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BORN:
- Mike Tyson
- John Cusack
- Halle Berry
- Adam Sandler
MUSIC
- Arguably pop’s greatest year with
indispensable albums from the Mamas
and Papas, Simon & Garfunkel, Frank
& Nancy Sinatra, Beach Boys, Bob
Dylan and The Byrds.
FASHION
- The Mod look is in with wild paisleys,
bold colors and monochromes, pantsuits
and the mini.
SPORTS
- Bill Russell becomes first black coach
in pro sports.
- Blackhawk Bobby Hull scores a record
51 goals.
- Peggy Fleming skates to World title
- Ted Williams is inducted into Baseball
Hall of Fame.
WORLD
- Mao Zedong establishes the Red Guard,
student shock troops, to stamp out the
last remnants of bureaucracy.
- Charles De Gaulle quits NATO defying
US dominance.
- Indira Ghandi becomes India’s prime
minister.
TRIVIA QUESTIONS:
- Which two animated, holiday TV specials
debuted in ‘66 and became instant
classics?
- Beach Boy Brian Wilson holes up in
recording studios experimenting and
fine-tuning every layer of this artistic
masterpiece. While curiously it’s his
response to “Rubber Soul”, this concept
LP inspires the Beatles to create their
magnum opus, “Sgt. Peppers.” Name
what critics laud as “The Greatest Album
Ever Made.”
- It portrayed the lives of three women
who share a bond of ambition, drugs
and sex. What is the title of Jacqueline
Susann’s risqué and heavily promoted
1966 bestselling novel?
- Name the Pan-African festival celebrated
for the first time this year.
Billboard Top 10 Pop Hits:
- I’m A Believer— The Monkees
- Summer In The City — The Lovin’ Spoonful
- Wild Thing — The Troggs
- Hanky Panky — Tommy James & The Shondells
- When A Man Loves A Woman — Percy Sledge
- (You’re My) Soul And Inspiration — The Righteous Brothers
- Monday, Monday — The Mamas & The Papas
- Good Vibrations — The Beach Boys
- Devil With A Blue Dress On & Good Golly Miss Molly — Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels
- Good Lovin’ — The Young Rascals
R.I.P.
- Buster Keaton
- Walt Disney
- Hedda Hopper
- Lenny Bruce
