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Alva Cape sunk at sea; illus; stays afloat for hr after shelling by USCG cutter
J Farmer warns CORE against irresponsibility in advocating 'black power,' s, conf; says term has been misrepresented in press and that CORE is neither anti-white nor racist orgn; CORE official R Curvin challenges 'black power' doctrine; queries how it is to be achieved; some observers doubt CORE'S ability to carry out pol program because of its poor financial condition
US bombs Doson oil depot, 12 mi from Haiphong; US denies loss of plane on previous day's raid
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 29, 1966, covering July 4, 1966.
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
The Mamas & The Papas
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Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass
1966Ronni Ancona, Scottish actress and screenwriter[†]
Veronica Jane Ancona is a British actress, comedian, impressionist and writer best known for The Big Impression, which she co-wrote and starred in and was, for four years, one of BBC One's top-rated comedy programmes, winning numerous awards, including a BAFTA in 2003. Ancona also starred in the first series of the BAFTA-winning ITV series The Sketch Show. Ancona has appeared in the BAFTA-winning Last Tango in Halifax since its creation in 2012. She is a co-director, alongside Sally Phillips and Nick Hamson, of the production company Captain Dolly.
1966Minas Hantzidis, German-Greek footballer[†]
Minas Hantzidis is a Greek former footballer. He played for Bayer Leverkusen, VfL Bochum, Olympiacos, Iraklis, Veria, Wuppertaler SV, SV Elversberg, Union Solingen, 1. FC Kleve, TSV 05 Ronsdorf and SpVgg Radevormwald, as well as for the national side. He competed at the 1994 FIFA World Cup.
1966Lee Reherman, American actor (died 2016)[†]
Lee Reherman was an American actor, appearing in television and film and hosting television reality shows.
1966U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Freedom of Information Act into United States law. The act went into effect the next year.[†]
Lyndon Baines Johnson, also known as LBJ, was the 36th president of the United States, serving from 1963 to 1969. He became president after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, under whom he had served as the 37th vice president from 1961 to 1963. A Southern Democrat, Johnson previously represented Texas in Congress for over 23 years, first as a U.S. representative from 1937 to 1949, and then as a U.S. senator from 1949 to 1961.
In 1966, the world population was approximately 3,404,041,125 people[†]