▁States , ▁went ▁on ▁sale ▁at ▁Che v ro let ▁deal ers hips ▁nation wide ." C amar o ▁Deb ut ▁T ops ▁' 6 6 ▁Che vy ▁Sc ene ", ▁Arc ad ia ▁( CA ) ▁Trib une , ▁September ▁ 2 9 , ▁ 1 9 6 6 ▁ ▁The ▁name ▁itself , ▁according ▁to ▁a ▁Che v ro let ▁press ▁release ▁was ▁" a ▁French ▁word ▁meaning ▁com rade , ▁pal ▁or ▁bud dy ", ▁adapted ▁from ▁the ▁French ▁cam ar ade . ▁The ▁Mal ta ▁Work ers ' ▁Union ▁was ▁founded , ▁under ▁the ▁name ▁" Mal ta ▁Government ▁C ler ical ▁Union " ▁( M GC U ). ▁ ▁Born : ▁Bu jar ▁N ish ani , ▁President ▁of ▁Alban ia ▁since ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁in ▁D urr ë s . ▁D ied : ▁Bernard ▁G im bel , ▁ 8 1 , ▁American ▁department ▁store ▁magn ate ▁who ▁built ▁a ▁chain ▁of ▁ 5 2 ▁ups c ale ▁stores ▁under ▁the ▁S aks ▁Fif th ▁Avenue ▁and ▁G imb els ▁names . ▁ ▁September ▁ 3 0 , ▁ 1 9 6 6 ▁( F rid ay ) ▁The ▁Republic ▁of ▁B ots w ana , ▁formerly ▁the ▁Be ch u anal and ▁Prote ctor ate , ▁was ▁granted ▁independence ▁from ▁the ▁United ▁Kingdom . ▁ ▁Sir ▁Ser et se ▁Kh ama ▁was ▁sw orn ▁in ▁as ▁the ▁first ▁President ▁of ▁B ots w ana . ▁ ▁The ▁nation ▁remains ▁" the ▁oldest ▁dem