Historical Events In 1966

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

Nov 16   In the year 1966 dr Sam Sheppard freed after 9 years in jail, by a jury  

Nov 17   On this day in history leonids meteor shower peaks (150,000+ per hour)  

Nov 18   Bela Tardos, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.  

Nov 19   In the year 1966 mad Dog Vachon beats Dick The Bruiser in Omaha, to become NWA champ  

Nov 21   Dutch govt of Zijlstra forms in the year 1966.  

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

Nov 22   On this day in history moises F da Costa Gomez, premier Dutch Antilles, dies  

Nov 24   On this day in history 1st TV station in Congo, Kinshasa (Zaire)  

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

Nov 25   On this day in history cincinnati infielder Tommy Helms is voted NL Rookie of Year  

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

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

Nov 26   On this day in history the first major tidal power plant opens at Rance estuary, France  

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

Nov 28   In the year 1966 coup in Burundi overthrows monarchy; a republic is declared  

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

Nov 30   On this day in history barbados gains independence from Britain (National Day)  

Nov 30   Radio time signal WWV moves from Greenbelt, MD to Boulder, CO in the year 1966.  

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 on this day in history.  

Dec 07   In the year 1966 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 in the year 1966.  

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 in the year 1966.  

Dec 13   1st US bombing of Hanoi in the year 1966.  

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   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 in the year 1966.  

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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 on this day in history.  

Jan 03   In the year 1966 birth of luis Sojo, Barquisimeto Venezuela, infielder (Seattle Mariners)  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of wendell Davis, NFL wide receiver (Indianapolis Colts)  

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

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of deana Carter, country singer  

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

Jan 01   Vincent Auriol, President of France (1947-53), dies at 82 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 09   On this day in history haro Levoni Step'anyan, composer, dies at 68  

Jan 10   In the year 1966 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   Sergei Korolev, Russian space station constructor, dies on this day in history.  

Jan 15   In the year 1966 betsy Mitchell, US 100m backstroke swimmer, dies at 25