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Mansfield files closure petition to and debate; 2/3 vote is needed; Pres Johnson asks Dirksen support; Dirksen earlier reiterated his opposition to bill
US planes fly 171 missions, use record number of planes; strike around Hanoi and Haiphong, hit hardest in panhandle; severely damage 2 N Vietnamese patrol boats, moderately damage 3d in Tonkin Gulf; 1 US plane reptd lost, 2 crewmen missing
anti-Peking group in Japanese party continues purge of local chaps and removal of pro-Chinese propaganda
Stock prices rallied strongly yesterday in the sharpest and broadest one-day advance in 14 months.
parents picket school; illus; Donovan says it will be closed 2 days; earlier met with 20 parents to set up guidelines for more talks; demonstrations held at 5 other schools, including JHS 139, Harlem; 12 members of Negro nationalist group Black Panthers arrested for allegedly seeking to bar students from entering; CORE and Com to Preserve Neighborhood Schools involved in picketing at 2 other schools
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 7, 1966, covering September 13, 1966.
The Beatles
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Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
Ray Conniff
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1966Maria Furtwängler, German physician and actress[†]
Maria Furtwängler-Burda is a German physician and television actress.
1966Brendan Hall, Australian rugby league player[†]
Brendan Hall is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He mostly played five-eighth, but he also spent time playing lock and occasionally centre.
1966Igor Kravchuk, Russian ice hockey player[†]
Igor Aleksandrovich Kravchuk is a Russian former ice hockey defenceman, who spent several seasons in the Soviet League and then in the National Hockey League and also competed internationally for the Soviet Union, Unified Team, and Russia.
1966Louis Mandylor, Australian actor[†]
Louis Mandylor is an Australian film and television actor. Mandylor is best known for playing Nikos "Nick" Portokalos in the My Big Fat Greek Wedding franchise (2002-2023).
In 1966, the world population was approximately 3,404,041,125 people[†]