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July 30, 1966

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Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 27, 1966, covering July 30, 1966.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Yesterday And Today by The Beatles

    Yesterday And Today

    The Beatles

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    4
  2. 2
    Album cover for Strangers In Night by Frank Sinatra

    Strangers In Night

    Frank Sinatra

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    7
  3. 3
    Album cover for Aftermath by The Rolling Stones

    Aftermath

    The Rolling Stones

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    4
  4. 4
    Album cover for What Now My Love by Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

    What Now My Love

    Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    12
  5. 5
    Album cover for Lou Rawls Live by Lou Rawls

    Lou Rawls Live

    Lou Rawls

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    13

Notable Births

Kerry Fox

1966Kerry Fox, New Zealand actress and screenwriter[†]

Kerry Lauren Fox is a New Zealand actress. She came to prominence playing author Janet Frame in the movie An Angel at My Table directed by Jane Campion, which gained her a Best Actress Award from the New Zealand Film and Television Awards.

1966Craig Gannon, English guitarist and songwriter[†]

Craig Gannon is an English guitarist, best known as the second guitarist in the Smiths (1986). He is now a composer for film and television.

Allan Langer

1966Allan Langer, Australian rugby league player and coach[†]

Allan Jeffrey "Alfie" Langer AM is an Australian former multi-award-winning rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s and worked as an assistant coach for the Australian national team, the Queensland Maroons and the Brisbane Broncos.

Louise Wener

1966Louise Wener, English author and singer-songwriter[†]

Louise Jane Wener is an English writer, singer, songwriter and guitarist of the band Sleeper.

Historical Events

England national football team

1966England defeats West Germany to win the 1966 FIFA World Cup at Wembley Stadium after extra time.[†]

The England national football team have represented England in international football since the first international match in 1872. It is controlled by the Football Association (FA), the governing body for football in England, which is affiliated with UEFA and comes under the global jurisdiction of world football's governing body FIFA. England competes in the three major international tournaments contested by European nations: the FIFA World Cup, the UEFA European Championship and the UEFA Nations League.

Historical Context for July 30, 1966

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