Historical Events In 1966

Nov 15   On this day in history gemini XII returns to Earth  

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

Nov 17   In the year 1966 leonids meteor shower peaks (150,000+ per hour)  

Nov 18   Bela Tardos, composer, dies at 56 in the year 1966.  

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) in the year 1966.  

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

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

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   In the year 1966 harold Burrage, US singer/pianist (Got to Find a Way), dies at 35  

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

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

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

Nov 28   Vittorio Giannini, composer, dies at 63 in the year 1966.  

Nov 30   In the year 1966 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   Luitzen [Bertus] Brouwers, Dutch mathematician, dies at 85 in the year 1966.  

Dec 05   Sylveer Maes, Belgian bicylist, dies at 57 in the year 1966.  

Dec 06   On this day in history hermann Heiss, composer, dies at 68  

Dec 07   A fire at an army barracks in Erzurum, Turkey kills 68 people in the year 1966.  

Dec 08   Sinead O’Connor singer was born in the year 1966.  

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

Dec 10   Israeli Shmuel Yosef Agnon wins Nobel Prize for literature on this day in history.  

Dec 13   On this day in history 1st US bombing of Hanoi  

Dec 13   Charles Watts, actor (Lone Ranger & Lost City of Gold), dies of cancer in the year 1966.  

Dec 14   On this day in history emma Dunn, actress (You Can't Fool Your Wife), dies at 91  

Dec 15   On this day in history audouin Dollfus discovers 10th satellite of Saturn, Janus  

Dec 15   In the year 1966 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   In the year 1966 birth of tia Carrere, [Althea Janairo], Honolulu, actress (Wayne's World)  

Jan 03   In the year 1966 birth of chetan Sharma, cricketer (Ind Test bowler, World Cup hat-trick 1987)  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of john Kropke, CFL defensive tackle (Saskatchewan Roughriders)  

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 in the year 1966.  

Jan 03   Martin Galway, Northern Ireland composer was born on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1966 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   On this day in history george Duckworth, cricketer (24 Tests for England, ct 45 stp 15), dies  

Jan 09   Haro Levoni Step'anyan, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

Jan 10   In the year 1966 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.