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December 2, 1966

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KIESINGER NAMED BONN CHANCELLOR; SOCIALISTS DIVIDE; New Leaders in West Germany Take Oaths of Office

By Thomas J. Hamilton Special To the New York Times

Kiesinger becomes Chancellor as head of 'grand coalition'; approved by Bundestag, 340-109 with 23 abstentions; Soc Dems get 9 seats in new Cabinet, Brandt becomes Vice Chancellor and Foreign Min; vote indicates 50 Soc Dems did not follow Brandt's leadership in supporting Kiesinger; Kiesinger's Nazi affiliations believed not to be factor; Christian Dems do not make pub criticism of Min Wehner's Communist record; Kiesinger says his Govt is able to conduct energetic and successful policy despite Soc Dem defections, TV s; fails to submit customary policy statement to Bundestag

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 30, 1966, covering December 2, 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

Philippe Etchebest

1966Philippe Etchebest, French chef and television host[†]

Philippe Etchebest is a French chef. He was awarded two Michelin stars at the Hostellerie de Plaisance in Saint-Émilion, France. He appears on French television in Top Chef, Objectif Top Chef and Cauchemar en cuisine, the French-language version of Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares.

Jinsei Shinzaki

1966Jinsei Shinzaki, Japanese wrestler and promoter, co-founded Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling[†]

Kensuke Shinzaki is a Japanese professional wrestler and professional wrestling executive, better known by his ring name, Jinsei Shinzaki. He is signed to the Michinoku Pro Wrestling promotion where he is the promotion's president. He also performs for Michinoku Pro as a wrestler, serving as the sole heavyweight wrestler on the roster. Shinzaki is also known for his appearances with other Japanese promotions such as All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), and Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW). To American fans, Shinzaki is perhaps most known for his stint in the United States–based World Wrestling Federation (WWF) from 1994 to 1996 under the ring name Hakushi (白紙).

Notable Deaths

L. E. J. Brouwer

1966L. E. J. Brouwer, Dutch mathematician and philosopher (born 1881)[†]

Luitzen Egbertus Jan "Bertus" Brouwer was a Dutch mathematician and philosopher who worked in topology, set theory, measure theory and complex analysis. Regarded as one of the greatest mathematicians of the 20th century, he is known as one of the founders of modern topology, particularly for establishing his fixed-point theorem and the topological invariance of dimension.

Giles Cooper (playwright)

1966Giles Cooper, Irish author, playwright, and screenwriter (born 1918)[†]

Giles Stannus Cooper, OBE was an Anglo-Irish playwright and prolific radio dramatist, writing over sixty scripts for BBC Radio and television. He was awarded the OBE in 1960 for "Services to Broadcasting". A dozen years after his death at only 48 the Giles Cooper Awards for Radio Drama were instituted in his honour, jointly by the BBC and the publishers Eyre Methuen.

Historical Context for December 2, 1966

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