Page 15: Historical Events In 1966

Nov 15   Gemini XII returns to Earth in the year 1966.   

Nov 16   Dr Sam Sheppard freed after 9 years in jail, by a jury in the year 1966.   

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   In the year 1966 mad Dog Vachon beats Dick The Bruiser in Omaha, to become NWA champ   

Nov 21   Dutch govt of Zijlstra forms on this day in history.   

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

Nov 26   First major tidal power plant opens at Rance estuary, France on this day in history.   

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

Nov 28   Coup in Burundi overthrows monarchy; a republic is declared in the year 1966.   

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   On this day in history radio time signal WWV moves from Greenbelt, MD to Boulder, CO   

Dec 02   Love, Moby Grape & Lee Michaels perform at Fillmore East on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Dec 07   A fire at an army barracks in Erzurum, Turkey kills 68 people in the year 1966.   

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

Dec 08   In the year 1966 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   Israeli Shmuel Yosef Agnon wins Nobel Prize for literature on this day in history.   

Dec 13   1st US bombing of Hanoi in the year 1966.   

Dec 13   On this day in history 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   On this day in history audouin Dollfus discovers 10th satellite of Saturn, Janus   

Dec 15   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of tia Carrere, [Althea Janairo], Honolulu, actress (Wayne's World)   

Jan 03   Chetan Sharma, cricketer (Ind Test bowler, World Cup hat-trick 1987) was born in the year 1966.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

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

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