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Year 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. These pages contain the trends of millennia and centuries. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the... 20XX redirects here. ... This is a list of decades which have articles with more information about them. ... 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Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1969 (number) 1969 (movie) 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ... 1966 in archaeology // Explorations Excavations Maya site of Chinkultic Stephan F. de Borhegyi of the Public Museum of Milwaukee, Wisconsin Finds Publications Births Deaths See also List of years in archaeology 1965 in archaeology 1967 in archaeology Categories: | ... See also: 1965 in architecture, other events of 1966, 1967 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... 1966 in art - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1966: Events Puerto Rican International Airlines begin services. ... // Events Top grossing films North America Thunderball Dr. Zhivago Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf? That Darn Cat! The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming Academy Awards Best Picture: A Man for All Seasons - Highland, Columbia Best Actor: Paul Scofield - A Man for All Seasons Best Actress: Elizabeth Taylor... See also: 1965 in literature, other events of 1966, 1967 in literature, list of years in literature. ... // Raymond Souster founds the League of Canadian Poets A.R. Ammons, Northfield Poems John Ashbery, Rivers and Mountains Ted Berrigan, Some Things Paul Blackburn, 16 Sloppy Haiku and a Lyric for Robert Reardon Sing Song translator, Poem of the Cid Basil Bunting, Briggflatts Randall Jarrell (died 1965), The Lost World... // January 3 - Hullabaloo shows promotional videos of The Beatles songs Day Tripper and We Can Work It Out. January 8 - Shindig! airs for the last time on ABC, with musical guests the Kinks and the Who January 14 - Young singer David Jones changes his last name to Bowie to avoid... See also: 1965 in country music, 1966 in music, other events of 1966, 1967 in country music, 1960s in music and the List of years in Country Music // March 15 â€“ Roger Miller wins six Grammy Awards, five of them related to his hit King of the Road. ... This article will list events related to rail transport that occurred in 1966. ... See also: Other events of 1966 List of years in science . ... See also 1965 in Wales, other events of 1966, 1967 in Wales and the list of years in Wales. ... 1965 sovereign states - Events of 1966 - 1967 sovereign states - Sovereign states by year // [edit] A Afghanistan Albania Algeria Andorra Argentina Australia Austria [edit] B Barbados (since November 30) Belgium Benin Bhutan Bolivia Botswana (since September 30) Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi [edit] C Cambodia Cameroon Canada Central African Republic Chad... 1965 state leaders - Events of 1966 - 1967 state leaders - State leaders by year See also: List of religious leaders in 1966 List of international organization leaders in 1966 Africa Algeria - Houari Boumédiènne, President of Algeria (1965-1978) Burundi Monarch - Mwambutsa IV Bangiriceng, King of Burundi (1915-1966) Ntare V Ndizeye... 1965 religious leaders - Events of 1966 - 1967 religious leaders - Religious leaders by year See also: List of state leaders in 1967 List of international organization leaders in 1967 List of colonial governors in 1967 Catholic Churches Roman Catholic Church - Paul VI, Pope (1963-1978) Other The Church of Jesus Christ... 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Events of 1966 - Jan. ^. Feb. ^. March ^. April - May ^. June ^. July ^. Aug. - Sept. ^. Oct. ^. Nov. ^. Dec. - Undated ^. Ongoing ^. Births Deaths Nobel Prizes See also - Notes - External links

[edit] Events of 1966

[edit] January

January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, taking out President David Dacko.
January 2 - A strike of public transportation workers in New York City begins (it will end January 13).
January 3 - The first Acid Test is conducted at the Fillmore, San Francisco.
January 4 - A military coup occurs in Upper Volta (later Burkina Faso).
January 4 - The prime ministers of India and Pakistan meet in Moscow.
January 4 - A gas leak fire at the Feyzin oil refinery near Lyon, France kills 18 and injures 84.
January 10 - Pakistani-Indian peace negotiations end successfully in Tashkent.
January 10 - The French paper L'Express publishes a story of Georges Figon, who took part in the kidnapping of Mehdi Ben Barka.
January 11 - A conference on Rhodesia begins in Lagos, Nigeria.
January 11 - The first SR-71 Blackbird spy plane goes into service at Beale AFB.
January 12 - United States President Lyndon Johnson states that the United States should stay in South Vietnam until Communist aggression there is ended.
January 13 - Robert C. Weaver becomes the first African American Cabinet member, by being appointed United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
January 15 - A violent military coup is staged in Nigeria.
January 15 - Moscow announces the death of rocket designer Sergei Korolev.
January 17 - The Nigerian coup is overturned.
January 17 - A B-52 bomber collides with a KC-135 Stratotanker over Spain, dropping three 70-kiloton hydrogen bombs near the town of Palomares, and 1 into the sea, in the Palomares hydrogen bombs incident.
January 17 - Carl Brashear, the first African American United States Navy diver, is involved in an accident during the recovery of a lost h-bomb which results in the amputation of his leg.
January 18 - French police announce that Georges Figon committed suicide, prior to his arrest for the kidnapping of Mehdi Ben Barka.
January 18 - About 8,000 U.S. soldiers land in South Vietnam; U.S. troops now total 190,000.
January 19 - Indira Gandhi is elected Prime Minister of India; she is sworn in January 24.
January 19 - Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies resigns.
January 20 - Demonstrations occur against high food prices in Hungary.
January 21 - Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro resigns due to a power struggle in his party.
January 22 - The military government of Nigeria announces that ex-prime minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa was killed during the coup.
January 22 - The Chadian Muslim insurgent group FROLINAT is founded in Sudan, starting the Chadian Civil War.
January 26 - Harold Holt becomes Prime Minister of Australia when Robert Menzies retires.
January 26 - Beaumont children disappearance: Three children disappear on their way to Glenelg Beach, South Australia, never to be seen again.
January 27 - The British government promises the U.S. that British troops in Malaysia will stay until more peaceful conditions occur in the region.

January 29 - The first of 608 performances of Sweet Charity opens at the Palace Theatre in New York City.
January 31 - The United Kingdom ceases all trade with Rhodesia.

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Carl Maxie Brashear (January 19, 1931 â€“ July 25, 2006) was the first African American to become a U.S. Navy Master Diver in the early 1950s. ... An African American (also Afro-American, Black American, or simply black) is a member of an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Africa. ... USN redirects here. ... is the 18th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Georges Figon was the French crook that arranged the meeting with Barka in the Brasserie Lipp. ... Mehdi Ben Barka (1920 in Rabat â€“ disappeared 1965 in Paris) was a Moroccan politician. ... is the 18th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 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[edit] February

February 1 - West Germany procures some 2,600 political prisoners from East Germany.
February 3 - The unmanned Soviet Luna 9 spacecraft makes the first controlled rocket-assisted landing on the Moon.
February 4 - All Nippon Airways Flight 60 plunge into Tokyo Bay (133 dead).
February 6 - Fidel Castro blames China for spreading anti-Soviet propaganda among Cuban soldiers.
February 10 - Soviet writers Yuli Daniel and Andrei Sinyavsky are sentenced to 5 and 7 years, respectively, for 'anti-Soviet' writings.
February 11 - The Belgian government resigns.
February 14 - The Australian dollar is introduced at a rate of 2 dollars per pound, or 10 shillings per dollar.
February 19 - The naval minister of the United Kingdom, Christopher Mayhew, resigns.
February 20 - While Soviet author and translator Valery Tarsis is abroad, the Soviet Union negates his citizenship.
February 23 - A military coup in Syria replaces the previous government with a Ba'athist regime.
February 24 - A military coup in Ghana raises sacked General Ankrah to power while president Kwame Nkrumah is abroad.
February 26 - A curfew is declared in Jakarta, Indonesia.
February 28 - U.S. astronauts Charles Bassett and Elliott See are killed in an aircraft accident in St. Louis, Missouri.

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[edit] March

March 1 - Soviet space probe Venera 3 crashes on Venus, becoming the first spacecraft to land on another planet's surface.
March 1 - The Ba'ath Party takes power in Syria.
March 2 - Kwame Nkrumah arrives in Guinea and is granted asylum.
March 4 - The Beatles: In an interview published in The London Evening Standard, John Lennon comments, "We're more popular than Jesus now," eventually sparking a controversy in the United States.
March 5 - A massive theft of nuclear materials is revealed in Brazil.
March 5 - Merci Chérie by Udo Jürgens (music by Udo Jürgens, text by Udo Jürgens and Thomas Hörbiger) wins the Eurovision Song Contest 1966 for Austria.
March 7 - Charles De Gaulle asks U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson for negotiations about the state of NATO equipment in France.
March 8 - Anti-communist demonstrations occur at the Indonesian Foreign Ministry.
March 8 - Ronald Kray, one of the Kray twins, shoots rival gangster George Cornell; the incident leads to the brother's incarceration.^{[citation needed]}
March 8 - Vietnam War: Australia announces it will substantially increase its number of troops in Vietnam.
March 8 - An Irish Republican Army bomb destroys Nelson's Pillar in Dublin.
March 9 - Ronnie Kray murders George Cornell in the Blind Beggar pub.^{[citation needed]}
March 10 - Crown Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands marries Claus von Amsberg. Some spectators demonstrate against the groom because he is German.
March 11 - Indonesian President Sukarno gives all executive powers to General Suharto (see Transition to the New Order and Supersemar).
March 11 - French President Charles De Gaulle states that French troops will be taken out of NATO and that all French NATO bases and HQ's must be closed within a year.
March 12 - Bobby Hull of the Chicago Blackhawks sets the NHL single season scoring record against the New York Rangers with his 51st goal.
March 13 - The 1956 film version of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel, adapted from their stage musical, is shown on network TV for the first time by ABC-TV. It will be repeated just three months later.
March 16 - Gemini 8 (David Scott, Neil Armstrong) docks with an Agena target satellite.
March 17 - More anti-communist demonstrations occur in Indonesia.
March 17 - Off the coast of Spain in the Mediterranean, the DSV Alvin submarine finds a missing American hydrogen bomb.

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March 19 - The Texas Western Miners defeat the Kentucky Wildcats with 5 black starters, ushering in desegregation in athletic recruiting.
March 22 - In Washington, DC, General Motors President James M. Roche appears before a Senate subcommittee, and apologizes to consumer advocate Ralph Nader for the company's intimidation and harassment campaign against him.
March 23 - Pope Paul VI and Arthur Michael Ramsey, the Archbishop of Canterbury, meet in Rome.
March 26 - Demonstrations are held across the United States against the Vietnam War.
March 27 - In South Vietnam, 20,000 Buddhists march in demonstrations against the policies of the military government.
March 28 - Indira Gandhi visits Washington, DC.
March 29 - The 23rd Communist Party Conference is held in the Soviet Union; Leonid Brezhnev demands that U.S. troops leave Vietnam, and announces that Chinese-Soviet relations are not satisfying.
March 31 - The Labour Party under Harold Wilson wins the British General Election.
March 31 - The Soviet Union launches Luna 10, which later becomes the first space probe to enter orbit around the Moon.

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The Space Shuttle Discovery as seen from the International Space Station. ... This article is about the astronomical term. ... is the 60th day of the year (61st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Bath Party flag The Arab Socialist Bath Party (also spelled Baath or Baath; Arabic: ØØ²Ø¨ Ø§Ù„Ø¨Ø¹Ø« Ø§Ù„Ø¹Ø±Ø¨ÙŠ Ø§Ù„Ø§Ø´ØªØ±Ø§ÙƒÙŠ) was founded in 1945 as a radical, left-wing, secular Arab nationalist political party. ... is the 61st day of the year (62nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Kwame Nkrumah (September 21, 1909 - April 27, 1972)[1], one of the most influential Pan-Africanists of the 20th century, served as the founder, and first President of Ghana. ... For other uses, see Refugee (disambiguation). ... is the 63rd day of the year (64th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The White Album, see The Beatles (album). ... Headlines of the Evening Standard on the day of London bombing on July 7, 2005, in Waterloo Station The Evening Standard is a British tabloid newspaper published and sold in London and surrounding areas of southeast England. ... John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (October 9, 1940 â€“ December 8, 1980), (born John Winston Lennon, known as John Ono Lennon) was an iconic English 20th century rock and roll songwriter and singer, best known as the founding member of The Beatles. ... This article is about Jesus of Nazareth. ... This article is about the day. ... This article is about the day. ... Pictures of singers coming soon! The Eurovision Song Contest 1966 was the eleventh Eurovision and was held on 5 March 1966 in Luxembourg. ... is the 66th day of the year (67th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Charles de Gaulle (disambiguation). ... LBJ redirects here. ... This article is about the military alliance. ... is the 67th day of the year (68th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 67th day of the year (68th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Ronald Kray (1933 - 1995) and Reginald Kray (1933 - 2000) were twin brothers, and the foremost organised crime leaders in London in the 1960s. ... Ronald Ronnie Kray (24 October 1933 â€“ 17 March 1995) and Reginald Reggie Kray (24 October 1933 â€“ 1 October 2000) were identical twin brothers, and the foremost organised crime leaders dominating Londons East End during the 1950s and 1960s. ... George Cornell (c. ... is the 67th day of the year (68th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Combatants Republic of Vietnam United States Republic of Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand The Philippines National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam Democratic Republic of Vietnam Peopleâ€™s Republic of China Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea Strength US 1,000,000 South Korea 300,000 Australia 48,000... is the 67th day of the year (68th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the historical army of the Irish Republic (1919â€“1922) which fought in the Irish War of Independence 1919â€“21, and the Irish Civil War 1922â€“23. ... Nelsons Pillar on OConnell Street Nelsons Pillars viewing platform afforded views over Dublin, as this 1964 photograph of OConnell Street attests. ... For other uses, see Dublin (disambiguation). ... is the 68th day of the year (69th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Kray twins, Reginald (left) and Ronald. ... George Cornell (c. ... is the 69th day of the year (70th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... A Crown Prince or Crown Princess is the heir or heiress apparent to the throne in a royal or imperial monarchy. ... Beatrix (born January 31, 1938 as Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard, Princess of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, Princess of Lippe-Biesterfeld) has been the Queen regnant of the Kingdom of the Netherlands since April 30, 1980. ... Prince Claus of the Netherlands, Jonkheer van Amsberg (born: Claus Georg Wilhelm Otto Friedrich Gerd von Amsberg) (September 6, 1926 â€“ October 6, 2002) was a German-born aristocrat who became the husband of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands. ... is the 70th day of the year (71st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Sukarno (June 6, 1901 â€“ June 21, 1970) was the first President of Indonesia. ... Under the doctrine of the separation of powers, the executive is the branch of a government charged with implementing, or executing, the law. ... Suharto GCB (born June 8, 1921) is a former Indonesian military and political leader. ... Indonesias Transition to the New Order occurred over 1965-67. ... The Supersemar, the Indonesian abbreviation for Surat Perintah Sebelas Maret (Order of March the Eleventh) was a document ostensibly signed by the Indonesian President Sukarno on March 11, 1966, giving the Army commander Lt. ... is the 70th day of the year (71st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Charles de Gaulle (disambiguation). ... This article is about the military alliance. ... is the 71st day of the year (72nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Robert Marvin Bobby Hull OC (born January 3, 1939) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player. ... The Chicago Blackhawks are a professional mens ice hockey team based in Chicago, Illinois. ... NHL can also be an abbreviation for National Historic Landmark or Non-Hodgkins lymphoma. ... The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in New York, New York, U.S.A. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). ... is the 72nd day of the year (73rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Rodgers (left) and Hammerstein (right), with Irving Berlin (middle) and Helen Tamiris, watching auditions at the St. ... Carousel is a 1956 film adaptation of the 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical of the same name which was based on Ferenc Molnars Liliom. ... This article is about the Australian television channel. ... is the 75th day of the year (76th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Gemini 8 (officially Gemini VIII) was a 1966 manned spaceflight in NASAs Gemini program. ... David Scotts Apollo 15 training space suit on display in the Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC. Colonel David Randolph Scott (born June 6, 1932), a former NASA astronaut, was one of the third group of astronauts named by NASA in October 1963 and is one of only twelve... This article is about the former American astronaut. ... The Agena was a rocket upper stage developed by Lockheed for the ill-fated WS-117L US reconnaissance satellite program. ... is the 76th day of the year (77th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 76th day of the year (77th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Mediterranean Sea is an intercontinental sea positioned between Europe to the north, Africa to the south and Asia to the east, covering an approximate area of 2. ... Alvin in 1978, a year after first exploring hydrothermal vents. ... For other uses, see Submarine (disambiguation). ... The mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, in 1945 lifted nuclear fallout some 18 km (60,000 feet) above the epicenter. ... full permission of website www. ... full permission of website www. ... The Archbishop of Canterbury is the spiritual leader and senior clergyman of the Church of England, recognized by convention as the head of the worldwide Anglican Communion. ... For other uses, see Pope (disambiguation). ... is the 78th day of the year (79th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The UTEP athletics logo The University of Texas at El Paso, popularly known as UTEP, is a public, coeducational university, and it is a member of the University of Texas System. ... Official language(s) English[1] Capital Frankfort Largest city Louisville Area Ranked 37th - Total 40,444 sq mi (104,749 kmÂ²) - Width 140 miles (225 km) - Length 379 miles (610 km) - % water 1. ...