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   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   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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 1st TV station in Congo, Kinshasa (Zaire)   

Nov 24   400 die of respiratory failure &heart attack in killer NYC smog in the year 1966.   

Nov 25   Cincinnati infielder Tommy Helms is voted NL Rookie of Year on this day in history.   

Nov 26   In the year 1966 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 on this day in history.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

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

Dec 06   In the year 1966 hermann Heiss, composer, dies at 68   

Dec 07   A fire at an army barracks in Erzurum, Turkey kills 68 people on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1966.   

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   In the year 1966 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   Emma Dunn, actress (You Can't Fool Your Wife), dies at 91 on this day in history.   

Dec 15   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   Luis Sojo, Barquisimeto Venezuela, infielder (Seattle Mariners) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Wendell Davis, NFL wide receiver (Indianapolis Colts) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Martin Galway, Northern Ireland composer was born in the year 1966.   

Jan 04   In the year 1966 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   Rex Lease, actor (Perils of Pauline, Dakota, California), dies at 62 in the year 1966.   

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

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   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.