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July 24, 1966

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Headlines from July 24, 1966

DISTRICTING PLAN FOR HOUSE UPSET BY JERSEY COURT; But Ruling Permits the Use of Democratic Measure for Election in Fall DISTRICTING PLAN BARRED IN JERSEY

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State Sup Ct rules that new Cong reapportionment is unconst, that it failed to meet US Sup Ct 1-man, 1-vote doctrine, that some of dists deviated unnecessarily from 'math ideal' of US Sup Ct's decision; however permits Nov election to be held within its framework; remands case to Superior Ct; brushes aside charges of gerrymandering; Chief Justice Weintraub writes decision

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HANOI APPOINTS PANEL TO STUDY U.S. 'WAR CRIMES'; Step Is Seen as First Move Toward Finding a Legal Basis for Pilot Trials FLIERS NOT MENTIONED But a Clue to Intent Found in Committee's Make-Up Raids Scored Again HANOI NAMES UNIT ON 'WAR CRIMES'

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Hanoi radio repts N Vietnam appts 11-man com to probe US 'war crimes' in Vietnam; Min Pham Ngoc Thach and Pham Van Bach, Sup People's Ct pros, to head it; no mention made of US pilots trial but attempt to build case against them is seen in naming to com of Col Ha Van Lau, liaison officer attached to Control Com

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 20, 1966, covering July 24, 1966.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Strangers In Night by Frank Sinatra

    Strangers In Night

    Frank Sinatra

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    6
  2. 2
    Album cover for Yesterday And Today by The Beatles

    Yesterday And Today

    The Beatles

    Last week
    18
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    3
  3. 3
    Album cover for What Now My Love by Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

    What Now My Love

    Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    11
  4. 4
    Album cover for Lou Rawls Live by Lou Rawls

    Lou Rawls Live

    Lou Rawls

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    12
  5. 5
    Album cover for Aftermath by The Rolling Stones

    Aftermath

    The Rolling Stones

    Last week
    19
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    3

Notable Births

Aminatou Haidar

1966Aminatou Haidar, Sahrawi human rights activist[†]

Aminatou Ali Ahmed Haidar, sometimes spelled as Aminetou, Aminatu or Aminetu, is a Sahrawi human rights activist and an advocate of the independence of Western Sahara. She is often called the "Sahrawi Gandhi" or "Sahrawi Pasionaria" for her nonviolent protests. She is the president of the Collective of Sahrawi Human Rights Defenders (CODESA). She was imprisoned from 1987 to 1991 and from 2005 to 2006 on charges related to her independence advocacy. In 2009, she attracted international attention when she staged a hunger strike in Lanzarote Airport after being denied re-entry into Moroccan Western Sahara. Haidar has won several international human rights awards for her work, including the 2008 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award, 2009 Civil Courage Prize and 2019 Right Livelihood Award.

Martin Keown

1966Martin Keown, English footballer and coach[†]

Martin Raymond Keown is an English football pundit and former professional footballer. A defender, he played from 1984 to 2005, notably in the Premier League for Arsenal, where he made over 400 appearances for the club and won ten honours.

Notable Deaths

Tony Lema

1966Tony Lema, American golfer (born 1934)[†]

Anthony David Lema was an American professional golfer who rose to fame in the mid-1960s and won a major title, the 1964 Open Championship at the Old Course at St Andrews in Scotland. He died two years later at age 32 in an aircraft accident near Chicago.

Historical Events

1966Michael Pelkey makes the first BASE jump from El Capitan along with Brian Schubert. Both came out with broken bones. BASE jumping has now been banned from El Cap.[†]

Michael Pelkey is considered one of the first individuals to influence the mass practice of BASE jumping as a sport, together with fellow skydiver Brian Schubert. Pelkey and Schubert's first jump was made on July 24, 1966, from the summit of El Capitan mountain. Pelkey made his second jump on October 15, 2005, at the 26th annual Bridge Day event where he and Shubert were attending as guest speakers. Pelkey's planned third jump at the 27th annual Bridge Day in 2006 was unperformed due to the death of Schubert, from a parachute malfunction, moments before Pelkey's jump.

Historical Context for July 24, 1966

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