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US makes $150-million loan to spur imports; rest of $900-million loan from 10 countries through IBRD delayed
French Premier Pompidou implicitly warns GB to end econ crisis before seeking to join EEC
Lindsay holds militant 'right-wing groups' seek to kill bd, news conf; warns referendum could create 'inflammatory situation'; says Corp Counsel probes ways to block referendum; PBA aide N Frank denies campaign is linked to rightists
SAIGON, South Vietnam, July 8 The South Vietnamese chief of state said today that North Vietnam should be invaded with ground troops "if it is necessary to end this war."
Fire on Hess Oil Co dock, Perth Amboy, NJ, spreads, ignites 7 hulks, SI; map; tanker moved from Shell Oil dock near Hess dock
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 6, 1966, covering July 9, 1966.
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
The Mamas & The Papas
Frank Sinatra
Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass
Soundtrack
1966Pamela Adlon, American actress and voice artist[†]
Pamela Adlon is an American-British actress. She is known for voicing Bobby Hill in the animated comedy series King of the Hill, for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award. She also voiced Baloo in Jungle Cubs (1996–1998), the title role in the Pajama Sam video game series (1996–2001), Lucky in 101 Dalmatians: The Series (1997–1998), Margaret "Moose" Pearson in Pepper Ann (1997–2000), Ashley Spinelli in Recess (1997–2001), Otto Osworth in Time Squad (2001–2003), Vidia in the Tinkerbell franchise and Brigette Murphy in Milo Murphy's Law (2016–2019), among numerous others.
1966Zheng Cao, Chinese-American soprano and actress (died 2013)[†]
Zheng Cao was a Chinese-born, American operatic mezzo-soprano known for her signature role of Suzuki in Madama Butterfly. She performed this role with opera companies such as San Francisco Opera, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Pittsburgh Opera, Vancouver Opera, Washington National Opera and San Diego Opera, and under the baton of Seiji Ozawa with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Her portrayal of the role of Cherubino in The Marriage of Figaro also earned her recognition at several American opera companies, including San Francisco Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, and Houston Grand Opera. She died from lung cancer in San Francisco, California in 2013.
1966Gary Glasberg, American television writer and producer (died 2016)[†]
Gary Glasberg was an American television writer and producer. He was born in New York City. He was the showrunner on NCIS and creator of NCIS: New Orleans.
1966Marco Pennette, American screenwriter and producer[†]
Marco Pennette is an American television writer and producer.
In 1966, the world population was approximately 3,404,041,125 people[†]