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November 30, 1966

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Headlines from November 30, 1966

23 SAFETY RULES FOR ALL '68 CARS DRAFTED BY U.S.; Proposed Standards Listed for Auto Leaders by Head of New Traffic Agency SOME ALREADY IN USE Industry Can Ask Changes --Final Requirements to Be Issued on Jan.31

By Walter Rugaber Special To the New York Times

Haddon announces Govt is proposing 23 safety standards for all cars sold in US beginning with '68 models, s, Detroit Auto Show; says many of standards are already met indicates some models may be exempt from certain standards if tech problems in meeting them were insurmountable; gives indus special praise for developing collapsible steering columns; outlines standards; GM pres Roche and Chrysler pres Townsend comment

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U.N. DEFEATS MOVE TO SEAT RED CHINA AND OUST TAIWAN; Opposition to Peking Entry Gains--Vote Is 46 For, 57 Against Admission U.S. POLICY SUPPORTED Delegates' Misgivings Over Red Guard Upheaval Is Seen as a Factor

By Drew Middleton Special To the New York Times

Assembly decisively rejects resolution to expel Nationalists and seat Communists; vote is 57-46, with 17 abstentions, compared with '65 vote of 47-47 with 20 abstentions; soon gain for US policy; US resolution making issue question of importance wins, 66-48 with 7 abstentions, compared with '65 vote of 56-49, with 11 abstentions; 17 black African states vote against 1st resolution, sponsored by Albania and Cambodia; Canada abstains; stands of other nations noted; factors in defeat include mis-givings over presumed succession struggle in Communist China and over activities of revolutionary Red Guard; lack of energetic USSR support also factor; Ital proposal, backed by US, rejected, 62-34 with 25 abstentions; earlier, upon move by A. Daoudy (Syria), was made question of importance, 51-37 with 30 abstentions; Nationalist Min Wei, in debate, sought to counter argument that Pope Paul VI had indirectly backed Communists

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 30, 1966, covering November 30, 1966.

  1. 1
    Album cover for The Monkees by The Monkees

    The Monkees

    The Monkees

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    9
  2. 2
    Album cover for Doctor Zhivago by Soundtrack

    Doctor Zhivago

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    38
  3. 3
    Album cover for The Supremes A' Go-Go by The Supremes

    The Supremes A' Go-Go

    The Supremes

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    11
  4. 4
    Album cover for The Mamas & The Papas by The Mamas & The Papas

    The Mamas & The Papas

    The Mamas & The Papas

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    10
  5. 5
    Album cover for What Now My Love by Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

    What Now My Love

    Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    30

Notable Births

Nigel Adams

1966Nigel Adams, English businessman and politician[†]

Nigel Adams is a British former politician who served as Minister of State without Portfolio at the Cabinet Office from 2021 to 2022. A member of the Conservative Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Selby and Ainsty from 2010 until his resignation in 2023.

David Berkoff

1966David Berkoff, American swimmer[†]

David "Dave" Charles Berkoff is an American former competition Hall of Fame swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in two events. Berkoff was a backstroke specialist who won a total of four medals during his career at the Olympic Games in 1988 and 1992. He is best known for breaking the world record for the 100-meter backstroke three times, beginning at the 1988 Olympic trial preliminaries, becoming the first swimmer to go under 55 seconds for the event. He is also remembered for his powerful underwater backstroke start, the eponymous "Berkoff Blastoff" which after a strong push-off from the side of the pool used a horizontal body position with locked arms outstretched overhead and an undulating or wavelike aerodynamic dolphin kick to provide thrust and build speed.

John Bishop

1966John Bishop, English comedian, presenter, and actor[†]

John Bishop is an English comedian, presenter, actor and former semi pro footballer.

1966Philippe Bozon, French ice hockey player[†]

Philippe Bozon is a French former professional ice hockey player who played for the St. Louis Blues in the National Hockey League (NHL) between the 1991–92 and 1994-95 seasons. He is the first of only seven French-born and trained players to appear in the NHL, the other six being Cristobal Huet, Stéphane Da Costa, Antoine Roussel, Pierre-Édouard Bellemare, Yohann Auvitu, and Alexandre Texier. He is currently the head coach for Boxers de Bordeaux of the Ligue Magnus. His international playing career was recognized with induction into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2008.

David Nicholls (writer)

1966David Nicholls, English author and screenwriter[†]

David Alan Nicholls is a British novelist and screenwriter. Initially an actor after graduating college, he became a screenwriter, notably creating Rescue Me and adaptations of novels, plays, and memoirs. He is the author of six novels.

Mika Salo

1966Mika Salo, Finnish racing driver[†]

Mika Juhani Salo is a Finnish former racing driver and broadcaster, who competed in Formula One from 1994 to 2002.

Notable Deaths

1966Salah Suheimat, Jordanian lawyer and politician (born 1914)[†]

Salah al-Din Attallah Suheimat MP was a Member of the Parliament of Jordan on the banner of the city Al Karak. Born in 1914, the son of Sheikh Attallah Suheimat, a national leader, who was a member of the first Legislative Council of the Emirate of Transjordan and held several political positions in the Ottoman Empire and later Transjordan and the grandson of Sheikh Sulieman effendi Suheimat who was a national leader and a member of the first municipal council of the city of Karak during the reign of the Ottoman Empire in the 1890s. MP Salah Suheimat received his primary and preparatory education at the primary school in Karak and then completed his secondary education at the secondary school of Salt (As-Salt), and later obtained a Diploma in Agriculture in Beirut, Lebanon. Salah Suheimat was the first Secretary General of the Jordanian parliament in 1946.

Historical Events

Decolonization

1966Decolonization: Barbados becomes independent from the United Kingdom.[†]

Decolonization is the undoing of colonialism, the latter being the process whereby imperial nations establish and dominate foreign territories, often overseas. The meanings and applications of the term are disputed. Some scholars of decolonization focus especially on independence movements in the colonies and the collapse of global colonial empires.

Historical Context for November 30, 1966

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