Historical Events In 1966

May 26   In the year 1966 don Castle, actor (Motor Patrol, Born to Speed), dies at 47  

May 26   In the year 1966 guyana (formerly British Guiana) declares independence from UK  

May 27   In the year 1966 55th German F-16 Starfighter crashes  

May 27   6 French fighters crash above Spain in the year 1966.  

May 28   "Ballad Of Irving" by Frank Gallop hits #34 on this day in history.  

May 29   Carol Mann wins LPGA Baton Rouge Ladies Golf Invitational in the year 1966.  

May 30   300 US airplanes bomb North Vietnam in the year 1966.  

May 30   US launches Surveyor 1 to the Moon in the year 1966.  

Jun 01   On this day in history 2,400 persons attend White House Conference on Civil Rights  

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 in the year 1966.  

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   In the year 1966 natacha Rambova, costume designer, dies at 69  

Jun 06   Activist James Meredith shot in Mississippi on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history claus Von Bulow & Martha (Sunny) Crawford wed  

Jun 06   In the year 1966 james Meredith wounded by white sniper  

Jun 07   In the year 1966 hans/Jean Arp, French/Swiss painter/poet/sculptor, dies at 78  

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   In the year 1966 french & German media mistakenly report death of Roger Daltry  

Jun 12   Hermann Scherchen, German conductor/music publisher, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

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

Jun 14   6 RAR arrives in South Vietnam on this day in history.  

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

Jun 20   On this day in history sheila Scott completes first round-the-world solo flight by a woman  

Jun 22   In the year 1966 roger Blunt, cricketer (9 Tests for NZ, 330 runs, 12 wickets), dies  

Jun 24   In the year 1966 bombay-NY Air India flight crashes into Mont Blanc (Switz), 117 die  

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

Jun 25   On this day in history 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 in the year 1966.  

Jan 03   In the year 1966 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 in the year 1966.  

Jan 03   Martin Galway, Northern Ireland composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04   On this day in history 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   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   George Duckworth, cricketer (24 Tests for England, ct 45 stp 15), dies in the year 1966.  

Jan 09   In the year 1966 haro Levoni Step'anyan, composer, dies at 68  

Jan 10   George Cresswell, cricketer (Took 13 wkts in 3 Tests for NZ), suicide died on this day in history.  

Jan 11   In the year 1966 albert Giacometti, Swiss/French painter/sculptor, dies at 64  

Jan 14   On this day in history sergei Korolev, Russian space station constructor, dies  

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