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June 2, 1966

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Headlines from June 2, 1966

KY JUNTA AGREES TO TAKE CIVILIANS INTO LEADERSHIP; Buddhists Look to Election of New Chief of State and Premier Under Pact KY JUNTA AGREES TO TAKE CIVILIANS

By Charles Mohr Special To the New York Times

Johnson confident repr govt will be achieved, news conf; encouraged by electoral com's progress; says press does not rept progress as fully as he would like; US officials in Vietnam rept com will recommend formation of central election bd to decide appeals on qualifications of candidates for constituent assembly

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War's Biggest Raid By U.S. Jets Wrecks Arms Plant in North; U.S. Jets Destroy Major Arsenal in North Vietnam

By Neil Sheehan Special To the New York Times

US fliers are using 2 new weapons to blast missile sites and AA guns; USAF guardedly repts 'a new type of ordnance' used in raid on Yenbay, notes precise and devasating results; Defense Dept silent; N Vietnam protests to Control Comm that many civilians were killed or wounded by raids on Namdinh; claims 10 US planes downed

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ALBANY DEFEATS MEASURE TO SAVE 15-CENT CITY FARE; 3 Senate Democrats Join Republicans in Barring $69-Million for Transit ALBANY DEFEATS BILL TO SAVE FARE

By Richard L. Madden Special To the New York Times

Repub-controlled NYS Sen, 35-27, defeats bill to let city transfer $69-million to NYCTA to help keep 15¢ fare; Sen Brydges called up bill for vote to stress demand for rise and to permit NYCTA to raise fare without undue pol embarrassment to Lindsay or Rockefeller; calls transit deficit 'pub disgrace'; Sens Thaler and Ohrenstein score move; City Council Pres O'Connor and Majority Leader Ross hold Lindsay, Rockefeller and upstate Repubs must assume blame for any fare rise

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 1, 1966, covering June 2, 1966.

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    Album cover for What Now My Love by Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

    What Now My Love

    Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

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    Peak
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    4
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    Album cover for If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears by The Mamas & The Papas

    If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears

    The Mamas & The Papas

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    2
    Peak
    1
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    13
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    Album cover for The Sound Of Music by Soundtrack

    The Sound Of Music

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    64
  4. 4
    Album cover for !!Going Places!! by Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

    !!Going Places!!

    Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

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    Peak
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    34
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    Album cover for Color Me Barbra by Barbra Streisand

    Color Me Barbra

    Barbra Streisand

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    3
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    9

Notable Births

Dayana Cadeau

1966Dayana Cadeau, Haitian born Canadian-American professional bodybuilder[†]

Dayana M. Cadeau is a Haitian Canadian professional female bodybuilder.

Candace Gingrich

1966Candace Gingrich, American activist[†]

Candace Gingrich is an American LGBT rights activist at the Human Rights Campaign. Candace is the half-sibling of former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich.

1966Pedro Guerra, Spanish singer-songwriter[†]

Pedro Manuel Guerra Mansito, better known as Pedro Guerra, is a Spanish singer-songwriter. He originally performed under the name Pedro Manuel.

Catherine King (politician)

1966Catherine King, Australian politician[†]

Catherine Fiona King is an Australian politician serving as the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government since 2022 and as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ballarat since 2001. She is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and briefly served as a minister in the Gillard and Rudd governments in 2013. She served as Shadow Minister of Health from 2013 to 2019 and as Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development from 2019 to 2022.

Petra van Staveren

1966Petra van Staveren, Dutch swimmer[†]

Petronella ("Petra") Grietje van Staveren is a former breaststroke swimmer from the Netherlands who won the gold medal in the 100 meter breaststroke at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. She also won a bronze at the 1986 world championships and a European silver in 1983 in the 4×100 meter medley relay. She finished five times in fourth place at European championships in 1981–1985.

Historical Events

Surveyor program

1966Surveyor program: Surveyor 1 lands in Oceanus Procellarum on the Moon, becoming the first U.S. spacecraft to soft-land on another world.[†]

The Surveyor program was a NASA program that, from June 1966 through January 1968, sent seven robotic spacecraft to the surface of the Moon. Its primary goal was to demonstrate the feasibility of soft landings on the Moon. The Surveyor craft were the first American spacecraft to achieve soft landing on an extraterrestrial body. The missions called for the craft to travel directly to the Moon on an impact trajectory, a journey that lasted 63 to 65 hours, and ended with a deceleration of just over three minutes to a soft landing.

Historical Context for June 2, 1966

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