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In 1966 a first class stamp costs 5 cents!!!!
TOP SINGLES
"I'm a Believer," The Monkees
"The Ballad of the Green Berets," Sg. Barry Sadler
"Winchester Cathedral," The New Vaudeville Band
You Can't Hurry Love
"Cherish", The Association
"We can Work it Out," The Beatles.
John Lennon claims the Beatles are more popular than Jesus Christ, and fans in Alabama burn their records.
TELEVISION SHOWS:
BATMAN, STAR TREK BONANZA THE LUCY SHOW ANDY GRIFFITH GOMER PYLE
MOVIES: One Million Years BC, A Man for all Seasons, Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf, A Man and a Woman
Oscars awarded in 1966 Academy Award, Best Picture: The Sound of Music
Grammy: "A Taste of Honey," Herb Alpert, Tiajuana Brass
Album of the Year: September of My Years, Frank Sinatra
Our Man Flint & the Beach Party Movies
In the news: Demonstrations against the Vietnam War all across the country
July 1966:
Construction crews tear up Market Street to build BART.
Beatles attacked in Philippines after insulting Imelda Marcos.
Frank Sinatra, 50, marries Mia Farrow, 21
Race riots in SF, Cleveland, Brooklyn, Omaha, Baltimore.
August 1966:
Defense Department issues the highest monthly draft since the Korean War, 46,200.
Luci Baines Johnson weds Patrick Nugent amid pomp and splender.
FAMOUS FACTS:
Orioles take the World Series from Dodgers.
Kuaai King wins the Kentucky Derby, then the Preakness, losing Belmont to Amberoid
Jockey Willie Shoemaker leading money in the world, taking in $34,789 in earnings.
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