1966 Calendar
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1966 Historical Event(s)
- January 21, 1966 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Horse in Chinese astrology.
- March 8, 1966 – A bomb planted by young Irish protesters destroys Nelson’s Pillar in Dublin.
- May 16, 1966 – The Communist Party of China issues the “May 16 Notice”, marking the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.
- May 21, 1966 – The Ulster Volunteer Force declares war on the Irish Republican Army in Northern Ireland.
- July 8, 1966 – King Mwambutsa IV Bangiriceng of Burundi is deposed by his son Prince Charles Ndizi.
- August 1, 1966 – Purges of intellectuals and imperialists becomes official People’s Republic of China policy at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.
- August 22, 1966 – Labor movements NFWA and AWOC merge to become the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC), predecessor of the United Farm Workers.
- September 12, 1966 – Gemini 11, the penultimate mission of NASA’s Gemini program, and the current human altitude record holder (except for the Apollo lunar missions)
- October 17, 1966 – A fire at a building in New York, New York kills 12 firefighters, the New York City Fire Department’s deadliest day until the September 11, 2001 attacks.
- December 18, 1966 – Saturn’s moon Epimetheus is discovered by Richard L. Walker.
Who Were Born On 1966?
- February 18, 1966 – Guy Ferland, American television director
- April 13, 1966 – Marc Ford, American musician
- May 3, 1966 – Giorgos Agorogiannis, Greek footballer
- May 17, 1966 – Danny Manning, American basketball player
- June 7, 1966 – Eric Kretz, American musician (Stone Temple Pilots)
- July 12, 1966 – Taiji Sawada, Japanese bass guitarist (d. 2011)
- September 2, 1966 – Dino Cazares, Mexican-born American guitarist (Fear Factory)
- November 20, 1966 – Thanasis Kolitsidakis, Greek footballer
- December 9, 1966 – Natee Thongsookkaew, Thailand footballer
- December 26, 1966 – Tim Legler, American basketball player