Page 15: Historical Events In 1966

Nov 15   In the year 1966 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   Leonids meteor shower peaks (150,000+ per hour) on this day in history.   

Nov 18   On this day in history 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   On this day in history dutch govt of Zijlstra forms   

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

Nov 22   In the year 1966 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   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   First major tidal power plant opens at Rance estuary, France on this day in history.   

Nov 26   On this day in history 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 highest-scoring NFL game, Wash Redskins defeat NY Giants 72-41 on this day in history.   

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

Nov 28   On this day in history vittorio Giannini, composer, dies at 63   

Nov 30   In the year 1966 barbados gains independence from Britain (National Day)   

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

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   In the year 1966 sylveer Maes, Belgian bicylist, dies at 57   

Dec 06   Hermann Heiss, composer, dies at 68 in the year 1966.   

Dec 07   On this day in history 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   In the year 1966 yury Alexandrovich Shaporin, composer, dies at 79   

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

Dec 10   In the year 1966 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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 03   On this day in history 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   In the year 1966 birth of wendell Davis, NFL wide receiver (Indianapolis Colts)   

Jan 03   In the year 1966 birth of martin Galway, Northern Ireland composer   

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

Jan 03   Rex Lease, actor (Perils of Pauline, Dakota, California), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

Jan 05   George Duckworth, cricketer (24 Tests for England, ct 45 stp 15), dies on this day in history.   

Jan 09   In the year 1966 haro Levoni Step'anyan, composer, dies at 68   

Jan 10   George Cresswell, cricketer (Took 13 wkts in 3 Tests for NZ), suicide died in the year 1966.   

Jan 11   Albert Giacometti, Swiss/French painter/sculptor, dies at 64 in the year 1966.   

Jan 14   In the year 1966 sergei Korolev, Russian space station constructor, dies   

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