Page 9: Historical Events In 1966

May 26   In the year 1966 don Castle, actor (Motor Patrol, Born to Speed), dies at 47   

May 26   Guyana (formerly British Guiana) declares independence from UK on this day in history.   

May 27   In the year 1966 55th German F-16 Starfighter crashes   

May 27   In the year 1966 6 French fighters crash above Spain   

May 28   In the year 1966 "Ballad Of Irving" by Frank Gallop hits #34   

May 29   In the year 1966 carol Mann wins LPGA Baton Rouge Ladies Golf Invitational   

May 30   In the year 1966 300 US airplanes bomb North Vietnam   

May 30   In the year 1966 uS launches Surveyor 1 to the Moon   

Jun 01   On this day in history 2,400 persons attend White House Conference on Civil Rights   

Jun 01   In the year 1966 george Harrison is impressed by Ravi Shankar's concert in London   

Jun 02   On this day in history uS Surveyor 1 lands in Oceanus Procellarum; first lunar soft-landing   

Jun 03   In the year 1966 alice Calhoun, actress (Flowing Gold, Between Friends), dies at 65   

Jun 03   In the year 1966 gemini 9 launched; 7th US 2-man flight (Stafford &Cernan)   

Jun 05   Natacha Rambova, costume designer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

Jun 06   Activist James Meredith shot in Mississippi in the year 1966.   

Jun 06   Black activist James Meredith is shot and wounded as he walks along a Mississippi highway to encourage black voter registration in the year 1966.   

Jun 06   On this day in history claudette Orbison, wife of singer Roy, dies in a motorcyle crash   

Jun 06   Claus Von Bulow & Martha (Sunny) Crawford wed on this day in history.   

Jun 06   James Meredith wounded by white sniper in the year 1966.   

Jun 07   Hans/Jean Arp, French/Swiss painter/poet/sculptor, dies at 78 in the year 1966.   

Jun 10   Beatles "Paperback Writer" is released in the UK in the year 1966.   

Jun 10   Janis Joplins first live concert (Avalon Ballroom in SF) on this day in history.   

Jun 11   Ethel Clayton, actress (Warning Shadows), dies at 82 in the year 1966.   

Jun 11   On this day in history french & German media mistakenly report death of Roger Daltry   

Jun 12   Hermann Scherchen, German conductor/music publisher, dies at 74 in the year 1966.   

Jun 13   In the year 1966 supreme Court's Miranda decision; suspect must be informed of rights   

Jun 14   6 RAR arrives in South Vietnam in the year 1966.   

Jun 19   Ed Wynn, comedian (Ed Wynn Show), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

Jun 20   Sheila Scott completes first round-the-world solo flight by a woman in the year 1966.   

Jun 22   On this day in history roger Blunt, cricketer (9 Tests for NZ, 330 runs, 12 wickets), dies   

Jun 24   Bombay-NY Air India flight crashes into Mont Blanc (Switz), 117 die on this day in history.   

Jun 25   Beatles' "Paperback Writer," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 2 weeks on this day in history.   

Jun 25   Kosmos 122, first Soviet weather satellite, launched in the year 1966.   

Jun 27   In the year 1966 1st sci-fi soap opera, "Dark Shadows," premieres on ABC-TV   

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

Jan 03   On this day in history 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   Luis Sojo, Barquisimeto Venezuela, infielder (Seattle Mariners) was born in the year 1966.   

Jan 03   On this day in history 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   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   Vincent Auriol, President of France (1947-53), dies at 82 on this day in history.   

Jan 03   On this day in history rex Lease, actor (Perils of Pauline, Dakota, California), dies at 62   

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

Jan 09   In the year 1966 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   In the year 1966 albert Giacometti, Swiss/French painter/sculptor, dies at 64   

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

Jan 15   On this day in history betsy Mitchell, US 100m backstroke swimmer, dies at 25