Historical Events In 1966

Nov 15   In the year 1966 gemini XII returns to Earth  

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) on this day in history.  

Nov 18   Bela Tardos, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.  

Nov 19   Mad Dog Vachon beats Dick The Bruiser in Omaha, to become NWA champ in the year 1966.  

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   Moises F da Costa Gomez, premier Dutch Antilles, dies on this day in history.  

Nov 24   In the year 1966 1st TV station in Congo, Kinshasa (Zaire)  

Nov 24   On this day in history 400 die of respiratory failure &heart attack in killer NYC smog  

Nov 25   In the year 1966 cincinnati infielder Tommy Helms is voted NL Rookie of Year  

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 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 on this day in history.  

Nov 30   On this day in history 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   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   On this day in history sylveer Maes, Belgian bicylist, dies at 57  

Dec 06   On this day in history 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 in the year 1966.  

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   Boris Koutzen, composer, dies at 65 in the year 1966.  

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 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 on this day in history.  

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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 on this day in history.  

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

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   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   In the year 1966 george Duckworth, cricketer (24 Tests for England, ct 45 stp 15), dies  

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