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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