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86 youths, mostly coll students, attending CCNY club fund-raising party, NYC, held by police for 15 hrs on disorderly conduct and narcotics charges, then freed for lack of evidence; parents angered by treatment of youths; club chmn Brody charges pol
Survey of compliance with FPC proposals to bar power failure like that of Nov '65 repts 20 of 21 munic hosps would be again without power; says plans for emergency generators were withdrawn when new emergency lighting code was written
USSR Politburo rept on eve of Bolshevik Revolution anniv denounces Chinese 'cultural revolution' and 'divisive activities' of Chinese leadership; Chinese charge d'affaires Chang Teh-tsuen and aides walk out of Kremlin rally when criticism is read
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Johnson says he hopes, subject to drs' approval, to undergo surgery sooner than expected, press conf; says it will probably take place at Brooke Army Med Center; wants to 'get answer, get it behind me and get on to my work'; desire to 'get answer' seen ref to chance polyp might be malignant
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 2, 1966, covering November 7, 1966.
Soundtrack
The Monkees
The Supremes
The Mamas & The Papas
The Beatles
1966Calvin Borel, American jockey[†]
Calvin H. Borel is an American jockey in thoroughbred horse racing and rode the victorious mount in the 2007 Kentucky Derby, the 2009 Kentucky Derby and the 2010 Kentucky Derby. His 2009 Derby win with Mine That Bird was the third biggest upset in Derby history,, and Borel's winning margin of 6+3⁄4 lengths was the greatest in Derby history since Assault won by 8 lengths in 1946. On May 1, 2009, Borel won the Kentucky Oaks aboard Rachel Alexandra, only the second time since 1993 that a jockey has won the Oaks-Derby combo, and just the seventh time overall a jockey has accomplished this feat in the same year. On May 16, 2009, Borel won the 2009 Preakness Stakes at Pimlico with thoroughbred filly Rachel Alexandra. In doing so, Borel became the first jockey to win the first two jewels of the Triple Crown on different mounts. Borel's nickname is "Bo'rail'" due to his penchant for riding close to the rail to save ground.
1966Rube Bressler, American baseball player (born 1894)[†]
Raymond Bloom "Rube" Bressler was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Philadelphia Athletics from 1914 to 1916 and Cincinnati Reds from 1917 to 1920, before being converted to an outfielder and first baseman for Cincinnati from 1918 to 1927, the Brooklyn Robins from 1928 to 1931 and the Philadelphia Phillies and St. Louis Cardinals in his final year of 1932. The first two teams he played for made it to a World Series, the 1914 Philadelphia Athletics lost to the miracle Boston Braves, while the 1919 Cincinnati Reds won against the scandal-tainted Chicago White Sox.
In 1966, the world population was approximately 3,404,041,125 people[†]