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wins 2d game, 6-0; W Davis (Los Angeles) is 1st in series history to make 3 errors in 1 inning and 1st outfielder to make 3 in 1 game
Johnson says he will not know whether tax rise is needed until he revs appropriations bills pending in Cong, news conf; hopes that 7% tax suspension proposal will balance econ; Fowler agrees, Sen com hearing; Sens Fulbright and Hartke question suspension advisability
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., Oct. 6 North Vietnam will not accept a pause in United States bombing as an inducement to negotiate peace, according to a representative of an unaligned government represented in Hanoi.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 5, 1966, covering October 7, 1966.
The Beatles
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Ray Conniff
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
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1966Sherman Alexie, American novelist, short story writer, poet, and filmmaker[†]
Sherman Joseph Alexie Jr. is a Native American novelist, short story writer, poet, screenwriter, and filmmaker. His writings draw on his experiences as an Indigenous American with ancestry from several tribes. He grew up on the Spokane Indian Reservation and now lives in Seattle, Washington.
1966Marco Beltrami, Italian-American composer and conductor[†]
Marco Beltrami is an American composer of film and television scores. He has worked in a number of genres, including horror, action, science fiction, Western, and superhero.
1966Janet Shaw, Australian cyclist and author (died 2012)[†]
Janet Lucy Shaw was a visually-impaired Australian tandem cyclist and author. She became visually impaired due to congenital retinoblastoma and lost her sight completely at the age of 33. She first represented Australia in cycling at the 2002 IPC World Cycling Championships. She broke several world records with her pilot, Kelly McCombie.; they won two bronze medals at the 2004 Athens Paralympics. In 2008, Shaw was re-diagnosed with cancer; she died of the disease in 2012. She wrote two memoirs and several books for children and young adults.
1966Grigoris Asikis, Greek singer-songwriter (born 1890)[†]
Grigoris Asikis was a Greek singer and songwriter of urban Greek music, Rembetiko. He wrote lyrics for most of the songs he recorded and played the outi.
In 1966, the world population was approximately 3,404,041,125 people[†]