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Elected RC Natl Conf of Bishops pres
Prince Charles marks 18th birthday, attaining const majority and becoming heir-apparent to throne; displaces father, Prince Philip, as possible regent if mother, Queen Elizabeth, becomes incapacitated; also becomes Counselor of State, 1 of 6 members of family who can act for Queen when she is out of kingdom; his annual income doubled to $84,000
JERUSALEM (Israeli Sector), Nov. 14 A feeling of uneasiness seemed to hang over Israel today in the aftermath of yesterday's raid south of Hebron in Jordan.
US Sup Ct, reversing 5-yr record of overturning convictions of sit-in demonstrators, upholds convictions of 32 Fla demonstrators; Justice Douglas calls it 'police state doctrine' and 'blunderbuss to suppress civil rights'; NAACP counsel-dir Green berg comments
Cassius Clay overpowered Cleveland Williams last night, knocking the challenger down four times, and retained his world heavyweight championship on a technical knockout in the third round at the Houston Astrodome.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 9, 1966, covering November 15, 1966.
The Monkees
Soundtrack
The Supremes
The Mamas & The Papas
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
1966Rachel True, American actress[†]
Rachel India True is an American actress. She is best known for her roles in such films as The Craft (1996), Nowhere (1997), and Half Baked (1998). True is also known for her role as Mona Thorne on the UPN sitcom Half & Half, which ran from 2002 to 2006.
1966Dimitrios Tofalos, Greek weightlifter and wrestler (born 1877)[†]
Dimitrios Tofalos was a Greek weightlifter. He was a member of both Gymnastiki Etaireia Patron and Panachaikos Gymnastikos syllogos, that merged in 1923 to become Panachaiki Gymnastiki Enosi. Arguably the greatest weightlifter of the early 20th century, he won the gold medal in the 1906 Intercalated Games, setting a world record that lasted until 1914. Dimitrios Tofalos Arena is named after him.
1966William Zorach, Lithuanian-American sculptor and painter (born 1887)[†]
William Zorach was an American sculptor, painter, printmaker, and writer. He won the Logan Medal of the Arts in 1927. He was at the forefront of American artists embracing cubism.
1966Project Gemini: Gemini 12 completes the program's final mission, when it splashes down safely in the Atlantic Ocean.[†]
Project Gemini was the second United States human spaceflight program to fly. Conducted after the first American crewed space program, Project Mercury, while the Apollo program was still in early development, Gemini was conceived in 1961 and concluded in 1966. The Gemini spacecraft carried a two-astronaut crew. Ten Gemini crews and 16 individual astronauts flew low Earth orbit (LEO) missions during 1965 and 1966.
In 1966, the world population was approximately 3,404,041,125 people[†]