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One of the troop carriers scheduled to take part in last Sunday's Israeli raid in Jordan broke down just as the operation got under way. Some of the soldiers left behind, according to the Israeli press, had tears in their eyes.
The Treasury Department may be ready to back down just a bit from its plan to offer a new savings certificate for small savers that would pay a "magic" 5 per cent.
Comr Heller, reptg on survey of motor vehicle air pollution, says he will ask for rerouting of traffic in 5 secs of Manhattan below Central Pk; Barnes comments; map
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 19-- Computerized reports on current housing needs and forecasts of demands through 1975 will soon be available for 161 metropolitan areas east of the Rocky Mountains for $100 each.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 19-- Dartmouth's heavily favored shock troops displayed expected power today as they swept past Pennsylvania and won, 40-21, to retain one-third of their Ivy League football crown.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 16, 1966, covering November 20, 1966.
The Monkees
Soundtrack
The Supremes
The Mamas & The Papas
The Association
1966Neil Broad, British tennis player[†]
Neil Broad is a former professional tennis player who represented Great Britain for most of his playing career. He is a former UK number 1 who won seven ATP tour doubles titles in his career, and won the silver medal in doubles at the 1996 Summer Olympics partnering Tim Henman.
1966Kevin Gilbert, American singer-songwriter and musician (died 1996)[†]
Kevin Matthew Gilbert was an American singer, songwriter, musician, composer and producer. He was best known for his solo progressive rock projects, Toy Matinee and his contributions to Tuesday Night Music Club (1993), the debut studio album by Sheryl Crow.
1966Terry Lovejoy, Australian information technologist[†]
Terry Lovejoy is an information technologist from Thornlands, Queensland, Australia, most widely known as an amateur astronomer. He has discovered six comets, including C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy), the first Kreutz Sungrazing comet discovered by ground-based observation in over 40 years. He is also known for popularizing procedures for modifying consumer-grade digital cameras so that they can be used for digital camera astrophotography.
1966Štefan Svitek, Slovak basketball coach[†]
Štefan Svitek is a Slovak former professional basketball player and coach. During his playing career, at a height of 2.04 m tall, he played at the power forward position.
1966Jill Thompson, American author and illustrator[†]
Jill Thompson is an American illustrator and writer who has worked for stage, film, and television. Well known for her work on Neil Gaiman's The Sandman characters and her own Scary Godmother series, she has worked on The Invisibles, Swamp Thing, and Wonder Woman as well.
In 1966, the world population was approximately 3,404,041,125 people[†]