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The head of the Zionist Organization of America called on leaders of Jewish groups throughout the country yesterday to give top priority in combating what he described as the "resurgence of anti-Semitism" not only in the United States, but also in various other parts of the world.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28--Senator Jacob K. Javits said at the 48th annual convention of the American Legion today that President Johnson was "steadily and inexorably fore- closing his freedom of action on Vietnam" by not telling the American people the facts about the nature and probable duration of the guerrilla war.
WAUKEGAN, Ill., Aug. 28 --Roving mobs of Negro youths attacked cars and stores with rocks and Molotov cocktails here tonight. At least 10 persons were burned. Five of them, including a 6-year-old girl, were burned critically.
SAIGON, South Vietnam, Aug. 28--Top military strategists here, engaged in longrange planning of the war effort, are thinking in terms of building American forces in Vietnam to about 600,000 over the next 18 months.
SAIGON, South Vietnam, Aug. 28--Three American fighter-bombers have crashed in North Vietnam in the last two days, a United States military spokesman announced tonight.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 24, 1966, covering August 29, 1966.
The Beatles
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
Frank Sinatra
Soundtrack
Ray Conniff
1966Jörn Großkopf, German footballer and manager[†]
Jörn Großkopf (born 29 August 1966 is a German former football player and manager. He is currently in charge of FC Alsterbrüder.
1966Sayyid Qutb, Egyptian theorist, author, and poet (born 1906)[†]
Sayyid Ibrahim Husayn Shadhili Qutb was an Egyptian political theorist and revolutionary who was a leading member of the Muslim Brotherhood.
1966The Beatles perform their last concert before paying fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.[†]
The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. The core lineup of the band comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They are widely regarded as the most influential band in Western popular music and were integral to the development of 1960s counterculture and the recognition of popular music as an art form. Rooted in skiffle, beat and 1950s rock 'n' roll, their sound incorporated elements of classical music and traditional pop in innovative ways. The band also explored music styles ranging from folk and Indian music to psychedelia and hard rock. As pioneers in recording, songwriting and artistic presentation, the Beatles revolutionised many aspects of the music industry and were often publicised as leaders of the era's youth and sociocultural movements.
1966Leading Egyptian thinker Sayyid Qutb is executed for plotting the assassination of President Gamal Abdel Nasser.[†]
Sayyid Ibrahim Husayn Shadhili Qutb was an Egyptian political theorist and revolutionary who was a leading member of the Muslim Brotherhood.
In 1966, the world population was approximately 3,404,041,125 people[†]