Historical Events In 1966

Oct 29 National Organization of Women founded

Oct 21 144 die as a coal waste landslide engulfs a school in S Wales

Oct 28 Belgium's Gaston Roelants runs 12-4/5 miles in 1 hour

Oct 03 Basutoland becomes the independent Lesotho

Oct 14 The first day of operation of the Montreal subway operated by la Société de Transport de la Communauté Urbaine de Montréal (STCUM).

Oct 29 The National Organization for Women is founded.

Jul 23 Napoleon XIV releases "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha! Ha!"

Jul 01 Construction crews begin tearing up Market St to build BART

Jul 05 National Guard mobilizes in Omaha after 3rd night of rioting

Jul 23 Cavern Club in Liverpool reopens

Jul 12 26.70 cm (10.51") of rainfall, Sandusky, Ohio (state record)

Jul 30 England beats West Germany 4-2 for soccer's 8th World Cup in London

Jul 12 Most rain fell in 1 day in Ohio, 10.5" in Sandusky

Jul 12 Race riot in Chicago

Jul 21 Gemini X returns to Earth

Jul 25 Supremes release "You Can't Hurry Love"

Jul 10 Orbiter 1 launched to Moon

Jul 01 Medicare goes into effect

Jul 02 Billie Jean King wins her first of 6 Wimbeldon single titles

Jul 17 Pioneer 7 launched

Jul 05 NYC transit fare rises from 15. to 20.

Jul 30 Beatles' "Yesterday... & Today," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 5 weeks

Jul 19 Gov James Rhodes declares state of emergency in Cleveland (race riot)

Jul 04 LBJ signs Freedom of Information Act

Jul 14 Richard Speck rapes & kills 8 nurses in a Chicago dormitory

Jul 18 Bobby Fuller rocker (I Fought the Law), found dead

Jul 05 Saturn I rocket launched at Cape Kennedy

Jul 31 Charles Whitman wounds 46 & kills 5 at University of Texas

Jul 24 Montgomery Clift actor, dies at 45

Jul 31 Alabamans burn Beatle products due to John Lennon's anti-Jesus remark

Jul 18 Launch of Gemini 10 with LCDR John W. Young, USN as Command Pilot. Mission involved 43 orbits at an altitude of 412.2 nautical miles and lasted 2 days, 22 hours, and 46 minutes. Recovery was by HS-3 helicopter from USS Guadalcanal (LPH-7).

Jul 03 Race riots in Omaha Nebraska

Jul 14 In Chicago, Illinois, eight student nurses were killed in what was called the"crime of the century." Gloria Davy, Patricia Matusek, Nina Schmale, Pamela Wilkening, Suzanne Farris, Mary Ann Jordan, Merlita Gargullo, and Valentina Paison--all nursing students at the South Chicago Community Hospital--were strangled or stabbed to death by Richard Spec

Jul 18 Gemini 10 launched

Jul 17 Jim Ryun sets mile record (3m51s3)

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