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September 9, 1966

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Headlines from September 9, 1966

CURB ON INTEREST; House Passes a Bill to Let Three Agencies Regulate Rates House Passes Bill on Interest Rates

By Edwin L. Dale Jr. Special To the New York Times

HR passes Adm-backed bill giving Reserve Bd, FDIC and HLBB more authority to regulate interest rates on savings accts; bill substituted by 104-39 vote for Patman measure to limit interest on bank interest; Reprs see Patman bill driving funds out of savings accts, raising interest rates elsewhere; HR includes in Adm bill statement favoring lower rates

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 7, 1966, covering September 9, 1966.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Revolver by The Beatles

    Revolver

    The Beatles

    Last week
    45
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    2
  2. 2
    Album cover for Doctor Zhivago by Soundtrack

    Doctor Zhivago

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    26
  3. 3
    Album cover for What Now My Love by Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

    What Now My Love

    Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    18
  4. 4
    Album cover for Somewhere My Love by Ray Conniff

    Somewhere My Love

    Ray Conniff

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    9
  5. 5
    Album cover for The Sound Of Music by Soundtrack

    The Sound Of Music

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    7
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    78

Notable Births

Georg Hackl

1966Georg Hackl, German luger and coach[†]

Georg Hackl, often named Hackl Schorsch, is a German former luger who was three time Olympic and World Champion. He is known affectionately as Hackl-Schorsch or as the Speeding Weißwurst, a reference to what he looks like in his white bodysuit coming down the luge at fast speeds.

1966Kevin Hatcher, American ice hockey player[†]

Kevin John Hatcher is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for 17 seasons between 1984 and 2001 for the Washington Capitals, Dallas Stars, Pittsburgh Penguins, New York Rangers and Carolina Hurricanes. He is the older brother of former NHL player Derian Hatcher, with whom he was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame on October 21, 2010. Hatcher was born in Detroit, Michigan, but grew up in Sterling Heights, Michigan.

Adam Sandler

1966Adam Sandler, American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter[†]

Adam Richard Sandler is an American actor, comedian, producer and screenwriter. Primarily a comedic leading actor in films, his accolades include an Independent Spirit Award, alongside nominations for three Grammy Awards, five Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. In 2023, Sandler was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.

Brian Smith (rugby, born 1966)

1966Brian Smith, Australian-Irish rugby player and coach[†]

Brian Anthony Smith is an Australian rugby union coach and former rugby union and rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played for both Australia and Ireland in rugby union.

Historical Events

1966The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act is signed into law by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson.[†]

The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act was enacted in the United States in 1966 to empower the federal government to set and administer new safety standards for motor vehicles and road traffic safety. The Act was the first mandatory federal safety standards for motor vehicles. The Act created the National Highway Safety Bureau. The Act was one of a number of initiatives by the government in response to increasing number of cars and associated fatalities and injuries on the road following a period when the number of people killed on the road had increased 6-fold and the number of vehicles was up 11-fold since 1925. The reduction of the rate of death attributable to motor-vehicle crashes in the United States represents the successful public health response to a great technologic advance of the 20th century—the motorization of the United States.

Historical Context for September 9, 1966

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