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December 22, 1966

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Headlines from December 22, 1966

Governor Repeats Pledge to Aid City In Tax Deficiencies; STATE TO AID CITY IN TAX DEFICIENCY

By Richard L. Madden Special To the New York Times

Rockefeller pledges NYS will make up any loss to city if earnings and income tax yields fall below estimates, news conf, Albany; is cool to Lindsay plea to bring commuters tax more in line with residents tax; Brydges spokesman says he does not think Sen would 'go beyond' '66 session's authorization; Rockefeller again rejects suggestions for NYS to collect city income tax; Goodman lauds Rockefeller pledge; Nassau Supervisors Bd vice chmn Caso warns NYC that suburbs will seek legis to tax city residents who work in suburbs; Nassau Exec Nickerson agrees

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 21, 1966, covering December 22, 1966.

  1. 1
    Album cover for The Monkees by The Monkees

    The Monkees

    The Monkees

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    12
  2. 2
    Album cover for Doctor Zhivago by Soundtrack

    Doctor Zhivago

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    41
  3. 3
    Album cover for SRO by Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

    SRO

    Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

    Last week
    12
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    3
  4. 4
    Album cover for Parsley; Sage; Rosemary And Thyme by Simon & Garfunkel

    Parsley; Sage; Rosemary And Thyme

    Simon & Garfunkel

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    7
  5. 5
    Album cover for The Sound Of Music by Soundtrack

    The Sound Of Music

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    93

Notable Births

Dmitry Bilozerchev

1966Dmitry Bilozerchev, Russian gymnast and coach[†]

Dmitry Vladimirovich Bilozerchev is a Russian gymnastics coach and retired gymnast who represented the Soviet Union. One of the most accomplished gymnasts in history, he is a two-time World All-Around Champion and three-time Olympic Champion. He trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Moscow.

Destruction (band)

1966Marcel Schirmer, German singer-songwriter and bass player[†]

Destruction is a German thrash metal band formed in 1982. They have been credited as one of the "Big Four" of the German thrash metal scene, the others being Kreator, Sodom and Tankard. In addition to helping pioneer black metal, Destruction was part of the second wave of thrash metal in the mid-to-late 1980s, along with US bands Testament, Sacred Reich, Death Angel and Dark Angel. For most of the 1990s, the band was not signed to a record label and self-produced their albums until they signed a contract with Nuclear Blast in the early 2000s.

1966David Wright, English lawyer and politician[†]

David Wright is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Telford from 2001 until 2015. He was an assistant government whip from June 2009 to May 2010. In May 2019, he was elected as a Labour member of Telford and Wrekin Council, representing St George's ward, and became cabinet member for Economy, Housing, Transport and Infrastructure.

Historical Context for December 22, 1966

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