Page 13: Historical Events In 1966

Sep 09   Antonio Massana, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

Sep 09   John Lennon meets Yoko Ono at an avante-garde art exposition on this day in history.   

Sep 10   Beatles' "Revolver," album goes #1 &stays #1 for 6 weeks in the year 1966.   

Sep 10   James Langridge, cricketer (242 runs & 19 wkts for England), dies on this day in history.   

Sep 11   Charlie Cantor, actor (Artie-Ray Bolger Show), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

Sep 12   "The Monkees,"premier on NBC on this day in history.   

Sep 12   Gemini XI launched for 71-hour flight on this day in history.   

Sep 14   Gertrude Berg, actress (Molly Goldberg-Goldbergs), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

Sep 15   Gemini XI returns to Earth on this day in history.   

Sep 16   Metropolitan Opera opens at NY's Lincoln Center in the year 1966.   

Sep 17   On this day in history fritz Wunderlich, German tenor (Stuttgart 1955-58), dies at 35   

Sep 18   Fernand Lamy, composer, dies at 85 in the year 1966.   

Sep 20   In the year 1966 uS Surveyor B launched toward Moon; crashed Sept 23   

Sep 21   5" of rain falls on NYC in the year 1966.   

Sep 21   Paul Reynaud, premier France (1940), dies on this day in history.   

Sep 22   Only 413 show up at a Yankee Stadium game in the year 1966.   

Sep 26   In the year 1966 "Staten Island," first icebreaker to enter SF bay   

Sep 26   Helen Kane, actress (Heads Up, Pointed Heels), dies of cancer at 62 in the year 1966.   

Sep 28   Eric Fleming, actor (Gil-Rawhide), dies at 41 in the year 1966.   

Sep 29   In the year 1966 maurits H E Uyldert, Dutch poet/writer (Motion), dies at 75   

Sep 30   Botswana (Bechuanaland) gains independence from Britain (Nat'l Day) in the year 1966.   

Oct 01   In the year 1966 albert P A A Besnard, poet/journalist (Doom & Thirst), dies   

Oct 03   In the year 1966 basutoland becomes the independent Lesotho   

Oct 04   Lesotho (Basutoland) gains independence from Britain (National Day) on this day in history.   

Oct 04   Sherman Billingsley, talk show host (Stork Club), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

Oct 06   Sydney Chatton, dies of heart attack at 48 on this day in history.   

Oct 07   On this day in history johnny Kidd, rocker (Johnny Kidd & Pirates), dies at 26 in a car crash   

Oct 09   Balt Orioles sweep LA Dodgers, in 63rd World Series in the year 1966.   

Oct 12   On this day in history arthur Vincent Lourie, composer, dies at 74   

Oct 13   173 US airplanes bomb North-Vietnam on this day in history.   

Oct 13   On this day in history clifton Webb, actor (Laura, Razor's Edge), dies of heart attack at 72   

Oct 14   Arcady Dubensky, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

Oct 14   In the year 1966 the first day of operation of the Montreal subway operated by la Société de Transport de la Communauté Urbaine de Montréal (STCUM).   

Oct 15   In the year 1966 lBJ signs a bill creating Dept of Transportation   

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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   In the year 1966 birth of john Kropke, CFL defensive tackle (Saskatchewan Roughriders)   

Jan 03   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of martin Galway, Northern Ireland composer   

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

Jan 07   Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, model/wife of John Kennedy Jr was born in the year 1966.   

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 in the year 1966.   

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

Jan 09   In the year 1966 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