Historical Events In 1966

Nov 15   On this day in history gemini XII returns to Earth   

Nov 16   Dr Sam Sheppard freed after 9 years in jail, by a jury on this day in history.   

Nov 17   In the year 1966 leonids meteor shower peaks (150,000+ per hour)   

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   In the year 1966 dutch govt of Zijlstra forms   

Nov 22   On this day in history 32nd Heisman Trophy Award: Steve Spurrier, Florida (QB)   

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

Nov 24   On this day in history 1st TV station in Congo, Kinshasa (Zaire)   

Nov 24   400 die of respiratory failure &heart attack in killer NYC smog on this day in history.   

Nov 25   Cincinnati infielder Tommy Helms is voted NL Rookie of Year in the year 1966.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Nov 27   In the year 1966 in highest-scoring NFL game, Wash Redskins defeat NY Giants 72-41   

Nov 28   In the year 1966 coup in Burundi overthrows monarchy; a republic is declared   

Nov 28   In the year 1966 vittorio Giannini, composer, dies at 63   

Nov 30   Barbados gains independence from Britain (National Day) in the year 1966.   

Nov 30   On this day in history radio time signal WWV moves from Greenbelt, MD to Boulder, CO   

Dec 02   In the year 1966 love, Moby Grape & Lee Michaels perform at Fillmore East   

Dec 02   In the year 1966 luitzen [Bertus] Brouwers, Dutch mathematician, dies at 85   

Dec 05   Sylveer Maes, Belgian bicylist, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

Dec 06   Hermann Heiss, composer, dies at 68 in the year 1966.   

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

Dec 08   Sinead O’Connor singer was born on this day in history.   

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   Boris Koutzen, composer, dies at 65 in the year 1966.   

Dec 10   In the year 1966 israeli Shmuel Yosef Agnon wins Nobel Prize for literature   

Dec 13   1st US bombing of Hanoi on this day in history.   

Dec 13   Charles Watts, actor (Lone Ranger & Lost City of Gold), dies of cancer on this day in history.   

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

Dec 15   Audouin Dollfus discovers 10th satellite of Saturn, Janus in the year 1966.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

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

Jan 04   In the year 1966 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 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   On this day in history haro Levoni Step'anyan, composer, dies at 68   

Jan 10   On this day in history death of george Cresswell, cricketer (Took 13 wkts in 3 Tests for NZ), suicide   

Jan 11   On this day in history albert Giacometti, Swiss/French painter/sculptor, dies at 64   

Jan 14   Sergei Korolev, Russian space station constructor, dies in the year 1966.   

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