honour (1952–1961). He is recognised as one of the great prose stylists of the English language in the 20th century.

Historical Context for April 10, 1966

In 1966, the world population was approximately 3,404,041,125 people[†]