Historical Events In 1966

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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Jan 02   Tia Carrere, [Althea Janairo], Honolulu, actress (Wayne's World) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of chetan Sharma, cricketer (Ind Test bowler, World Cup hat-trick 1987)   

Jan 03   John Kropke, CFL defensive tackle (Saskatchewan Roughriders) was born in the year 1966.   

Jan 03   Luis Sojo, Barquisimeto Venezuela, infielder (Seattle Mariners) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of wendell Davis, NFL wide receiver (Indianapolis Colts)   

Jan 03   In the year 1966 birth of martin Galway, Northern Ireland composer   

Jan 04   Deana Carter, country singer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 07   In the year 1966 birth of carolyn Bessette Kennedy, model/wife of John Kennedy Jr   

Jan 01   In the year 1966 vincent Auriol, President of France (1947-53), dies at 82   

Jan 03   Rex Lease, actor (Perils of Pauline, Dakota, California), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

Jan 05   George Duckworth, cricketer (24 Tests for England, ct 45 stp 15), dies in the year 1966.   

Jan 09   On this day in history haro Levoni Step'anyan, composer, dies at 68   

Jan 10   On this day in history death of george Cresswell, cricketer (Took 13 wkts in 3 Tests for NZ), suicide   

Jan 11   Albert Giacometti, Swiss/French painter/sculptor, dies at 64 in the year 1966.   

Jan 14   Sergei Korolev, Russian space station constructor, dies in the year 1966.   

Jan 15   In the year 1966 betsy Mitchell, US 100m backstroke swimmer, dies at 25