1966 Calendar

January 21, 1966 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Horse in Chinese astrology.

February 2, 1966 – Pakistan suggests a six-point agenda with Kashmir after the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.

February 26, 1966 – Apollo Program: Launch of AS-201, the first flight of the Saturn IB rocket

March 12, 1966 – Suharto takes over from Sukarno to become President of Indonesia.

July 18, 1966 – Human spaceflight: Gemini 10 is launched from Cape Kennedy on a 70-hour mission that includes docking with an orbiting Agena target vehicle.

August 6, 1966 – Braniff Airlines Flight 250 crashes in Falls City, NE killing all 42 on board.

August 16, 1966 – Vietnam War: The House Un-American Activities Committee begins investigations of Americans who have aided the Viet Cong. The committee intends to introduce legislation making these activities illegal. Anti-war demonstrators disrupt the meeting and 50 people are arrested.

September 6, 1966 – In Cape Town, South Africa, the architect of Apartheid, Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd, is stabbed to death during a parliamentary meeting.

November 1, 1966 – The New Orleans Saints football team is founded.

November 13, 1966 – In response to Fatah raids against Israelis near the West Bank border, Israel launches an attack on the village of As-Samu.

January 23, 1966 – Haywoode Workman, American basketball player

January 31, 1966 – Dr Umar Alisha, Indian Sufi master

March 5, 1966 – Bob Halkidis, Canadian hockey player

March 27, 1966 – Haruto Umezawa, Japanese manga artist

July 10, 1966 – Christian Stangl, Austrian mountaineer

July 11, 1966 – Rod Strickland, American basketball player

July 17, 1966 – Keith “Guru” Elam, American rapper (Gang Starr) (d. 2010)

August 1, 1966 – James St. James, American author and nightlife personality

September 16, 1966 – Kevin Young, American athlete

October 26, 1966 – Steve Valentine, British actor