Page 15: Historical Events In 1966

Nov 15   In the year 1966 gemini XII returns to Earth   

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

Nov 19   Mad Dog Vachon beats Dick The Bruiser in Omaha, to become NWA champ on this day in history.   

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   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   In the year 1966 400 die of respiratory failure &heart attack in killer NYC smog   

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

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) on this day in history.   

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   Luitzen [Bertus] Brouwers, Dutch mathematician, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

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   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   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   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   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   Tia Carrere, [Althea Janairo], Honolulu, actress (Wayne's World) was born in the year 1966.   

Jan 03   Chetan Sharma, cricketer (Ind Test bowler, World Cup hat-trick 1987) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   In the year 1966 birth of john Kropke, CFL defensive tackle (Saskatchewan Roughriders)   

Jan 03   Luis Sojo, Barquisimeto Venezuela, infielder (Seattle Mariners) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of carolyn Bessette Kennedy, model/wife of John Kennedy Jr   

Jan 01   Vincent Auriol, President of France (1947-53), dies at 82 in the year 1966.   

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 in the year 1966.   

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   Albert Giacometti, Swiss/French painter/sculptor, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

Jan 14   On this day in history sergei Korolev, Russian space station constructor, dies   

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