Page 16: Historical Events In 1966
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
Dec 21 USSR launches Luna 13; soft-landed in Oceanus Procellarum 


Dec 23 Britains rock TV show, "Ready Steady Go," last program 


Dec 23 Hv Doderer, writer, dies at 70. 


Dec 24 "Joyful Noise" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 12 perfs. 


Dec 24 Gaspar Cassado Moreu, composer, dies at 69 


Dec 24 Luna 13 lands on Moon 


Dec 24 USAF C144 military charter crashes near Binh Thai Vietnam results in the deaths of 129. 


Dec 26 Ina Boudier-Baker, Dutch author (Poverty), dies at 88 


Dec 27 "At the Drop of Another Hat" opens at Booth Theater NYC for 105 perfs. 


Dec 28 13 die in a train crash in Everett Mass 


Dec 29 Pirate Radio Phoenix, 1st transmission (Worcester, Mass). 


Dec 30 Christian A Herter, US Min of Foreign affairs (1959-61), dies at 71. 


Dec 31 Chief Nipo Strongheart, Native Amer actor (Pony Soldier), dies at 75. 


Dec 31 Monkee's "I'm a Believer" hits #1 and stays there for 7 weeks 


Dec 31 Pirate Radio 390 (Radio Invicata) off England, resumes transmitting 


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