On this day
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
In 1966, the world population was approximately 3,404,041,125 people[†]
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 28, 1966, covering October 3, 1966.
The Beatles
Soundtrack
Ray Conniff
Soundtrack
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass
The Rolling Stones
Frank Sinatra
Bob Dylan
The Beach Boys
1966Darrin Fletcher, American baseball player and sportscaster[†]
Darrin Glen Fletcher is an American former professional baseball catcher and sports commentator. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1989 to 2002 for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies, Montreal Expos, and Toronto Blue Jays.
1966Rolf Maximilian Sievert, Swedish physicist and academic (born 1896)[†]
Rolf Maximilian Sievert was a Swedish medical physicist whose major contribution was in the study of the biological effects of ionizing radiation.
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Parade, NYC, revd by Gov Rockefeller, Dem Gov candidate O'Connor, other city and state officials; illus
Subandrio pleads not guilty; questioned on knowledge of a council of gens against which Communist leaders of coup assertedly moved
over 300 Ibos reptd slain, Kano, as troops in Northern Region mutiny and join civilian mobs attacking Ibos; map; wk's toll put at 1,000; some rebellious troops return to barracks
All 50 states decide to set own water quality standards rather than have Fed rules imposed on them; Sec Udall comments; states must establish rules and plan for enforcing them by June '67; Comr Quigley hopes to approve some state standards by early '67
US Weather Bur aide says US State Dept failure to get approval for hurricane-hunter flights over Cuba hampered efforts to track hurricane Inez; Cuban radio says Cuba would approve such flights if asked
Lindsay to ask Ethics Bd to study question of private gifts to city activities and advise on how to handle them, TV int; stresses gifts take many forms, including that of individuals' time, and cover wide range of activities; Councilman Low, who initially raised question about Pan Amer gift as possible conflict of interest, backs Ethics Bd study; says resolution is being circulated in Council asking study of gifts and of city efforts to get Fed reimbursement for city activities where 'foreign dignitaries and diplomats are prime reasons,'
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USSR pub Krasnaya Zvezda says USSR missile specialists came under attack during US raids on N Vietnam missile sites, 1st such pub announcement of on-the-spot training; repts some US planes downed; stresses N Vietnamese crews fired missiles; US Defense Dept silent
Asks continued negotiations between IUE and Gen Elec to avert strike since Gen Elec supplies vital war equipment for US forces in Vietnam, statement
1st Cavalry Div kills 110 N Vietnamese soldiers in 2 clashes, about 300 mi NE of Saigon; US marines suffer moderate casualties in advance on N Vietnamese bunkers near demilitarized zone; other clashes noted; CBS (I Pappas) dispatch repts 1 Amer killed, 4 wounded when S Vietnamese accidentally shelled Amer armored column; repts 1 S Vietnamese killed and 5 wounded by mistaken arty barrage fired by Amers; map
Goodman says smuggling into NYC and NYS continues despite stiffer penalties; reasons discussed; smuggling by relatives, by mail order, and by organized bootlegging from NC cited; illus
Sandy Koufax pitched the Los Angeles Dodgers to the National League pennant yesterday by defeating the Philadelphia Phils, 6-3, in the second game of a double-header on the final day of the season. The Phillies won the opener, 4-3.