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April 13, 1966

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Headlines from April 13, 1966

VIETNAMESE FEAR A TRIBAL UPRISING; Loyalty of Mountain People to Saigon Regime Fades VIETNAMESE FEAR A TRIBAL UPRISING

By Charles Mohr Special To the New York Times

montagnards' growing discontent reptdly poses threat of full-scale revolt; leaders have lost respect for S Vietnam, seek autonomy; S Vietnamese Govt charges US with being too sympathetic towards them; has asked US to close all its Special Forces camps in II Corps area, Central Highlands, manned by montagnard mil units; US estimates that only 200 out of 3,500 Special Forces troops work with montagnards

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 13, 1966, covering April 13, 1966.

  1. 1
    Album cover for !!Going Places!! by Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

    !!Going Places!!

    Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
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    27
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    Album cover for Ballads Of The Green Berets by SSgt Barry Sadler

    Ballads Of The Green Berets

    SSgt Barry Sadler

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    1
    Peak
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    8
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    Album cover for Whipped Cream & Other Delights by Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass

    Whipped Cream & Other Delights

    Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
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    49
  4. 4
    Album cover for The Sound Of Music by Soundtrack

    The Sound Of Music

    Soundtrack

    Last week
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    1
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    57
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    Album cover for Boots by Nancy Sinatra

    Boots

    Nancy Sinatra

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    6

Notable Births

1966Mando, Greek singer[†]

Adamantia Stamatopoulou, known as Mando, is a Greek singer and songwriter. She was born and raised in Piraeus by her jazz pianist father, Nikos Stamatopoulos and a classic soprano opera mother, Mary Apergi.

Notable Deaths

Abdul Salam Arif

1966Abdul Salam Arif, Iraqi colonel and politician, 2nd President of Iraq (born 1921)[†]

Abdul Salam Mohammed ʿArif Al-Jumaili was an Iraqi military officer and politician who served as the second president of Iraq from 1963 until his death in a plane crash in 1966. He played a leading role in the 14 July Revolution, in which the Hashemite monarchy was overthrown on 14 July 1958.

Carlo Carrà

1966Carlo Carrà, Italian painter (born 1881)[†]

Carlo Carrà was an Italian painter and a leading figure of the Futurist movement that flourished in Italy during the beginning of the 20th century. In addition to his many paintings, he wrote a number of books concerning art. He taught for many years in the city of Milan.

Georges Duhamel (author)

1966Georges Duhamel, French soldier and author (born 1884)[†]

Georges Duhamel was a French author, born in Paris. Duhamel trained as a doctor, and during World War I was attached to the French Army. In 1920, he published Confession de minuit, the first of a series featuring the anti-hero Salavin. In 1935, he was elected as a member of the Académie française. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature twenty-seven times. He was also the father of the musicologist and composer Antoine Duhamel.

Historical Context for April 13, 1966

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