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October 17, 1966

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Headlines from October 17, 1966

Lebanon Shuts All Banks For 3 Days to Stem Crisis; LEBANON CLOSES BANKS FOR 3 DAYS

By Unknown Author

Lebanon orders all banks in country closed for 3 days to prevent run on other banks; orders central bank to provide funds to back up private banks, instructs Finance Min to draft law to increase central bank's powers; foreign bankers see central bank treas adequate to meet withdrawals; Beidas gives rept on bank to central bank with statement by bd of intention to settle 100% with creditors

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South Stiffens Against Race Guidelines; South's Resistance to Desegregation Rises With Attacks on Federal Guidelines in Congress

By Gene Roberts Special To the New York Times

Decrease in ps desegregation predicted for '67; Cong attacks against Educ Office guidelines linked; office holds that dists with 8-9% desegregation in '65-66 should double this, '66-67; about 10-12% of Southern Negro pupils now attend integrated pss; office admits mistakes in pressing its guidelines but blames staff shortage

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 12, 1966, covering October 17, 1966.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Revolver by The Beatles

    Revolver

    The Beatles

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    7
  2. 2
    Album cover for Doctor Zhivago by Soundtrack

    Doctor Zhivago

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    31
  3. 3
    Album cover for Somewhere My Love by Ray Conniff

    Somewhere My Love

    Ray Conniff

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    14
  4. 4
    Album cover for What Now My Love by Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

    What Now My Love

    Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    23
  5. 5
    Album cover for The Supremes A' Go-Go by The Supremes

    The Supremes A' Go-Go

    The Supremes

    Last week
    12
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    4

Notable Births

Shaun Edwards

1966Shaun Edwards, English rugby player and coach[†]

Shaun Edwards, OBE is an English rugby union coach and former rugby league player, who is the defence coach for the France national team. A scrum-half or stand-off, Edwards is the most decorated player in rugby league history, with 37 winner's medals. In 2015, he was the 25th person inducted into the Rugby League Hall of Fame.

Danny Ferry

1966Danny Ferry, American basketball player and manager[†]

Daniel John Willard Ferry is an American executive and former professional basketball player who played the forward position.

Mark Gatiss

1966Mark Gatiss, English actor, screenwriter and novelist[†]

Mark Gatiss is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter, director, producer and novelist. Best known for his acting work on stage and screen as well as for co-creating television shows with Steven Moffat, he has received several awards including two Laurence Olivier Awards, a BAFTA TV Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Peabody Award.

Tommy Kendall

1966Tommy Kendall, American race car driver and sportscaster[†]

Tommy Kendall is an American race car driver and television broadcaster. He is best known for his IMSA GT Championship and SCCA Trans-Am Series career.

Notable Deaths

Sidney Hatch

1966Sidney Hatch, American runner and soldier (born 1883)[†]

Sidney Herbert Hatch was an American athlete who competed for the United States in the 1904 Summer Olympics held in St. Louis, United States, in the 4-mile team where he won the silver medal with his teammates James Lightbody, Frank Verner, Lacey Hearn and Frenchman Albert Corey.

Wieland Wagner

1966Wieland Wagner, German director and manager (born 1917)[†]

Wieland Wagner was a German opera director, and grandson of Richard Wagner. As co-director of the Bayreuth Festival when it re-opened after World War II, he was noted for innovative new stagings of the musical stage works, departing from the naturalistic scenery and lighting of the 19th-century models.

Historical Events

1966The 23rd Street Fire in New York City kills 12 firefighters.[†]

The 23rd Street Fire was an incident that took place in the Flatiron District neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, on October 17, 1966. A group of firefighters from the New York City Fire Department responding to a fire at 7 East 22nd Street entered a building at 6 East 23rd Street as part of an effort to fight the fire. Twelve firefighters were killed after the floor collapsed, the largest loss of life in the department's history until the collapse of the World Trade Center in the September 11 attacks of 2001.

Historical Context for October 17, 1966

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