Historical Events In 1966

May 26   On this day in history don Castle, actor (Motor Patrol, Born to Speed), dies at 47  

May 26   On this day in history guyana (formerly British Guiana) declares independence from UK  

May 27   55th German F-16 Starfighter crashes on this day in history.  

May 27   6 French fighters crash above Spain on this day in history.  

May 28   In the year 1966 "Ballad Of Irving" by Frank Gallop hits #34  

May 29   In the year 1966 carol Mann wins LPGA Baton Rouge Ladies Golf Invitational  

May 30   In the year 1966 300 US airplanes bomb North Vietnam  

May 30   On this day in history uS launches Surveyor 1 to the Moon  

Jun 01   2,400 persons attend White House Conference on Civil Rights in the year 1966.  

Jun 01   George Harrison is impressed by Ravi Shankar's concert in London on this day in history.  

Jun 02   US Surveyor 1 lands in Oceanus Procellarum; first lunar soft-landing on this day in history.  

Jun 03   In the year 1966 alice Calhoun, actress (Flowing Gold, Between Friends), dies at 65  

Jun 03   In the year 1966 gemini 9 launched; 7th US 2-man flight (Stafford &Cernan)  

Jun 05   Natacha Rambova, costume designer, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

Jun 06   Activist James Meredith shot in Mississippi in the year 1966.  

Jun 06   Black activist James Meredith is shot and wounded as he walks along a Mississippi highway to encourage black voter registration in the year 1966.  

Jun 06   On this day in history claudette Orbison, wife of singer Roy, dies in a motorcyle crash  

Jun 06   In the year 1966 claus Von Bulow & Martha (Sunny) Crawford wed  

Jun 06   James Meredith wounded by white sniper in the year 1966.  

Jun 07   Hans/Jean Arp, French/Swiss painter/poet/sculptor, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

Jun 10   On this day in history beatles "Paperback Writer" is released in the UK  

Jun 10   Janis Joplins first live concert (Avalon Ballroom in SF) on this day in history.  

Jun 11   Ethel Clayton, actress (Warning Shadows), dies at 82 on this day in history.  

Jun 11   On this day in history french & German media mistakenly report death of Roger Daltry  

Jun 12   In the year 1966 hermann Scherchen, German conductor/music publisher, dies at 74  

Jun 13   Supreme Court's Miranda decision; suspect must be informed of rights on this day in history.  

Jun 14   On this day in history 6 RAR arrives in South Vietnam  

Jun 19   Ed Wynn, comedian (Ed Wynn Show), dies at 79 on this day in history.  

Jun 20   Sheila Scott completes first round-the-world solo flight by a woman in the year 1966.  

Jun 22   On this day in history roger Blunt, cricketer (9 Tests for NZ, 330 runs, 12 wickets), dies  

Jun 24   Bombay-NY Air India flight crashes into Mont Blanc (Switz), 117 die on this day in history.  

Jun 25   Beatles' "Paperback Writer," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 2 weeks in the year 1966.  

Jun 25   In the year 1966 kosmos 122, first Soviet weather satellite, launched  

Jun 27   1st sci-fi soap opera, "Dark Shadows," premieres on ABC-TV on this day in history.  

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Jan 02   In the year 1966 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 on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1966.  

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

Jan 03   In the year 1966 birth of martin Galway, Northern Ireland composer  

Jan 04   Deana Carter, country singer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 07   Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, model/wife of John Kennedy Jr was born in the year 1966.  

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

Jan 03   Rex Lease, actor (Perils of Pauline, Dakota, California), dies at 62 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 09   Haro Levoni Step'anyan, composer, dies at 68 in the year 1966.  

Jan 10   In the year 1966 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   Sergei Korolev, Russian space station constructor, dies in the year 1966.  

Jan 15   On this day in history betsy Mitchell, US 100m backstroke swimmer, dies at 25