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S Vietnamese marines and paratroopers surround Budhist hq, Saigon, after 1 Vietnamese is shot outside compound and angry mob burns 2 Amer vehicles; passerby charges an Arner soldier shot Vietnamese; US probes rept; Lodge confs v;ith Nguyen Cao Ky; reptdly proposed 'solution,'
Regional Plan Assn forms Com on the 2d Regional Plan to draw up plan through yr 2000; details; M D Crawford Jr heads com
resignations set; nurses repr charges Lindsay adm with 'duping' and 'double-crossing' them; no move made to resume talks; Lindsay says city is willing to abide by fact-finding and make adjustments but says wage demand would 'undermine orderly procedures,' TV int; Budget Dir Becker takes responsibility for fact-finding procedures and results, radio int
Mayor Lindsay sees rise in NYS minimum softening impact of possible NYC transit fare rise
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 18, 1966, covering May 23, 1966.
The Mamas & The Papas
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
The Rolling Stones
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
Barbra Streisand
1966Graeme Hick, Zimbabwean-English cricketer and coach[†]
Graeme Ashley Hick is a Zimbabwean-born former England cricketer who played 65 Test matches and 120 One Day Internationals for England. He was born in Rhodesia, and as a young man played international cricket for Zimbabwe. He played English county cricket for Worcestershire for his entire English domestic career, a period of well over twenty years, and in 2008 surpassed Graham Gooch's record for the most matches in all forms of the game combined. He was a part of the English squad which finished as runners-up at the 1992 Cricket World Cup.
1966Gary Roberts, Canadian ice hockey player and coach[†]
Gary R. Roberts is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 21 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Calgary Flames, Carolina Hurricanes, Toronto Maple Leafs, Florida Panthers, Pittsburgh Penguins, and Tampa Bay Lightning. Renowned for his physical fitness during his career, Roberts has become a high performance trainer for players at all levels of the sport.
In 1966, the world population was approximately 3,404,041,125 people[†]