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   On this day in history bela Tardos, composer, dies at 56   

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

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

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

Nov 24   On this day in history 400 die of respiratory failure &heart attack in killer NYC smog   

Nov 25   Cincinnati infielder Tommy Helms is voted NL Rookie of Year in the year 1966.   

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   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   Coup in Burundi overthrows monarchy; a republic is declared on this day in history.   

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

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 in the year 1966.   

Dec 02   In the year 1966 love, Moby Grape & Lee Michaels perform at Fillmore East   

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

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

Dec 09   Yury Alexandrovich Shaporin, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

Dec 10   Boris Koutzen, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1966 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   In the year 1966 audouin Dollfus discovers 10th satellite of Saturn, Janus   

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 in the year 1966.   

Jan 03   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of martin Galway, Northern Ireland composer   

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

Jan 07   Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, model/wife of John Kennedy Jr was born in the year 1966.   

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

Jan 03   In the year 1966 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   On this day in history death of george Cresswell, cricketer (Took 13 wkts in 3 Tests for NZ), suicide   

Jan 11   In the year 1966 albert Giacometti, Swiss/French painter/sculptor, dies at 64   

Jan 14   Sergei Korolev, Russian space station constructor, dies on this day in history.   

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