Historical Events In 1966
May 05 Willie Mays hit his 512th homerun
May 23 The Beatles release "Paperback Writer"
May 04 Soviet Government signs accord about building Fiat factory in USSR
May 13 Federal education funding is denied to 12 school districts in the South because of violations of the 1964 Civil Rights Act
May 05 Stanley Cup: Montréal Canadiens beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 2
May 08 Only homerun ever hit out of Baltimore's Memorial Stadium (Frank Robinson)
May 05 Stanley Cup Montréal Canadiens beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 2
May 01 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Shreveport Kiwanis Club Golf Invitational
May 06 Canadian Minister of Finance announces a $20 Centennial gold coin
May 01 Radio RSA, South Africa begins shortwave transmitting
May 27 55th German F-16 Starfighter crashes
May 02 Pulitzer prize awarded Arthur M Schlesinger Jr (Thousand Days)
May 30 300 US airplanes bomb North Vietnam
May 22 18th Emmy Awards: Fugitive, Dick Van Dyke & Mary Tyler Moore
May 01 Last British concert by the Beatles (Empire Pool in Wembley)
May 10 25ºF lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in May
May 21 "Louie Louie" by The Kingsmen reentered the chart & hits #97
May 11 Real Madrid wins 11th Europe Cup I
May 27 6 French fighters crash above Spain
May 13 Rolling Stones release "Paint it Black"
May 24 "Mame" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 1508 performances
May 09 China People's Republic performs nuclear test at Lop Nor People's Rebublic of China
May 16 Beach Boys' "Pet Sounds" is released
May 28 "Ballad Of Irving" by Frank Gallop hits #34
May 01 US troops shooting targets in Cambodia
May 07 Mamas & Papas "Monday Monday" hits #1
May 16 Stokely Carmichael named chairman of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
May 25 Peru &Argentina soccer fans fight in Lima; 248 die
May 26 Guyana (formerly British Guiana) declares independence from UK
May 26 Buddhist sets self on fire at US consulate in Hué South-Vietnam
May 22 18th Emmy Awards Fugitive, Dick Van Dyke & Mary Tyler Moore
May 22 Shirley Englehorn wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open
May 21 Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay) TKOs Henry Cooper in 6 for heavyweight boxing title in London
May 16 National Welfare Rights Organization begins
May 05 Willie Mays hit home run number 512 of his career
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