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Pres Johnson to ask Cong for $9-10-billion more for period; declines to estimate total cost
Vandal slashes 4 paintings in US Capitol; illus
Rockefeller announces site for 23-story state office bldg, between 7th and Lenox Avs and W 125th and 126th Sts, Harlem; illus; sees possible expansion into cultural and community center; sees bldg marking rebirth of sec; architectural sketch made by Ifill & Johnson; need to relocate few families and businesses noted; map
awards medal, Austin, Tex; illus
continued US use of St Nazaire-Metz pipeline to be permitted if French co operates it
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 7, 1966, covering December 7, 1966.
The Monkees
Soundtrack
The Supremes
Soundtrack
The Mamas & The Papas
1966C. Thomas Howell, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter[†]
Christopher Thomas Howell is an American actor and director. After making his film debut with a supporting role in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), Howell had his breakout with a lead role as Ponyboy Curtis in the coming-of-age film The Outsiders (1983).
1966Shinichi Ito, Japanese motorcycle racer[†]
Shinichi Ito born December 7, 1966, in Kakuda, Miyagi, Japan) is a retired professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He has raced extensively in Japanese and International championships. Ito has competed in the All Japan Road Race Championship, and won the Japanese 500 cc Championship, and is also 3 times Japanese Superbike Champion. In the prestigious Suzuka 8 Hour Endurance Race he has qualified on pole 5 times and won the race 4 times. Ito has also raced in Superbike World Championship. His considerable experience on different types of racing machine has earned him a reputation as a premier development rider.
1966Kazue Itoh, Japanese actress[†]
Kazue Itō is a Japanese actress from Seya-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. She made her acting debut in 1978 as a Horipro talent and has also voiced Shura in the anime Rurouni Kenshin. She also performs as a singer, including the opening and ending theme songs for the tokusatsu series Morimori Bokkun. Itoh is best known for her portrayal of Miki Masaki in the 2007 Super Sentai Series Juken Sentai Gekiranger. She also portrayed Mako Shiraishi's mother in Samurai Sentai Shinkenger.
1966Andres Kasekamp, Canadian-Estonian historian and academic[†]
Andres Ilmar Kasekamp is the director of the Estonian Foreign Policy Institute and Professor of Baltic Politics at the University of Tartu, Estonia.
1966Louise Post, American singer-songwriter and guitarist[†]
Louise Lightner Post is an American musician. She is best known for being a vocalist and guitarist of the alternative rock band Veruca Salt, which she co-founded with Nina Gordon in 1992.
In 1966, the world population was approximately 3,404,041,125 people[†]