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 10, 1966
– Military Prime Minister of South Vietnam Nguyen Cao Ky sacked rival General Nguyen Chanh Thi, precipitating large-scale civil and military dissension in parts of the nation.
June 30, 1966
– The National Organization for Women, the United States’ largest feminist organization, is founded.
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.
September 6, 1966
– In Cape Town, South Africa, the architect of Apartheid, Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd, is stabbed to death during a parliamentary meeting.
September 8, 1966
– The Severn Bridge is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II.
September 30, 1966
– The British protectorate of Bechuanaland declares its independence, and becomes the Republic of Botswana. Seretse Khama takes office as the first President.
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.
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.
Who Were Born On 1966?
January 9, 1966
– Jan Johansen, Swedish singer
March 25, 1966
– Tom Glavine, American baseball player
May 9, 1966
– Mark Tinordi, Canadian ice hockey player
July 11, 1966
– Kentaro Miura, Japanese manga artist
July 29, 1966
– Richard Steven Horvitz, American comic voice actor
August 7, 1966
– Jimmy Wales, American internet entrepreneur
September 13, 1966
– Maria Furtwängler, German physician
October 11, 1966
– Todd Snider, American singer-songwriter
November 16, 1966
– Christian Lorenz, German keyboardist (Rammstein)
December 14, 1966
– Fabrizio Giovanardi, Italian racecar driver