Page 11: Historical Events In 1966

Jul 23   Cavern Club in Liverpool reopens   

Jul 23   Donald Novis, singer/actor (Pajama Game), dies at 60   

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

Jul 24   Montgomery Clift actor, dies at 45   

Jul 24   Tony Lema, US golfer, dies at 32.   

Jul 25   Frank O'Hara, writer, dies at 40   

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

Jul 29   Pal Jardanyi, composer, dies at 44   

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

Jul 30   Edward G Craig, English actor/dir (On Art of Theatre), dies at 94.   

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

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

Jul 31   Alex E von Falkenhausen, German general, dies at 87.   

Jul 31   Charles Whitman wounds 46 and results in the deaths of 5 at University of Texas.   

Aug 01   Bud Powell, US jazz pianist/composer, dies   

Aug 01   The Texas Tower Massacre - University student killed 10 and wounded 31.   

Aug 02   Radio Vila (New Hebrides) begins transmitting.   

Aug 03   Lenny Bruce, comedian, dies of a morphine overdose at 39   

Aug 05   Austin Diamond, cricketer (Australian capt to America 1913), dies   

Aug 05   Martin Luther King Jr stoned during Chicago march   

Aug 06   Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger, sci-fi author (Space Lords), dies at 53   

Aug 08   Pierre Charles, Belgian heavyweight boxer, dies at 63   

Aug 08   South Arican Broadcasting bans Beatles (Lennon's anti-Jesus remark)   

Aug 09   Gosta Nystroem, composer, dies at 75.   

Aug 10   Daylight meteor seen from Utah to Canada. Only known case of a meteor entering the Earth's atmosphere and leaving it again   

Aug 10   Felix A Vening Meinesz, geophysicist (black force), dies at 79   

Aug 10   In daylight, a meteor flashes across the sky from Utah to Canada; only known case of a meteor skipping through the Earth's atmosphere and leaving it again.   

Aug 10   In Ottawa Ontario, the Heron Road Bridge over the Rideau River and Canal collapses, killing 9 construction workers and injuring 80.   

Aug 10   inaugural lunar orbiter launched by US   

Aug 11   Indonesian Malaysian peace agreement signed in Djakarta   

Aug 11   Last Beatle concert tour of the US begins   

Aug 14   inaugural US lunar orbiter begins orbiting the Moon.   

Aug 14   S J "Tip" Snooke, S Afr cricket all-rounder (26 Tests 1905-23), dies   

Aug 15   Gerhard/Gerhart Pohl, German writer (Battle of Kolbenau), dies at 64   

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Jan 02   Tia carrere: [althea janairo], honolulu, actress (wayne's world)   

Jan 03   Chetan sharma: Cricketer (ind test bowler, world cup hat-trick 1987)   

Jan 03   John kropke: Cfl defensive tackle (saskatchewan roughriders)   

Jan 03   Luis sojo: Barquisimeto venezuela, infielder (seattle mariners)   

Jan 03   Wendell davis: Nfl wide receiver (indianapolis colts)   

Jan 03   Martin galway: Northern ireland composer   

Jan 04   Deana carter: Country singer   

Jan 07   Carolyn bessette kennedy: Model/wife of john kennedy jr   

Jan 01   Vincent auriol: President of france (1947-53),    

Jan 03   Rex lease: Actor (perils of pauline, dakota, california),    

Jan 05   George duckworth: Cricketer (24 tests for england, ct 45 stp 15),   

Jan 09   Haro levoni step'anyan: Composer,   

Jan 10   George cresswell: Cricketer (took 13 wkts in 3 tests for nz), suicide   

Jan 11   Albert giacometti: Swiss/french painter/sculptor,    

Jan 14   Sergei korolev: Russian space station constructor,    

Jan 15   Betsy mitchell: Us 100m backstroke swimmer,