Historical Events In 1966

Nov 15   On this day in history 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   In the year 1966 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   On this day in history dutch govt of Zijlstra forms   

Nov 22   On this day in history 32nd Heisman Trophy Award: Steve Spurrier, Florida (QB)   

Nov 22   Moises F da Costa Gomez, premier Dutch Antilles, dies on this day in history.   

Nov 24   1st TV station in Congo, Kinshasa (Zaire) in the year 1966.   

Nov 24   On this day in history 400 die of respiratory failure &heart attack in killer NYC smog   

Nov 25   Cincinnati infielder Tommy Helms is voted NL Rookie of Year in the year 1966.   

Nov 26   First major tidal power plant opens at Rance estuary, France in the year 1966.   

Nov 26   Harold Burrage, US singer/pianist (Got to Find a Way), dies at 35 on this day in history.   

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

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

Nov 28   Coup in Burundi overthrows monarchy; a republic is declared in the year 1966.   

Nov 28   In the year 1966 vittorio Giannini, composer, dies at 63   

Nov 30   Barbados gains independence from Britain (National Day) on this day in history.   

Nov 30   In the year 1966 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   In the year 1966 luitzen [Bertus] Brouwers, Dutch mathematician, dies at 85   

Dec 05   Sylveer Maes, Belgian bicylist, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

Dec 06   Hermann Heiss, composer, dies at 68 in the year 1966.   

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

Dec 08   In the year 1966 sinead O’Connor singer was born   

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

Dec 09   On this day in history yury Alexandrovich Shaporin, composer, dies at 79   

Dec 10   In the year 1966 boris Koutzen, composer, dies at 65   

Dec 10   Israeli Shmuel Yosef Agnon wins Nobel Prize for literature on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history emma Dunn, actress (You Can't Fool Your Wife), dies at 91   

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

Dec 15   In the year 1966 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.   

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Jan 02   Tia Carrere, [Althea Janairo], Honolulu, actress (Wayne's World) was born in the year 1966.   

Jan 03   Chetan Sharma, cricketer (Ind Test bowler, World Cup hat-trick 1987) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   John Kropke, CFL defensive tackle (Saskatchewan Roughriders) was born in the year 1966.   

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   Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, model/wife of John Kennedy Jr was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   In the year 1966 vincent Auriol, President of France (1947-53), dies at 82   

Jan 03   In the year 1966 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   Albert Giacometti, Swiss/French painter/sculptor, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

Jan 14   In the year 1966 sergei Korolev, Russian space station constructor, dies   

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