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WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 Administration officials acknowledged today that American pilots had accidentally struck civilian areas in North Vietnam while attempting to bomb military targets.
NY Times survey of 125 leading Dems in 30 stares shows 43% believe party would be better off with candidate other than Johnson or are unwilling to back him now, 57% back renomination; few see him challenged for renomination or losing if challenged; support for his candidacy strongest in NE, weakest in South and Midwest
AP puts deaths at 553; Natl Safety Council expects toll to stay below '65 record; heavy snow linked
H E Salisbury series, from Hanoi, on N Vietnam
CCNY faculty com rept, completed before assn rept, criticizes grad program; charges it 'draws off profs and replaces them in undergrad program by less qualified lecturers'; says this indicates grave weakness in staffing coll; refers only to City Coll; Bowker believes lateness in submitting '65 budget is reason for rise in use of lecturers; assn com members not available for comment
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 21, 1966, covering December 27, 1966.
The Monkees
Soundtrack
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
Simon & Garfunkel
Soundtrack
1966Marianne Elliott, English director and producer[†]
Marianne Phoebe Elliott is a British theatre director and producer who works on the West End and Broadway. She has received numerous accolades including two Laurence Olivier Awards and four Tony Awards.
1966Bill Goldberg, American football player, wrestler and actor[†]
William Scott Goldberg, often known mononymously as Goldberg, is an American professional wrestler, actor and former American football defensive tackle. He is signed to WWE. He is best known for his tenure in World Championship Wrestling (WCW).
1966Eva LaRue, American model and actress[†]
Eva Maria LaRue is an American actress and model. She is known for her roles as Maria Santos on All My Children and Det. Natalia Boa Vista on CSI: Miami.
1966The Cave of Swallows, the largest known cave shaft in the world, is discovered in Aquismón, San Luis Potosí, Mexico.[†]
The Cave of Swallows, also called the Cave of the Swallows, is an open-air pit cave in the municipality of Aquismón, San Luis Potosí, Mexico. The elliptical mouth, on a slope of karst, is 49 by 62 m wide and is undercut around all of its perimeter, widening to a room approximately 303 by 135 m wide. The floor of the cave is a 333 m (1,093 ft) freefall drop from the lowest side of the opening, with a 370 m (1,210 ft) drop from the highest side, making it the largest known cave shaft in the world, the second deepest pit in Mexico and perhaps the 11th deepest sheer drop in the world.
In 1966, the world population was approximately 3,404,041,125 people[†]