Page 15: Historical Events In 1966

Nov 15   Gemini XII returns to Earth in the year 1966.   

Nov 16   On this day in history dr Sam Sheppard freed after 9 years in jail, by a jury   

Nov 17   Leonids meteor shower peaks (150,000+ per hour) in the year 1966.   

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   In the year 1966 dutch govt of Zijlstra forms   

Nov 22   In the year 1966 32nd Heisman Trophy Award: Steve Spurrier, Florida (QB)   

Nov 22   Moises F da Costa Gomez, premier Dutch Antilles, dies in the year 1966.   

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

Nov 24   In the year 1966 400 die of respiratory failure &heart attack in killer NYC smog   

Nov 25   Cincinnati infielder Tommy Helms is voted NL Rookie of Year on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1966.   

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

Nov 27   In the year 1966 in highest-scoring NFL game, Wash Redskins defeat NY Giants 72-41   

Nov 28   On this day in history coup in Burundi overthrows monarchy; a republic is declared   

Nov 28   Vittorio Giannini, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

Nov 30   Barbados gains independence from Britain (National Day) in the year 1966.   

Nov 30   Radio time signal WWV moves from Greenbelt, MD to Boulder, CO on this day in history.   

Dec 02   Love, Moby Grape & Lee Michaels perform at Fillmore East in the year 1966.   

Dec 02   On this day in history 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   A fire at an army barracks in Erzurum, Turkey kills 68 people on this day in history.   

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

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

Dec 09   Yury Alexandrovich Shaporin, composer, dies at 79 in the year 1966.   

Dec 10   Boris Koutzen, composer, dies at 65 in the year 1966.   

Dec 10   On this day in history israeli Shmuel Yosef Agnon wins Nobel Prize for literature   

Dec 13   In the year 1966 1st US bombing of Hanoi   

Dec 13   On this day in history charles Watts, actor (Lone Ranger & Lost City of Gold), dies of cancer   

Dec 14   In the year 1966 emma Dunn, actress (You Can't Fool Your Wife), dies at 91   

Dec 15   Audouin Dollfus discovers 10th satellite of Saturn, Janus on this day in history.   

Dec 15   On this day in history 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   In the year 1966 birth of chetan Sharma, cricketer (Ind Test bowler, World Cup hat-trick 1987)   

Jan 03   John Kropke, CFL defensive tackle (Saskatchewan Roughriders) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of luis Sojo, Barquisimeto Venezuela, infielder (Seattle Mariners)   

Jan 03   Wendell Davis, NFL wide receiver (Indianapolis Colts) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Martin Galway, Northern Ireland composer was born in the year 1966.   

Jan 04   Deana Carter, country singer was born in the year 1966.   

Jan 07   In the year 1966 birth of carolyn Bessette Kennedy, model/wife of John Kennedy Jr   

Jan 01   On this day in history vincent Auriol, President of France (1947-53), dies at 82   

Jan 03   On this day in history rex Lease, actor (Perils of Pauline, Dakota, California), dies at 62   

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

Jan 09   Haro Levoni Step'anyan, composer, dies at 68 in the year 1966.   

Jan 10   On this day in history death of george Cresswell, cricketer (Took 13 wkts in 3 Tests for NZ), suicide   

Jan 11   On this day in history albert Giacometti, Swiss/French painter/sculptor, dies at 64   

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

Jan 15   Betsy Mitchell, US 100m backstroke swimmer, dies at 25 on this day in history.