Page 11: Historical Events In 1966

Jul 18   Launch of Gemini 10 with LCDR John W. Young, USN as Command Pilot. Mission involved 43 orbits at an altitude of 412.2 nautical miles and lasted 2 days, 22 hours, and 46 minutes. Recovery was by HS-3 helicopter from USS Guadalcanal (LPH-7) on this day in history.   

Jul 19   Gov James Rhodes declares state of emergency in Cleveland (race riot) in the year 1966.   

Jul 20   Julien Carette, dies of burns at 68 in the year 1966.   

Jul 21   Eugeen Calleen, Flemish sculptor, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

Jul 21   In the year 1966 gemini X returns to Earth   

Jul 23   In the year 1966 cavern Club in Liverpool reopens   

Jul 23   Donald Novis, singer/actor (Pajama Game), dies at 60 in the year 1966.   

Jul 23   Napoleon XIV releases "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha! Ha!" on this day in history.   

Jul 24   Montgomery Clift actor, dies at 45 on this day in history.   

Jul 24   On this day in history tony Lema, US golfer, dies at 32   

Jul 25   In the year 1966 frank O'Hara, writer, dies at 40   

Jul 25   Supremes release "You Can't Hurry Love" on this day in history.   

Jul 29   Pal Jardanyi, composer, dies at 44 on this day in history.   

Jul 30   Beatles' "Yesterday... & Today," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 5 weeks on this day in history.   

Jul 30   In the year 1966 edward G Craig, English actor/dir (On Art of Theatre), dies at 94   

Jul 30   On this day in history england beats West Germany 4-2 for soccer's 8th World Cup in London   

Jul 31   On this day in history alabamans burn Beatle products due to John Lennon's anti-Jesus remark   

Jul 31   Alex E von Falkenhausen, German general, dies at 87 in the year 1966.   

Jul 31   Charles Whitman wounds 46 & kills 5 at University of Texas in the year 1966.   

Aug 01   In the year 1966 bud Powell, US jazz pianist/composer, dies   

Aug 01   On this day in history the Texas Tower Massacre - University student killed 10 and wounded 31.   

Aug 02   In the year 1966 radio Vila (New Hebrides) begins transmitting   

Aug 03   On this day in history lenny Bruce, comedian, dies of a morphine overdose at 39   

Aug 05   Austin Diamond, cricketer (Australian capt to America 1913), dies in the year 1966.   

Aug 05   In the year 1966 martin Luther King Jr stoned during Chicago march   

Aug 06   On this day in history paul Myron Anthony Linebarger, sci-fi author (Space Lords), dies at 53   

Aug 08   Pierre Charles, Belgian heavyweight boxer, dies at 63 in the year 1966.   

Aug 08   South Arican Broadcasting bans Beatles (Lennon's anti-Jesus remark) in the year 1966.   

Aug 09   Gosta Nystroem, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

Aug 10   Daylight meteor seen from Utah to Canada. Only known case of a meteor entering the Earth's atmosphere & leaving it again in the year 1966.   

Aug 10   On this day in history felix A Vening Meinesz, geophysicist (black force), dies at 79   

Aug 10   In the year 1966 first lunar orbiter launched by US   

Aug 10   In daylight, a meteor flashes across the sky from Utah to Canada; only known case of a meteor skipping through the Earth's atmosphere and leaving it again in the year 1966.   

Aug 10   In Ottawa Ontario, the Heron Road Bridge over the Rideau River and Canal collapses, killing 9 construction workers and injuring 80 in the year 1966.   

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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of tia Carrere, [Althea Janairo], Honolulu, actress (Wayne's World)   

Jan 03   In the year 1966 birth of chetan Sharma, cricketer (Ind Test bowler, World Cup hat-trick 1987)   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of john Kropke, CFL defensive tackle (Saskatchewan Roughriders)   

Jan 03   In the year 1966 birth of luis Sojo, Barquisimeto Venezuela, infielder (Seattle Mariners)   

Jan 03   In the year 1966 birth of wendell Davis, NFL wide receiver (Indianapolis Colts)   

Jan 03   Martin Galway, Northern Ireland composer was born in the year 1966.   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of deana Carter, country singer   

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of carolyn Bessette Kennedy, model/wife of John Kennedy Jr   

Jan 01   Vincent Auriol, President of France (1947-53), dies at 82 in the year 1966.   

Jan 03   In the year 1966 rex Lease, actor (Perils of Pauline, Dakota, California), dies at 62   

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   In the year 1966 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   On this day in history sergei Korolev, Russian space station constructor, dies   

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