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1966 Calendar

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•  January 21, 1966 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Horse in Chinese astrology.
•  February 4, 1966 – All Nippon Airways Flight 60 plunges into Tokyo Bay, killing 133.
•  May 15, 1966 – After a policy dispute, Prime Minister Nguyen Cao Ky of South Vietnam’s ruling junta launches a military attack on the forces of General Ton That Dinh, forcing him to abandon his command.
•  August 26, 1966 – The Namibian War of Independence starts with the battle at Omugulugwombashe.
•  October 1, 1966 – West Coast Airlines Flight 956 crashes with eighteen fatalities and no survivors 5.5 miles south of Wemme, Oregon. This accident marks the first loss of a DC-9.
•  October 5, 1966 – Near Detroit, Michigan, there is a partial core meltdown at the Enrico Fermi demonstration nuclear breeder reactor.
•  October 14, 1966 – The city of Montreal, Quebec, begins the operation of its underground Montreal Metro rapid-transit system.
•  October 15, 1966 – Black Panther Party is created by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale.
•  November 11, 1966 – NASA launches Gemini 12.
•  November 28, 1966 – Michel Micombero overthrows the monarchy of Burundi and makes himself the first president.

•  January 19, 1966 – Floris Jan Bovelander, Dutch field hockey player
•  February 6, 1966 – Rick Astley, British singer
•  April 28, 1966 – John Daly, American golfer
•  May 26, 1966 – Helena Bonham Carter, English actress
•  June 28, 1966 – Sara Stewart, Scottish actress
•  July 29, 1966 – Martina McBride, American country music singer
•  September 1, 1966 – Tim Hardaway, American basketball player
•  September 2, 1966 – Marcello Cuttitta, Italian rugby player
•  December 4, 1966 – Fred Armisen, American actor and musician