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C J Whitman, Tex U student, fires from univ observation tower, Austin, shoots 12 persons to death and wounds 33 before he is slain by police
CHICAGO, Aug. 1 Under heavy guard, Richard Speck pleaded not guilty today to eight indictments charging him with the murder of eight student nurses on July l4.
illus of Chinese soldiers pledging support to N Vietnam, Peking rally
Assumes power after coup
2 F-104s reptd downed, 1 RF-100 missing; 3 pilots listed as missing; US planes fly 67 missions; map
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 27, 1966, covering August 2, 1966.
The Beatles
Frank Sinatra
The Rolling Stones
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
Lou Rawls
1966Takashi Iizuka, Japanese wrestler[†]
Takayuki Iizuka , better known by his ring name Takashi Iizuka , is a Japanese retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his 33-year career in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he was a three-time IWGP Tag Team Champion. He has also worked for Pro Wrestling Noah, where he was a one-time GHC Tag Team Champion.
1966Grainne Leahy, Irish cricketer[†]
Grainne Maire Leahy née O'Brien is an Irish international cricketer who debuted for the Ireland national side in 1997. A top order batter, she played 11 One Day International matches.
1966Tim Wakefield, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2023)[†]
Timothy Stephen Wakefield was an American professional baseball knuckleball pitcher. Wakefield began his Major League Baseball (MLB) career with the Pittsburgh Pirates, but is most remembered for his 17-year tenure with the Boston Red Sox, from 1995 until his retirement in 2012 as the longest-serving player on the team, earning a total of $55 million. When he retired at age 45 after 19 seasons in MLB, Wakefield was the oldest active player in the major leagues.
In 1966, the world population was approximately 3,404,041,125 people[†]