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nationwide hunt on; Scotland Yd denies USSR agents freed him, but detectives are convinced he had help from outside; Conservative MP D Sandys urges probe; holds pub 'fed up' with frequent escapes of criminals; Home Office orders complete security rev of other spies in prison
J A Lukas on pol and econ situation
Price charges practice has been going on for yrs, statement after conf with Fraiman; says men seeking promotions would take exams to qualify, names of those who passed were put on eligible list, but in some cases no apptmts would be made until lists were about to expire; says demand for money was then made
Nixon sees Repubs gaining 6 states, TV int
MANILA, Monday, Oct. 24-- The leaders of seven nations fighting as allies in South Vietnam opened a conference here today on the course of the war and the chances for peace.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 19, 1966, covering October 24, 1966.
The Supremes
The Beatles
Soundtrack
The Mamas & The Papas
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
1966Roman Abramovich, Russian businessman and politician[†]
Roman Arkadyevich Abramovich is a business oligarch and politician. He is the former owner of Chelsea, a Premier League football club in London, England, and is the primary owner of the private investment company Millhouse. He has Russian, Portuguese and Israeli citizenship.
1966Simon Danczuk, English academic and politician[†]
Simon Christopher Danczuk is a British author and former Member of Parliament (MP) who represented the constituency of Rochdale between 2010 and 2017. Elected as a member of the Labour Party, he was suspended from the party in 2015 after it emerged he had exchanged explicit messages with a 17-year-old girl. He has co-written two books, Smile for the Camera: The Double Life of Cyril Smith and Scandal at Dolphin Square. He was the Reform UK candidate in the 2024 Rochdale by-election, which was later won by Workers Party of Britain leader George Galloway. He came sixth behind Liberal Democrats, Labour, Conservatives and Independent candidate David Tully.
1966Zahn McClarnon, American actor[†]
Zahn Tokiya-ku McClarnon is a Native American actor. Since 2022, he has played the lead role of Joe Leaphorn in the AMC series Dark Winds, of which he is also an executive producer.
1966Sofya Yanovskaya, Russian mathematician and historian (born 1896)[†]
Sofya Aleksandrovna Yanovskaya was a Soviet mathematician, philosopher and historian, specializing in the history of mathematics, mathematical logic, and philosophy of mathematics. She is best known for her efforts in restoring the research of mathematical logic in the Soviet Union and publishing and editing the mathematical works of Karl Marx.
In 1966, the world population was approximately 3,404,041,125 people[†]