Page 15: Historical Events In 1966

Nov 15   In the year 1966 gemini XII returns to Earth   

Nov 16   Dr Sam Sheppard freed after 9 years in jail, by a jury in the year 1966.   

Nov 17   On this day in history leonids meteor shower peaks (150,000+ per hour)   

Nov 18   On this day in history bela Tardos, composer, dies at 56   

Nov 19   On this day in history mad Dog Vachon beats Dick The Bruiser in Omaha, to become NWA champ   

Nov 21   In the year 1966 dutch govt of Zijlstra forms   

Nov 22   In the year 1966 32nd Heisman Trophy Award: Steve Spurrier, Florida (QB)   

Nov 22   On this day in history moises F da Costa Gomez, premier Dutch Antilles, dies   

Nov 24   On this day in history 1st TV station in Congo, Kinshasa (Zaire)   

Nov 24   In the year 1966 400 die of respiratory failure &heart attack in killer NYC smog   

Nov 25   Cincinnati infielder Tommy Helms is voted NL Rookie of Year on this day in history.   

Nov 26   First major tidal power plant opens at Rance estuary, France on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Nov 27   On this day in history in highest-scoring NFL game, Wash Redskins defeat NY Giants 72-41   

Nov 28   In the year 1966 coup in Burundi overthrows monarchy; a republic is declared   

Nov 28   Vittorio Giannini, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

Nov 30   Barbados gains independence from Britain (National Day) in the year 1966.   

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   Luitzen [Bertus] Brouwers, Dutch mathematician, dies at 85 in the year 1966.   

Dec 05   On this day in history sylveer Maes, Belgian bicylist, dies at 57   

Dec 06   On this day in history hermann Heiss, composer, dies at 68   

Dec 07   A fire at an army barracks in Erzurum, Turkey kills 68 people on this day in history.   

Dec 08   Sinead O’Connor singer was born on this day in history.   

Dec 08   Sinead O’Connor singer:was born in the year 1966.   

Dec 09   Yury Alexandrovich Shaporin, composer, dies at 79 in the year 1966.   

Dec 10   Boris Koutzen, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

Dec 10   On this day in history israeli Shmuel Yosef Agnon wins Nobel Prize for literature   

Dec 13   1st US bombing of Hanoi on this day in history.   

Dec 13   In the year 1966 charles Watts, actor (Lone Ranger & Lost City of Gold), dies of cancer   

Dec 14   Emma Dunn, actress (You Can't Fool Your Wife), dies at 91 in the year 1966.   

Dec 15   In the year 1966 audouin Dollfus discovers 10th satellite of Saturn, Janus   

Dec 15   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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 03   Chetan Sharma, cricketer (Ind Test bowler, World Cup hat-trick 1987) was born in the year 1966.   

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

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

Jan 03   Wendell Davis, NFL wide receiver (Indianapolis Colts) was born on this day in history.   

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

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   Rex Lease, actor (Perils of Pauline, Dakota, California), dies at 62 in the year 1966.   

Jan 05   On this day in history george Duckworth, cricketer (24 Tests for England, ct 45 stp 15), dies   

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

Jan 10   George Cresswell, cricketer (Took 13 wkts in 3 Tests for NZ), suicide died on this day in history.   

Jan 11   On this day in history albert Giacometti, Swiss/French painter/sculptor, dies at 64   

Jan 14   On this day in history sergei Korolev, Russian space station constructor, dies   

Jan 15   Betsy Mitchell, US 100m backstroke swimmer, dies at 25 in the year 1966.