Historical Events In 1966
Saturday, 07 September 2024
Nov 15 Gemini XII returns to Earth in the year 1966.
Nov 16 Dr Sam Sheppard freed after 9 years in jail, by a jury on this day in history.
Nov 17 Leonids meteor shower peaks (150,000+ per hour) on this day in history.
Nov 18 Bela Tardos, composer, dies at 56 in the year 1966.
Nov 19 On this day in history mad Dog Vachon beats Dick The Bruiser in Omaha, to become NWA champ
Nov 21 On this day in history dutch govt of Zijlstra forms
Nov 22 On this day in history 32nd Heisman Trophy Award: Steve Spurrier, Florida (QB)
Nov 22 In the year 1966 moises F da Costa Gomez, premier Dutch Antilles, dies
Nov 24 In the year 1966 1st TV station in Congo, Kinshasa (Zaire)
Nov 24 On this day in history 400 die of respiratory failure &heart attack in killer NYC smog
Nov 25 On this day in history cincinnati infielder Tommy Helms is voted NL Rookie of Year
Nov 26 On this day in history first major tidal power plant opens at Rance estuary, France
Nov 26 Harold Burrage, US singer/pianist (Got to Find a Way), dies at 35 in the year 1966.
Nov 26 The first major tidal power plant opens at Rance estuary, France in the year 1966.
Nov 27 In the year 1966 in highest-scoring NFL game, Wash Redskins defeat NY Giants 72-41
Nov 28 Coup in Burundi overthrows monarchy; a republic is declared in the year 1966.
Nov 28 In the year 1966 vittorio Giannini, composer, dies at 63
Nov 30 On this day in history barbados gains independence from Britain (National Day)
Nov 30 On this day in history radio time signal WWV moves from Greenbelt, MD to Boulder, CO
Dec 02 Love, Moby Grape & Lee Michaels perform at Fillmore East in the year 1966.
Dec 02 On this day in history luitzen [Bertus] Brouwers, Dutch mathematician, dies at 85
Dec 05 Sylveer Maes, Belgian bicylist, dies at 57 on this day in history.
Dec 06 On this day in history hermann Heiss, composer, dies at 68
Dec 07 In the year 1966 a fire at an army barracks in Erzurum, Turkey kills 68 people.
Dec 08 Sinead O’Connor singer was born on this day in history.
Dec 08 On this day in history sinead O’Connor singer:was born
Dec 09 On this day in history yury Alexandrovich Shaporin, composer, dies at 79
Dec 10 Boris Koutzen, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.
Dec 10 In the year 1966 israeli Shmuel Yosef Agnon wins Nobel Prize for literature
Dec 13 1st US bombing of Hanoi on this day in history.
Dec 13 Charles Watts, actor (Lone Ranger & Lost City of Gold), dies of cancer on this day in history.
Dec 14 Emma Dunn, actress (You Can't Fool Your Wife), dies at 91 in the year 1966.
Dec 15 Audouin Dollfus discovers 10th satellite of Saturn, Janus in the year 1966.
Dec 15 On this day in history one of the greatest names in children’s television and movie production died on this day. Walt (Walter Elias) Disney died in Burbank, California. Mr. Disney was 65 years old.
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