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Appeals to Russian people for new era of friendship and understanding between US and USSR, int in USIA Russian language pub Amerika 10th anniv issue
Pope sends Abp Pignedoli to S Vietnam on possible peace mission
cuts ribbon to open museum for private preview; illus; Mrs J F Kennedy attends; architect M Breuer comments on design; police search bldg for reptd bomb
Thomas acquitted by jury of 8 Negroes and 4 whites of Liuzzo murder; Flowers calls verdict 'complete breakdown of justice and law and order'; FBI undercover witness G T Rowe not called to testify
offer rejected; strike set; co repts major issue is TWU demand for increases within 2 yrs instead of 3
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 28, 1966, covering September 28, 1966.
The Beatles
Soundtrack
Ray Conniff
Soundtrack
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
1966Scott Adams, American football player (died 2013)[†]
Scott Alexander Adams was an American professional football player who played guard for a six-season career, in-which he played for the Minnesota Vikings, New Orleans Saints, Chicago Bears, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and Atlanta Falcons.
1966Maria Canals-Barrera, Cuban-American actress[†]
Maria Pilar Canals-Barrera is an American actress. She is known for starring as Theresa Russo in the Disney Channel series Wizards of Waverly Place (2007–2012), Connie Torres in Camp Rock (2008) and Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam (2010), and Daniela in the ABC comedy series Cristela (2014–2015).
1966Puri Jagannadh, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter[†]
Petla "Puri" Jagannadh is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and producer, who works primarily in the Telugu film Industry. He made his directorial debut in 2000 with the Telugu film Badri starring Pawan Kalyan, Renu Desai and Ameesha Patel. In 2006, he directed the Telugu film Pokiri, premiered at the 7th IIFA Film Festival held in Dubai. The film was later re-made into several Indian languages, and brought Puri widespread Indian recognition. He made his Hindi film debut in 2004, with the film Shart: The Challenge. In 2011, he directed the Hindi film Bbuddah... Hoga Terra Baap starring Amitabh Bachchan, which was archived in the Oscar library.
1966André Breton, French author and poet (born 1896)[†]
André Robert Breton was a French writer and poet, the co-founder, leader, and principal theorist of surrealism. His writings include the first Surrealist Manifesto of 1924, in which he defined surrealism as "pure psychic automatism".
In 1966, the world population was approximately 3,404,041,125 people[†]