Historical Events In 1966

Sep 09   On this day in history antonio Massana, composer, dies at 76  

Sep 09   On this day in history john Lennon meets Yoko Ono at an avante-garde art exposition  

Sep 10   In the year 1966 beatles' "Revolver," album goes #1 &stays #1 for 6 weeks  

Sep 10   In the year 1966 james Langridge, cricketer (242 runs & 19 wkts for England), dies  

Sep 11   In the year 1966 charlie Cantor, actor (Artie-Ray Bolger Show), dies at 68  

Sep 12   On this day in history "The Monkees,"premier on NBC  

Sep 12   Gemini XI launched for 71-hour flight on this day in history.  

Sep 14   Gertrude Berg, actress (Molly Goldberg-Goldbergs), dies at 66 in the year 1966.  

Sep 15   In the year 1966 gemini XI returns to Earth  

Sep 16   Metropolitan Opera opens at NY's Lincoln Center in the year 1966.  

Sep 17   Fritz Wunderlich, German tenor (Stuttgart 1955-58), dies at 35 in the year 1966.  

Sep 18   Fernand Lamy, composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.  

Sep 20   US Surveyor B launched toward Moon; crashed Sept 23 in the year 1966.  

Sep 21   5" of rain falls on NYC on this day in history.  

Sep 21   In the year 1966 paul Reynaud, premier France (1940), dies  

Sep 22   On this day in history only 413 show up at a Yankee Stadium game  

Sep 26   "Staten Island," first icebreaker to enter SF bay on this day in history.  

Sep 26   Helen Kane, actress (Heads Up, Pointed Heels), dies of cancer at 62 in the year 1966.  

Sep 28   On this day in history eric Fleming, actor (Gil-Rawhide), dies at 41  

Sep 29   On this day in history maurits H E Uyldert, Dutch poet/writer (Motion), dies at 75  

Sep 30   Botswana (Bechuanaland) gains independence from Britain (Nat'l Day) in the year 1966.  

Oct 01   In the year 1966 albert P A A Besnard, poet/journalist (Doom & Thirst), dies  

Oct 03   In the year 1966 basutoland becomes the independent Lesotho  

Oct 04   Lesotho (Basutoland) gains independence from Britain (National Day) on this day in history.  

Oct 04   In the year 1966 sherman Billingsley, talk show host (Stork Club), dies at 66  

Oct 06   Sydney Chatton, dies of heart attack at 48 in the year 1966.  

Oct 07   In the year 1966 johnny Kidd, rocker (Johnny Kidd & Pirates), dies at 26 in a car crash  

Oct 09   On this day in history balt Orioles sweep LA Dodgers, in 63rd World Series  

Oct 12   On this day in history arthur Vincent Lourie, composer, dies at 74  

Oct 13   In the year 1966 173 US airplanes bomb North-Vietnam  

Oct 13   Clifton Webb, actor (Laura, Razor's Edge), dies of heart attack at 72 in the year 1966.  

Oct 14   Arcady Dubensky, composer, dies at 75 in the year 1966.  

Oct 14   In the year 1966 the first day of operation of the Montreal subway operated by la Société de Transport de la Communauté Urbaine de Montréal (STCUM).  

Oct 15   In the year 1966 lBJ signs a bill creating Dept of Transportation  

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Jan 02   Tia Carrere, [Althea Janairo], Honolulu, actress (Wayne's World) was born on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 03   In the year 1966 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   In the year 1966 birth of deana Carter, country singer  

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of carolyn Bessette Kennedy, model/wife of John Kennedy Jr  

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

Jan 03   Rex Lease, actor (Perils of Pauline, Dakota, California), dies at 62 in the year 1966.  

Jan 05   George Duckworth, cricketer (24 Tests for England, ct 45 stp 15), dies in the year 1966.  

Jan 09   In the year 1966 haro Levoni Step'anyan, composer, dies at 68  

Jan 10   George Cresswell, cricketer (Took 13 wkts in 3 Tests for NZ), suicide died in the year 1966.  

Jan 11   Albert Giacometti, Swiss/French painter/sculptor, dies at 64 in the year 1966.  

Jan 14   Sergei Korolev, Russian space station constructor, dies in the year 1966.  

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