Page 15: Historical Events In 1966

Nov 15   Gemini XII returns to Earth on this day in history.   

Nov 16   In the year 1966 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   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   In the year 1966 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   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 on this day in history.   

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

Nov 26   In the year 1966 harold Burrage, US singer/pianist (Got to Find a Way), dies at 35   

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

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

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

Nov 30   In the year 1966 radio time signal WWV moves from Greenbelt, MD to Boulder, CO   

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

Dec 02   In the year 1966 luitzen [Bertus] Brouwers, Dutch mathematician, dies at 85   

Dec 05   On this day in history sylveer Maes, Belgian bicylist, dies at 57   

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   On this day in history sinead O’Connor singer was born   

Dec 08   On this day in history sinead O’Connor singer:was born   

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

Dec 10   In the year 1966 boris Koutzen, composer, dies at 65   

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

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

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

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

Dec 15   Audouin Dollfus discovers 10th satellite of Saturn, Janus in the year 1966.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

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   Luis Sojo, Barquisimeto Venezuela, infielder (Seattle Mariners) was born in the year 1966.   

Jan 03   Wendell Davis, NFL wide receiver (Indianapolis Colts) was born in the year 1966.   

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

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

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   In the year 1966 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   In the year 1966 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   In the year 1966 sergei Korolev, Russian space station constructor, dies   

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