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Explore the date the Margaret E. Heggan Free Public Library was founded, March 2nd 1966, with our digital time capsule!

Digital Time Capsule Trivia

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See how well you know 1966 with our Digital Capsule Trivia!

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Literature

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The cover of James A. Michner’s The Source
According to the New York Times Best Seller List, James A. Michner’s The Source was the best selling book in America on the day that the library was founded. It debued on the list on October 10th, 1965 and held the number one position until May 8th, 1966, where it was succeeded by Jaquelin Susann’s Valley of the Dolls which remained at the top until November 13th.

Other books that debuted in 1966 include

• Fantastic Voyage by Isaac Asimov
• The Circle Game by Margaret Atwood
• S is for Space by Ray Bradbury
• The Secret of Santa Vittoria by robert Crichton
• The Crack in Space by Philip K. Dick
• Octopussy and the Living Daylights by Ian Flemming
• The Dark Brotherhood and Other Pieces by H.P. Lovecraft and others
• The Magus by John Fowles
• Conan the Adventurer by Robert E. Howard and L. Sprague de Camp
• Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
• The Detective by Robert Thorp
• In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

Movies

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A poster for the film “Hawaii”
The highest grossing film of 1966 in America was Hawaii directed by George Hill, based on James A. Michener’s novel of the same name. It stared Julie Andrews, Max von Sydow and Richard Harris.

Other hit movies that debuted in 1966 include

• Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
• Batman
• Fantastic Voyage

Music

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Cover art of the album Ballads of the Green Berets by SSgt Barry Sadler
The #1 hit song of the week on the day the library was founded was These Boots Are Made for Walkin’ by Nancy Sinatra. It took the number one spot on the Billboard Hot 100 charts in late February, but March would be dominated by The Ballad of the Green Berets by SSgt Barry Sadler, which claimed #1 on March 5th and remained there until April 2nd. The Ballad of the Green Berets would go on to be the top #1 song of the year.

Albums that debuted in 1966 include

• A-tom-ic Jones by Tom Jones
• Four More by Miles Davis
• Sounds of Silence by Simon & Garfunkel
• The Movie Song Album by Tony Bennett
• Ballad of the Green Berets by SSgt Barry Sadler
• Lightfoot! by Gordon Lightfoot
• The Orbison Way by Roy Orbison
• I Hear a Symphony by The Supremes
• If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears by The Mamas & the Papas
• Crying Time by Ray Charles
• The Sammy Davis Jr. Show by Sammy Davis Jr.
• Somewhere There’s a Someone by Dean Martin
• Boots by Nancy Sinatra
• The Sonny Side of Cher by Cher
• Color Me Barbara by Barbara Streisand
• Moonlight Sinatra by Frank Sinatra
• The Soul Album by Otis Redding
• Aftermath by The Rolling Stones
• Everybody Loves a Nut by Johnny Cash
• Up-Tight by Stevie Wonder
• Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys
• Strangers in the Night by Frank Sinatra
• How Does That Grab You? by Nancy Sinatra
• Soul Sister by Aretha Franklin
• Gettin’ Ready by The Temptations
• Blonde on Blonde by Bob Dylan
• Revolver by The Beatles
• The Supremes A’ Go-Go by The Supremes
• A Time for Love by Tony Bennett
• The Mamas & the Papas by The Mamas & the Paps
• It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World by James Brown
• Cher by Cher
• From the Heart by Tom Jones
• Meditations by John Coltrane
• Happiness is You by Jonny Cash
• The Monkees by The Monkees
• Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme by Simon & Garfunkel
• Je m’appelle Barbara by Barbara Streisand
• Away We a Go-Go by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
• Down to Earth by Stevie Wonder
• That’s Life by Frank Sinatra
• Got it if you Want it! by The Rolling Stones
• Handful of Sorrow by James Brown
• Sicks and Specks by Bee Gees
• Fresh Cream by Cream
• A Quick One by The Who

Television

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A shot from Bonanza featuring Michael Landon, Patricia Blair, and Pernell Roberts
If you were watching television on the day that the library was founded, you were likely tuning into Bonanza, which was the most popular show at the time according to Nielsen ratings with a score of 31.8 at the time.

Other televison shows on the air in 1966 include:

• American Bandstand
• The Andy Griffith Show
• As the World Turns
• The Beverly Hillbillies
• Bewitched
• Bozo the Clown
• Captain Kangaroo
• Daniel Boone
• Days of Our Lives
• The Dean Martin Show
• Doctor Who
• The Ed Sullivan Show
• Face the Nation
• Flipper
• The Fugitive
• General Hospital
• Get Smart
• Gilligan’s Island
• Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C
• Green Acres
• Gunsmoke
• Hogan’s Heroes
• I Dream of Genie
• I Spy
• Jeopardy!
• Lost in Space
• The Lucy Show
• Match Game
• Meet the Press
• Mission: Impossible
• Perry Mason
• Petticoat Junction
• This is your Life
• The Today Show
• Tom and Jerry
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
• Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color
• What’s My Line