Page 9: Historical Events In 1966

May 29   In this year, Carol Mann claims LPGA Baton Rouge Ladies Golf Invitational.   

May 30   300 US airplanes bomb North Vietnam.   

May 30   US launches Surveyor 1 to the Moon   

Jun 01   2400 persons attend White House Conference on Civil Rights   

Jun 01   George Harrison is impressed by Ravi Shankar's concert in London.   

Jun 02   US Surveyor 1 lands in Oceanus Procellarum; inaugural lunar soft-landing.   

Jun 03   Alice Calhoun, actress (Flowing Gold, Between Friends), dies at 65   

Jun 03   Gemini 9 launched; 7th US 2-man flight (Stafford and Cernan)   

Jun 05   Natacha Rambova, costume designer, dies at 69.   

Jun 06   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   

Jun 06   Claudette Orbison, wife of singer Roy, dies in a motorcyle crash   

Jun 06   Claus Von Bulow and Martha (Sunny) Crawford wed   

Jun 06   James Meredith wounded by white sniper   

Jun 07   Hans/Jean Arp, French/Swiss painter/poet/sculptor, dies at 78   

Jun 10   Beatles "Paperback Writer" is released in the UK   

Jun 10   Janis Joplins inaugural live concert (Avalon Ballroom in SF)   

Jun 11   Ethel Clayton, actress (Warning Shadows), dies at 82   

Jun 11   French and German media mistakenly report death of Roger Daltry.   

Jun 12   Hermann Scherchen, German conductor/music publisher, dies at 74   

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

Jun 14   6 RAR arrives in South Vietnam   

Jun 19   Ed Wynn, comedian (Ed Wynn Show), dies at 79.   

Jun 20   Sheila Scott completes inaugural round-the-world solo flight by a woman.   

Jun 22   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   

Jun 25   Beatles' "Paperback Writer," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 2 weeks.   

Jun 25   Kosmos 122, inaugural Soviet weather satellite, launched   

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

Jun 27   Arthur D Waley, [Schloss], British sinology/poet (Monkey), dies.   

Jun 27   inaugural sci-fi soap opera, "Dark Shadows," premiers.   

Jun 28   The US breaks diplomatic links with Argentina after a military takeover.   

Jun 29   Arthur Meulemans, Belgian composer, dies at 82.   

Jun 29   US bombs fuel storage facilities near N Vietnamese cities   

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Jan 02   Tia carrere: [althea janairo], honolulu, actress (wayne's world)   

Jan 03   Chetan sharma: Cricketer (ind test bowler, world cup hat-trick 1987)   

Jan 03   John kropke: Cfl defensive tackle (saskatchewan roughriders)   

Jan 03   Luis sojo: Barquisimeto venezuela, infielder (seattle mariners)   

Jan 03   Wendell davis: Nfl wide receiver (indianapolis colts)   

Jan 03   Martin galway: Northern ireland composer   

Jan 04   Deana carter: Country singer   

Jan 07   Carolyn bessette kennedy: Model/wife of john kennedy jr   

Jan 01   Vincent auriol: President of france (1947-53),    

Jan 03   Rex lease: Actor (perils of pauline, dakota, california),   

Jan 05   George duckworth: Cricketer (24 tests for england, ct 45 stp 15),   

Jan 09   Haro levoni step'anyan: Composer,   

Jan 10   George cresswell: Cricketer (took 13 wkts in 3 tests for nz), suicide   

Jan 11   Albert giacometti: Swiss/french painter/sculptor,    

Jan 14   Sergei korolev: Russian space station constructor,    

Jan 15   Betsy mitchell: Us 100m backstroke swimmer,