Historical Events In 1966

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

May 26   Guyana (formerly British Guiana) declares independence from UK in the year 1966.  

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

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

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   On this day in history 300 US airplanes bomb North Vietnam  

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

Jun 01   In the year 1966 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   In the year 1966 uS Surveyor 1 lands in Oceanus Procellarum; first lunar soft-landing  

Jun 03   Alice Calhoun, actress (Flowing Gold, Between Friends), dies at 65 on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1966 activist James Meredith shot in Mississippi  

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   Claudette Orbison, wife of singer Roy, dies in a motorcyle crash in the year 1966.  

Jun 06   Claus Von Bulow & Martha (Sunny) Crawford wed on this day in history.  

Jun 06   On this day in history james Meredith wounded by white sniper  

Jun 07   On this day in history hans/Jean Arp, French/Swiss painter/poet/sculptor, dies at 78  

Jun 10   Beatles "Paperback Writer" is released in the UK in the year 1966.  

Jun 10   Janis Joplins first live concert (Avalon Ballroom in SF) in the year 1966.  

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   On this day in history hermann Scherchen, German conductor/music publisher, dies at 74  

Jun 13   Supreme Court's Miranda decision; suspect must be informed of rights in the year 1966.  

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

Jun 19   In the year 1966 ed Wynn, comedian (Ed Wynn Show), dies at 79  

Jun 20   In the year 1966 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   On this day in history 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   Kosmos 122, first Soviet weather satellite, launched on this day in history.  

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

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Jan 02   In the year 1966 birth of tia Carrere, [Althea Janairo], Honolulu, actress (Wayne's World)  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of chetan Sharma, cricketer (Ind Test bowler, World Cup hat-trick 1987)  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of john Kropke, CFL defensive tackle (Saskatchewan Roughriders)  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of luis Sojo, Barquisimeto Venezuela, infielder (Seattle Mariners)  

Jan 03   Wendell Davis, NFL wide receiver (Indianapolis Colts) was born in the year 1966.  

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

Jan 04   Deana Carter, country singer was born in the year 1966.  

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 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 14   In the year 1966 sergei Korolev, Russian space station constructor, dies  

Jan 15   In the year 1966 betsy Mitchell, US 100m backstroke swimmer, dies at 25