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A $1.8-million nationwide program of Government support for educational television, theater, opera, writers and the visual arts was announced yesterday by the National Council on the Arts.
JODRELL BANK, England, Aug. 29--The Soviet Union's Luna 11 transmitted pictures for 30 minutes tonight as the unmanned spaceship orbited the moon, Sir Bernard Lovell, director of the Jodrell Bank Observatory, reported.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29--Mike Mansfield, the Senate majority leader, suggested today that President Johnson and President de Gaulle meet soon to discuss the restoration of ...
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 24, 1966, covering August 30, 1966.
The Beatles
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
Frank Sinatra
Soundtrack
Ray Conniff
1966Peter Cunnah, Northern Irish singer-songwriter and producer[†]
Peter Cunnah is a Northern Irish singer and lead singer and songwriter of 1990s dance-pop duo D:Ream.
1966Joann Fletcher, English historian and academic[†]
Joann Fletcher is an Egyptologist and an honorary visiting professor in the department of archaeology at the University of York. She has published a number of books and academic articles, including several on Cleopatra, and made numerous television and radio appearances. In 2003, she controversially claimed to have identified the mummy of Queen Nefertiti.
1966Michael Michele, American actress[†]
Michael Michele Williams is an American actress and fashion designer. She began her career on stage before appearing opposite Wesley Snipes in the 1991 film New Jack City.
In 1966, the world population was approximately 3,404,041,125 people[†]