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September 6, 1966

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Headlines from September 6, 1966

Red Guards' Drive Gaining in Intensity Throughout China; RED GUARD DRIVE GAINS IN INTENSITY

By Unknown Author

Guards drive intensified, Peking and other cities; open violence wanes in response to Govt appeals; Jenmin Jih Pao ed stresses use of reason but suggests force will be used if reason fails; Peking pub Ta Kung Pao announces it will change name and schedule at Guards request; Guards begin house-to-house raids, Canton; border guard increased to prevent mass exodus

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 31, 1966, covering September 6, 1966.

  1. 1
    Album cover for What Now My Love by Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

    What Now My Love

    Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    17
  2. 2
    Album cover for Yesterday And Today by The Beatles

    Yesterday And Today

    The Beatles

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    9
  3. 3
    Album cover for Doctor Zhivago by Soundtrack

    Doctor Zhivago

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    25
  4. 4
    Album cover for Somewhere My Love by Ray Conniff

    Somewhere My Love

    Ray Conniff

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    8
  5. 5
    Album cover for Strangers In Night by Frank Sinatra

    Strangers In Night

    Frank Sinatra

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    12

Notable Deaths

Margaret Sanger

1966Margaret Sanger, American nurse, educator, and activist (born 1879)[†]

Margaret Sanger was an American birth control activist, sex educator, writer, and nurse. She opened the first birth control clinic in the United States, founded Planned Parenthood, and was instrumental in the development of the first birth control pill. Sanger is regarded as a founder and leader of the birth control movement.

Hendrik Verwoerd

1966Hendrik Verwoerd, Dutch-South African journalist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of South Africa (born 1901)[†]

Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd, also known as H. F. Verwoerd, was a Dutch-born South African politician, scholar in applied psychology, philosophy, and sociology, and newspaper editor who was Prime Minister of South Africa from 1958 until his assassination in 1966.

Historical Events

Prime Minister of South Africa

1966Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd, the architect of apartheid, is stabbed to death in Cape Town, South Africa during a parliamentary meeting.[†]

The prime minister of South Africa was the head of government in South Africa between 1910 and 1984.

Historical Context for September 6, 1966

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