Historical Events In 1966

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

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

Nov 21   On this day in history 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   1st TV station in Congo, Kinshasa (Zaire) in the year 1966.  

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 in the year 1966.  

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

Nov 26   On this day in history harold Burrage, US singer/pianist (Got to Find a Way), dies at 35  

Nov 26   The first major tidal power plant opens at Rance estuary, France in the year 1966.  

Nov 27   In highest-scoring NFL game, Wash Redskins defeat NY Giants 72-41 on this day in history.  

Nov 28   In the year 1966 coup in Burundi overthrows monarchy; a republic is declared  

Nov 28   Vittorio Giannini, composer, dies at 63 in the year 1966.  

Nov 30   Barbados gains independence from Britain (National Day) on this day in history.  

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   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   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   On this day in history yury Alexandrovich Shaporin, composer, dies at 79  

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 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   On this day in history emma Dunn, actress (You Can't Fool Your Wife), dies at 91  

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

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   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 in the year 1966.  

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

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

Jan 04   In the year 1966 birth of deana Carter, country singer  

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 in the year 1966.  

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

Jan 09   On this day in history haro Levoni Step'anyan, composer, dies at 68  

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 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 in the year 1966.