Page 15: Historical Events In 1966

Nov 15   Gemini XII returns to Earth on this day in history.   

Nov 16   Dr Sam Sheppard freed after 9 years in jail, by a jury in the year 1966.   

Nov 17   Leonids meteor shower peaks (150,000+ per hour) on this day in history.   

Nov 18   Bela Tardos, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

Nov 19   In the year 1966 mad Dog Vachon beats Dick The Bruiser in Omaha, to become NWA champ   

Nov 21   Dutch govt of Zijlstra forms in the year 1966.   

Nov 22   32nd Heisman Trophy Award: Steve Spurrier, Florida (QB) in the year 1966.   

Nov 22   Moises F da Costa Gomez, premier Dutch Antilles, dies on this day in history.   

Nov 24   In the year 1966 1st TV station in Congo, Kinshasa (Zaire)   

Nov 24   In the year 1966 400 die of respiratory failure &heart attack in killer NYC smog   

Nov 25   In the year 1966 cincinnati infielder Tommy Helms is voted NL Rookie of Year   

Nov 26   On this day in history first major tidal power plant opens at Rance estuary, France   

Nov 26   Harold Burrage, US singer/pianist (Got to Find a Way), dies at 35 in the year 1966.   

Nov 26   The first major tidal power plant opens at Rance estuary, France on this day in history.   

Nov 27   In highest-scoring NFL game, Wash Redskins defeat NY Giants 72-41 on this day in history.   

Nov 28   Coup in Burundi overthrows monarchy; a republic is declared on this day in history.   

Nov 28   Vittorio Giannini, composer, dies at 63 in the year 1966.   

Nov 30   On this day in history barbados gains independence from Britain (National Day)   

Nov 30   Radio time signal WWV moves from Greenbelt, MD to Boulder, CO on this day in history.   

Dec 02   Love, Moby Grape & Lee Michaels perform at Fillmore East on this day in history.   

Dec 02   Luitzen [Bertus] Brouwers, Dutch mathematician, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

Dec 05   On this day in history sylveer Maes, Belgian bicylist, dies at 57   

Dec 06   In the year 1966 hermann Heiss, composer, dies at 68   

Dec 07   On this day in history a fire at an army barracks in Erzurum, Turkey kills 68 people.   

Dec 08   In the year 1966 sinead O’Connor singer was born   

Dec 08   Sinead O’Connor singer:was born in the year 1966.   

Dec 09   In the year 1966 yury Alexandrovich Shaporin, composer, dies at 79   

Dec 10   On this day in history boris Koutzen, composer, dies at 65   

Dec 10   On this day in history israeli Shmuel Yosef Agnon wins Nobel Prize for literature   

Dec 13   1st US bombing of Hanoi in the year 1966.   

Dec 13   In the year 1966 charles Watts, actor (Lone Ranger & Lost City of Gold), dies of cancer   

Dec 14   Emma Dunn, actress (You Can't Fool Your Wife), dies at 91 in the year 1966.   

Dec 15   Audouin Dollfus discovers 10th satellite of Saturn, Janus on this day in history.   

Dec 15   One of the greatest names in children’s television and movie production died on this day. Walt (Walter Elias) Disney died in Burbank, California. Mr. Disney was 65 years old in the year 1966.   

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Jan 02   Tia Carrere, [Althea Janairo], Honolulu, actress (Wayne's World) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Chetan Sharma, cricketer (Ind Test bowler, World Cup hat-trick 1987) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   In the year 1966 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   On this day in history birth of wendell Davis, NFL wide receiver (Indianapolis Colts)   

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

Jan 04   In the year 1966 birth of deana Carter, country singer   

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

Jan 01   In the year 1966 vincent Auriol, President of France (1947-53), dies at 82   

Jan 03   In the year 1966 rex Lease, actor (Perils of Pauline, Dakota, California), dies at 62   

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

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 in the year 1966.   

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

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

Jan 15   Betsy Mitchell, US 100m backstroke swimmer, dies at 25 on this day in history.