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Born :06/30/1966"Iron" Mike Tyson, heavyweight boxing champ (1986-90)
Born :10/31/1966Ad-Rock, [Adam Horowitz], rocker (Beastie Boys-You Gotta Fight)
Born :10/19/1966Amy Linker, Bkln NY, actress (Lewis & Clark, Lauren-Square Pegs)
Born :04/26/1966Andrea Temesvari, Hungary, tennis player (US Clay 1983, 1984)
Born :02/10/1966Andrew Brimmer, 1st Black on Federal Reserve Board [born 1966?]
Born :06/06/1966Angela Cavagna, Genoa Italy, singer
Born :10/18/1966Angela Visser, Miss Universe (1989)
Born :12/02/1966Anita Jokiel, Poland, gymnist (Olympic-1980)
Born :10/19/1966Anna Clark, San Francisco Ca, playmate (Apr, 1987)
Born :12/04/1966Anne [Anton JR] Kr˜ger, computer programmer
Born :03/03/1966Anthony Terrell Smith, LA Calif, rocker (Tone Loc-Let's Do It)
Born :09/09/1966Brenda Epperson, actress (Ashley-Young & Restless)
Born :11/22/1966Brian Robbins, Bkln NY, actor (Eric-Head of the Class)
Born :06/26/1966Bryan Webb, horse trainer
Born :07/11/1966Butch Reid, horse trainer
Born :12/07/1966C Thomas Howell, LA Calif, actor (Red Dawn, Tank, Soul Man)
Born :02/20/1966Cecilia Cummins, Clintwood Va, 5th of 5 siblings born on 2/20
Born :08/03/1966Christine Richters, Fullerton Ca, playmate (May, 1986)
Born :02/20/1966Cindy Crawford, Dekalb Ill, super model (Sports Illustrated Swimsuit)
Born :08/20/1966Courtney Gibbs, Miss USA (1988)/actress (Baywatch)
Born :01/14/1966Daniel J Schneider, Memphis Tn, actor (Dennis-Head of the Class)
Born :11/01/1966Danny Everett, 4x400m runner (Olympic-gold-1988)
Born :01/30/1966Daphne Ashbrook, Long Beach Calif, actress (Liz-Our Family Honor)
Born :09/09/1966David Bennent, Lausanne, actor (Tin Drum, Legend)
Born :04/30/1966David Meggett, NFL running back (NY Giants)
Born :09/04/1966Debra Lewin, South Burlington Vermont, Miss Vermont-America (1991)
Born :08/27/1966Deena Wigger, Colorado Springs CO, US shooter (Olympic-92)
Born :02/01/1966Donna Edmondson, Greensboro NC, playmate of year (Nov, 1986)
Born :06/08/1966Doris Pearson, rocker (5 Star-Silk & Steel)
Born :06/10/1966Doug McKeon, NJ, actor (Big Shamus Little Shamus, Centennial)
Born :03/12/1966Erich Fischer, Dinuba CA, US Olympic water polo foward (Olympic-92)
Born :05/14/1966Fabrice Morvan, Guadeloupe, singer (Milli Vanilli-Girl You Know)
Born :10/20/1966Fred Coury, Johnston NY, rocker (Cinderella-Heartbreak Station)
Born :02/13/1966Freedom Williams, rock vocalist (C&C Music Factory-Everbody Dance Now)
Born :02/08/1966Gary Coleman, Zion Ill, actor (Arnold-Diff'rent Strokes)
Born :04/15/1966Graeme Clark, bassist (Wet Wet Wet-Angel Eyes)
Born :05/23/1966Graeme Hick, cricketer
Born :02/27/1966Gregg Rainwater, actor (Buck Cross-Young Riders)
Born :11/18/1966Gwendolyn Hajek, Shreveport La, playmate (September, 1987)
Born :05/26/1966Helena Bonham Carter, UK, actress (Getting it Right, Lady Jane)
Born :03/08/1966Holly Ann Salo, Keani Alaska, Miss Alaska-America (1991)
Born :03/03/1966Hope Marie Carlton, Riverhead NY, playmate (July, 1985)
Born :04/25/1966Isabelle Pasco, France, actress (Ave Maria)/model (Elle, Vogue)
Born :02/09/1966James "Rachel" Bolan, Pt Pleasant NJ, rocker (Skid Row-Psycho Love)
Born :05/16/1966Janet Jackson, Gary Indiana, singer, Michael's sister (Control)
Born :10/15/1966Jeffrey Jacquet, Bay City Texas, actor (Mork & Mindy, Whiz Kids)
Born :08/28/1966Jerry Fehily, rocker (Hothouse Flowers-Don't Go)
Born :09/29/1966Jill Whelan, Oakland Calif, actress (Vicki-Love Boat)
Born :06/28/1966John Cusak, actor (Stand By Me, Sure Thing, Better Off Dead)
Born :08/05/1966Jonathan Silverman, LA Calif, actor (Brighton Beach Memoirs)
Born :08/02/1966Joseph Wanag, Wilson Ct, US judoka (Olympic-92)
Born :10/06/1966Julianne McNamara, Flushing NY, gymnist (Olympic-gold-1984)
Born :02/19/1966Justine Bateman, Rye NY, actress (Mallory-Family Ties, Satisfaction)
Born :01/17/1966Karissa Rushing, Benton Arkansas, Miss Arkansas-America (1991)
Born :10/08/1966Karyn Parsons, actress (Hilary Banks-Fresh Prince of Bel-Air)
Born :03/27/1966Kate Donahoo, Las Vegas NV, US judoka (Olympic-92)
Born :09/01/1966Katja Bienert, Berlin German FR, actress (Pompon Rouge)
Born :01/21/1966Katrine Michelsen, Gentokte Denmark, Miss Denmark 1984
Born :10/10/1966Kevin Paige, vocalist (Don't Shut Me Out)
Born :12/18/1966Kiefer Sutherland, actor (Young Guns, Stand by Me, Lost Boys)
Born :11/04/1966Kool Rock, [Damon Wimbley], rapper (Fat Boys-Jail House Rock)
Born :08/07/1966Kristin Hersch, US singer/songwriter (Throwing Muses)
Born :07/15/1966Kristoff St John, NYC, actor (Adam-Generations, Young & Restless)
Born :04/06/1966Kymberly Paige, Newport Beach Ca, playmate (May, 1987)
Born :08/23/1966Laura Richmond, Fort Dix NJ, playmate (Sep, 1988)
Born :10/28/1966Lauren Holly, actress (All My Children)
Born :11/06/1966Lisa Fuller, LA Calif, actress (Dawn-General Hospital)
Born :02/23/1966Marc Price, actor/comedian (Skippy-Family Ties)
Born :02/04/1966Marissa Laakso, Boston Mass, Miss Mass-America (1991)
Born :08/22/1966Mark Michaels, heavy metal guitarist (Teach Yourself Rhythm Guitar)
Born :03/23/1966Marti Pellow, rocker (Wet, Wet, Wet-Wishing I Was)
Born :06/28/1966Mary Stuart Masterson, Houston Tx, actress (Some Kind of Wonderful)
Born :12/08/1966Matthew Laborteaux, LA Calif, actor (Albert-Little House on Prairie)
Born :07/11/1966Mel Appleby, rocker (Mel & Kim-Coming to America)
Born :02/17/1966Melissa Brooke-Belland, rocker (Voice of the Beehive-Let it Bee)
Born :05/20/1966Mindy Cohn, LA, actress (Facts of Life)
Born :07/13/1966Myong Hui Choe, North Korea, gymnist (Olympic-1980)
Born :06/21/1966Nan Woods, actress (1 More Saturday Night)
Born :04/04/1966Nancy McKeon, Westbury NY, actress (Jo Polniazek-Facts of Life)
Born :11/22/1966Nicholas Rowe, London England, actor (Young Sherlock Holmes)
Born :09/20/1966Nuno Bettencourt, Azores, rock guitarist (Extreme-More Than Words)
Born :10/26/1966Olga Bicherova, gymnastics (won title at 15 yrs 33 days)
Born :10/06/1966Oscar Caballos, jockey
Born :08/09/1966Pat Petersen, LA Calif, actor (Michael-Knots Landing)
Born :03/10/1966Pavel Petrovich Mukhortov, Russia, cosmonaut
Born :11/06/1966Peter DeLuise, actor (Free Ride)
Born :11/04/1966Petra Verkaik, Los Angeles Ca, playmate (Dec, 1989)
Born :02/19/1966Prince Markie D, [Mark Morale], rocker (Fat Boys-Jail House Rock)
Born :01/01/1966Rawley Valberde, Oceanside Calif, actor (Amado-Santa Barbara)
Born :02/22/1966Resga Riggins, Trussville Alabama, Miss Alabama-America (1991)
Born :02/06/1966Rick Astley, rock vocalist (Never Gonna Give You Up)
Born :08/22/1966Rob Witschge, soccer star (Ajax/Feyenoord)
Born :12/19/1966Robert MacNaughton, NYC, actor (ET)
Born :11/02/1966Rosalyn Fairbank, South Africa, tennis player
Born :04/15/1966Samantha Karen Fox, East End London England, singer (Touch Me)
Born :12/25/1966Sandy Corn, model/Penthouse Pet (March, 1991)
Born :01/23/1966Scott Fortune, CA, US US Olympic volleyball player (Olympic-gold-88)
Born :05/16/1966Scott Reeves, Santa Monica Calif, actor (Ryan-Young & Restless)
Born :09/05/1966Simone Jacobs, England, 4X100m relayer (Olympic-bronze-1984)
Born :10/19/1966Sinitta, rocker (Omn Sinitta)
Born :12/08/1966Si€ead O'Connor, Dublin Ireland, singer (Nothing Compares 2 U)
Born :11/17/1966Sophie Marceau, Paris France, actress (La Boum, L'Amour Braque)
Born :09/18/1966Spike, vocal/guitar (Ian Spice Breathe, Flash Cadillac-R&R Forever)
Born :11/25/1966Stacy Lattislaw, disco singer (Million Dollar Baby)
Born :01/19/1966Stefan Edberg, Sweden, tennis player (Wimbeldon 1988)
Born :05/12/1966Stephen Baldwin, actor (Beast, Lawrenceville Stories)
Born :12/18/1966Steve Dullaghan, rocker (Primitives-Lovely, Lump of Coal)
Born :03/02/1966Stevie Rachelle, rock vocalist (Tuff-What Comes Around Goes Around)
Born :01/27/1966Tamlyn Tomita, Okinawa, actress (Karate Kid 2, Ming Li-Santa Barbara)
Born :11/16/1966Tammy Lauren, SD Calif, actress (Angie, Out of the Blue)
Born :04/07/1966Teri Ann Linn, Honolulu Hawaii, actress (Kristen-Bold & Beautiful)
Born :12/11/1966Terry Sharpe, rocker (The Adventures, Starjets-Starjets)
Born :01/20/1966Tia Carrere, Honolulu Hawaii, actress (Wayne's World, General Hosp)
Born :01/02/1966Tia Carrere, [Althea Janairo], Honolulu, actress (Wayne's World)
Born :06/11/1966Tiffany Cohen, Culver City Calif, swimmer (Olympic-2 gold-1984)
Born :05/24/1966Tommy Turner, jockey
Born :11/16/1966Tricia Cast, Medford NY, actr (Amanda-Bad News Bear, Young & Restless)
Born :10/22/1966Valeria Golino, Naples Italy, actress (Rain Man, Little Flames)
Born :06/03/1966Wasim Akram, cricketer
Born :02/21/1966Wendy James, rocker (Transvision Vamp-Velveteen)
Born :10/12/1966Wim Jonk, soccer star (Ajax)
Born :05/26/1966Zola Budd, Bloemfontein South Africa, track star (Olympics-1988)




Died :03/15/1966Abe Saperstein, founder (Harlem Globetrotters), dies at 63
Died :09/07/1966Al Kelly, double talk comedian (Ernie Kovacs Show), dies at 67
Died :10/01/1966Albert PAA Besnard, poet/journalist (Doom & Thirst), dies
Died :07/31/1966Alex E von Falkenhausen, German general, dies
Died :03/03/1966Alice Pearce, comedienne (Gladys Kravitz-Bewitched), dies at 52
Died :09/28/1966Andr‚ Breton, French writer (Manifest of Surr‚alism), dies
Died :08/26/1966Art Baker, TV host (You Asked For It), dies at 67
Died :06/27/1966Arthur D Waley, [Schloss], British sinology/poet (Monkey), dies
Died :07/17/1966August Baeyens, Flemish composer (Piranesi-suite), dies
Died :11/08/1966Bernhard Zondek, German/Israeli gynacologist, dies
Died :02/10/1966Billy Rose, US theater producer (Diamond Horse Show), dies at 66
Died :07/18/1966Bobby Fuller, rocker (I Fought the Law), found dead
Died :08/01/1966Bud Powell, US jazz pianist/composer, dies
Died :02/01/1966Buster Keaton, [Joseph Francis], US comic (general), dies
Died :02/28/1966Charles A Bassett II, astronaut, dies at 34, in a crash of T-38 jet
Died :09/11/1966Charlie Cantor, actor (Artie-Ray Bolger Show), dies at 68
Died :02/20/1966Chester W Nimitz, US admiral (WW II), dies at 90
Died :12/30/1966Christian A Herter, US Min of Foreign affairs (1959-61), dies at 71
Died :06/06/1966Claudette Orbison, wife of singer Roy, dies in a motorcyle crash
Died :07/11/1966Delmore Schwartz, US poet/critic (Shenandoah), dies at 52
Died :06/19/1966Ed Wynn, comedian (Ed Wynn Show), dies at 86
Died :07/30/1966Edward G Craig, English actor/director (On art of theatre), dies
Died :10/19/1966Elizabeth Arden, US cosmetic manufacturer, dies
Died :02/28/1966Elliot M See Jr, astronaut, dies at 38 in T-38 jet crash
Died :09/28/1966Eric Fleming, actor (Gil-Rawhide), dies at 41
Died :03/30/1966Erwin Piscator, German play director (Plebeians test rebellion), dies
Died :04/10/1966Evelyn Waugh, British writer (Black mischief), dies
Died :08/10/1966Felix A Vening Meinesz, geophysicist (black force), dies at 79
Died :08/23/1966Francis Xavier Bushman, actor (Ben-Hur, When Lightning Strikes), dies
Died :09/17/1966Fritz Wunderlich, German tenor, dies
Died :06/20/1966Georges LemaŒtre, originator of "big bang" theory, dies at 71
Died :08/15/1966Gerhard/Gerhart Pohl, German writer (camp um Kolbenau), dies
Died :09/14/1966Gertrude Berg, actress (Molly Goldberg-Goldbergs), dies at 66
Died :10/21/1966Gertrude Hoffman, actress (Mrs Odetts-My Little Margie), dies at 95
Died :02/04/1966Gilbert H Grosvenor, president Natl Geographic Society, dies at 90
Died :02/17/1966Hans Hofmann, German/US painter (Search for the Real), dies at 85
Died :02/01/1966Hedda Hopper, [Elda Furry], US gossip columnist, dies at 75
Died :02/16/1966Hendrik W Tilanus, artillery officer/leader (CHU 1939-63), dies
Died :05/13/1966Henk [Hendrik M] of Randwijk, poet/editor in chief (illegal), dies
Died :09/06/1966Henry F Verwoerd, South African PM (1958-66), assassinated
Died :10/22/1966Hewlett Johnson, Red Deacon of Canterbury, dies
Died :12/26/1966Ina Boudier-Baker, author (Poverty), dies
Died :08/18/1966Isaac Keesing, founder (System Keesing), dies
Died :08/10/1966Jacobus C Bloem, poet (Cinders), dies
Died :11/18/1966Jean Peugeot, French auto manufacturer, dies
Died :01/29/1966Josef Winckler, German dentist/writer (Tolle Bomberg), dies at 84
Died :08/31/1966Kasimir Edschmid, [Karl E Schmidt], German writer, dies
Died :01/18/1966Kathleen Norris, US author, dies at 85
Died :01/11/1966Lal Bahadur Sjastri, Indian politician, dies
Died :08/03/1966Lenny Bruce, [Leonard Schneider] comedian, dies of a morphine overdose
Died :09/09/1966Leon de Smet, Flemish painter, dies
Died :12/02/1966Luitzen [Bertus] Brouwers, mathematician, dies
Died :09/06/1966Margaret Sanger, US feminist/birth control pioneer, dies at 86
Died :03/10/1966Mari Sandoz, US author (Cheyenne Autumn), dies at 64
Died :03/30/1966Maxfield Parrish, US painter, dies at 95
Died :03/27/1966Mien Labberton, poetess, dies
Died :02/26/1966Minerva Urecal, actress (Peter Gunn, Adv of Tugboat Annie), dies at 71
Died :11/22/1966Moises F da Costa Gomez, premier Dutch Antilles, dies
Died :07/24/1966Montgomery Cliff, actor (From Here to Eternity), dies at 45
Died :07/25/1966Montgomery Clift, movie actor (From Here to Eternity), dies
Died :02/01/1966Nicholas Piantanida, sets balloon flight record & dies in descent
Died :08/06/1966Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger, sci-fi author (Space Lords), dies at 53
Died :09/21/1966Paul Reynaud, premier France (1940), dies
Died :12/31/1966Pieter C A Geyl, historian (History of Dutch Tribe), dies
Died :05/16/1966Randoolph Turpin, boxer, shot dead in his home
Died :04/03/1966Russel Crouse, US stagewriter (Life with Father), dies at 73
Died :05/23/1966Ruth Gates, actress (Aunt Jenny-Mama), dies at 79
Died :11/02/1966Sadao Araki, Japanese general/minister of War (1931-34), dies at 89
Died :10/04/1966Sherman Billingsley, talk show host (Stork Club), dies at 66
Died :02/09/1966Sophie Tucker, Russ/US singer/actress (My Yiddish Mama), dies
Died :12/05/1966Sylveer Maes, Belgian bicylist, dies
Died :07/24/1966Tony Lema, US golfer, dies at 32
Died :05/19/1966Tortoise, reportedly given to Tonga's King by Capt Cook (1773), dies
Died :12/14/1966Verna Felton, actress (Hilda-December Bride), dies at 76
Died :04/19/1966V„in” A Tanner, Finnish premier (1926-27)/minister, dies at 85
Died :06/11/1966Wallace Ford, actor (Deputy), dies at 68
Died :12/15/1966Walt Disney, animator, dies at 65, put in suspended animation
Died :10/17/1966Wieland Wagner, German opera director, dies
Died :05/09/1966Wilhelmus M Bekkers, bishop of Dukeenbosch, dies
Died :03/03/1966William Frawley, actor (Fred Mertz-I Love Lucy), dies at 89
Died :07/23/1966[Edward] Montgomery Clift, actor (From Here to Eternity), dies




Special :01/12/1966"Batman" with Adam West & Burt Ward premiers on ABC TV
Special :01/11/1966"Daktari" African adventure series premiers on CBS TV
Special :09/12/1966"Monkees," premier on NBC
Special :09/06/1966"Star Trek" premiers on NBC TV
Special :09/08/1966"Star Trek" premiers on NBC-TV
Special :09/26/1966"Staten Island," 1st icebreaker to enter SF bay
Special :09/08/1966"That Girl" starring Marlo Thomas premiers on ABC-TV
Special :01/30/1966-19ø F (-28ø C), Corinth, Mississippi (state record)
Special :01/30/1966-27ø F (-33ø C), New Market, Alabama (state record)
Special :07/12/196610.51" (26.70 cm) of rainfall, Sandusky Ohio (state record)
Special :12/28/196613 die in a train crash in Everett Mass
Special :10/21/1966144 die as a coal waste landslide engulfed a school in S Wales
Special :10/13/1966173 US airplanes bomb North-Vietnam
Special :10/14/1966175 US airplanes bomb North Vietnam
Special :04/12/19661st B-52 bombing on North Vietnam
Special :07/02/19661st France nuclear explosion on Mururoa atoll
Special :10/26/19661st Pacific communications satellite launched, Intelsat 2
Special :11/24/19661st TV station in Congo, Kinshasa (Za‹re)
Special :12/13/19661st US bombing of Hanoi
Special :08/14/19661st US lunar orbiter begins orbiting Moon
Special :12/13/19661st battle for B˜lmer flats Amsterdam
Special :01/13/19661st black in presidental cabinet (LBJ selects Robert C Weaver-HUD)
Special :11/06/19661st entire lineup televised in color (NBC)
Special :08/10/19661st lunar orbiter launched by US
Special :11/26/19661st major tidal power plant opens at Rance estuary, France
Special :02/03/19661st operational weather satellite, ESSA-1 launched (US)
Special :05/14/19661st reported monitoring of pirate radio station WBBH (NJ)
Special :06/27/19661st sci-fi soap opera, "Dark Shadows," premiers
Special :02/03/19661st soft landing on Moon (Soviet Luna 9)
Special :04/01/19661st world festival of black art (Dakar Senegal)
Special :10/02/19662 perfect game pitchers face each other (Bunning vs Koufax)
Special :06/01/19662,400 persons attend White House Conference on Civil Rights
Special :03/02/1966215,000 US soldiers in Vietnam
Special :09/03/196624th World SF Convention honors Gene Roddenberry
Special :03/31/196625,000 anti war demonstrators march in NYC
Special :05/30/1966300 US airplanes bomb North Vietnam
Special :11/24/1966400 die of respiratory failure & heart attack in killer NYC smog
Special :06/27/19664th Mayor's Trophy Game; Yanks beat Mets 5-2
Special :03/10/19665 time Horse of the Year, Kelso, retires
Special :09/21/19665" of rain falls on NYC
Special :07/19/196650 year old Frank Sinatra marries 21 year old Mia Farrow in Las Vegas
Special :01/11/1966550 die in landslides in mountains behind Rio de Janeiro after rain
Special :03/05/196675 MPH air currents cause BOAC 707 crash above Mount Fuji, 124 die
Special :03/18/1966A paper dress from Scott Paper becomes available for $1
Special :05/16/1966A record of "Pets Sounds" is released
Special :12/08/1966A terrible Yankee trade, Roger Maris for Card's Charlie Smith
Special :04/08/1966AFL chooses 36 year old Al Davis as commissioner
Special :06/06/1966Activist James Meredith wounded by white sniper in Mississippi
Special :07/24/1966Al Geiberger wins PGA golf tournament
Special :12/11/1966Al Nelson sets NFL record returning missed field goal, 100 yards
Special :07/31/1966Alabamans burn Beatle products due to John Lennon's anti-Jesus remark
Special :02/04/1966All-Nippon Airways 727 crashes off Haneda Airport (Japan); kills 133
Special :04/09/1966Anaheim Stadium for Calif Angels opens
Special :03/09/1966Andrew Brimmer becomes 1st black governor of Federal Reserve Board
Special :04/26/1966Arnold "Red" Auerbach retires as Boston Celtic's coach
Special :04/22/1966Atlanta Braves win their 1st game, beating NY Mets 8-4
Special :04/12/1966Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium opens; Pirates beat Braves 3-2
Special :12/15/1966Audouin Dollfus discovers 10th satellite of Saturn, Janus
Special :02/14/1966Australia introduces 1st decimal currency postage stamps
Special :02/05/1966BBC opens a relay radio station on Ascension Island
Special :10/09/1966Balt Orioles sweep LA Dodgers, in 63rd World Series
Special :11/30/1966Barbados gains independence from Britain (Natl Day)
Special :03/30/1966Barbra Striesand stars on "Color Me Barbra" special on CBS
Special :03/06/1966Barry Sadlers' "Ballad of the Green Berets" becomes #1 (13 weeks)
Special :01/21/1966Beatle George Harrison marries model Patti Boyd
Special :06/10/1966Beatles "Paperback Writer" is released in UK
Special :06/30/1966Beatles land in Tokyo for a concert tour
Special :08/29/1966Beatles last public concert, (Candlestick Park, SF)
Special :06/10/1966Beatles record "Rain", 1st to use reverse tapes
Special :12/16/1966Beatles release "Everywhere its Christmas" in UK
Special :05/23/1966Beatles release "Paperback Writer"
Special :06/25/1966Beatles' "Paperback Writer," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 2 weeks
Special :09/10/1966Beatles' "Revolver," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 6 weeks
Special :01/08/1966Beatles' "Rubber Soul," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 6 weeks
Special :01/08/1966Beatles' "We Can Work It Out," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 3 weeks
Special :07/30/1966Beatles' "Yesterday... & Today," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 5 weeks
Special :08/08/1966Beatles' release "Revolver"
Special :09/29/1966Bechuanaland gains independence from England, becomes Botswana
Special :10/28/1966Belgium's Gaston Roelants runs 12-4/5 miles in 1 hour
Special :04/18/1966Bill Russell became 1st black coach in NBA history (Boston Celtics)
Special :07/02/1966Billie Jean King wins her 1st of 6 Wimbledon single titles
Special :03/05/1966Bob Seagren pole vaults 5.19m indoor world record
Special :03/12/1966Bobby Hull's 51st goal of season, sets record
Special :06/24/1966Bombay-NY Air India flight crashes into Mont Blanc (Switz), 117 die
Special :04/28/1966Boston beats LA, 4 games to 3, for 8th straight NBA championship
Special :09/30/1966Botswana (Bechuanaland) gains independence from Britain (Nat'l Day)
Special :07/03/1966Brave pitcher Tony Cloninger, is 1st NL to hit 2 grand slams in a game
Special :12/23/1966Britains rock TV show, "Ready Steady Go," last program
Special :03/04/1966Canadian Pacific airliner explodes on landing at Tokyo, 64 die
Special :10/04/1966Cardinal Alfrink presents New Catechism
Special :07/18/1966Carl Sagan turns 1 billion seconds old
Special :02/28/1966Cavern Club (Beatles hangout) in Liverpool closes
Special :07/23/1966Cavern Club in Liverpool reopens
Special :08/01/1966Charles Whitman climbs U of Texas tower & shoots 12 dead
Special :07/31/1966Charles Whitman wounds 46 & kills 5 at University of Texas
Special :06/05/1966Cin Red Leo Cardenas hits 4 HRs in a doubleheader
Special :06/06/1966Claus Von Bulow & Martha (Sunny) Crawford wed
Special :06/10/1966Cleve Indian Sonny Siebert no-hits Wash Senator, 2-0
Special :07/01/1966Construction crews begin tearing up Market St to build BART
Special :11/28/1966Coup in Burundi overthrows monarchy; a republic is declared
Special :02/24/1966Coup ousts Pres Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana
Special :08/20/1966Crimean Astrophysical Obs discovers asteroid #2406 Orelskaya
Special :11/20/1966Dallas sacks Pittsburgh QBs an NFL record 12 times
Special :01/14/1966David Bowie releases his 1st record (Can't Help Thinking About Me)
Special :11/28/1966Dominican Republic adopts constitution
Special :02/09/1966Dow-Jones Index hits record 995 points
Special :11/16/1966Dr Sam Sheppard freed after 9 years in jail, by a jury
Special :03/10/1966Dutch Crown Princess Beatrix marries Claus von Amsberg
Special :10/14/1966Dutch cabinet of Cals falls by motion of Schmelzer
Special :03/10/1966Dutch crown princess Beatrix marries Claus von Amsberg
Special :09/15/1966Dutch political party (D'66) forms
Special :11/08/1966Edward W Brooke (Rep-R-Mass) becomes 1st black elected to Senate
Special :04/11/1966Emmett Ashford becomes 1st black major league umpire
Special :04/21/1966Emperor Haile Selassie (Ethiopia) visits Kingston Jamaica
Special :07/30/1966England beats West Germany 4-2 for soccer's 8th World Cup in London
Special :06/03/1966European DX Council formed in Copenhagen (shortwave listeners)
Special :11/04/1966Flooding of Arno River (Italy) destroys countless art works
Special :11/04/1966Floods in Florence, Venice, Rome & Naples kills 113
Special :01/03/1966Floyd B McKissick, named national director of CORE
Special :08/27/1966Francis Chichester begins 1st solo sail around world
Special :06/11/1966French & German media mistakenly report death of Roger Daltry
Special :02/17/1966French satellite Diapason D-1A launch into Earth orbit
Special :07/18/1966Gemini 10 launched (John Young & Michael Collins)
Special :11/11/1966Gemini 12 (Lovell & Aldrin) launched on 4-day flight
Special :03/16/1966Gemini 8 launched with Armstrong & Scott, aborted after 6.5 orbits
Special :06/06/1966Gemini 9 completes 45 orbits after rendezvous with "angry alligator"
Special :06/03/1966Gemini 9 launched; 7th US 2-man flight (Stafford & Cernan)
Special :07/21/1966Gemini X returns to Earth
Special :09/12/1966Gemini XI (Charles Conrad & R Gordon) launched for 71-hour flight
Special :09/15/1966Gemini XI (Conrad/Gordon) returns to Earth
Special :11/15/1966Gemini XII (Lovell/Aldrin) returns to Earth
Special :12/01/1966Georg Kiesinger elected West German chancellor
Special :06/01/1966George Harrison is impressed by Ravi Shankar's concert in London
Special :01/20/1966Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #2086 Newell
Special :02/18/1966Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #2753 Duncan
Special :07/19/1966Gov James Rhodes declares state of emergency in Cleveland (race riot)
Special :05/30/1966Graham Hill wins Indianapolis 500 car race (232.2 kph)
Special :01/02/1966Green Bay Packers beat Cleve Browns 23-12 in NFL championship game
Special :05/26/1966Guyana (formerly British Guiana) declares independence from UK
Special :01/16/1966Harold R Perry becomes 2nd black Roman Catholic bishop in US
Special :08/06/1966Heavyweight Cassius Clay KOs Brian London
Special :03/29/1966Heavyweight Cassius Clay KOs George Chuval in Toronto
Special :05/21/1966Heavyweight Cassius Clay KOs Henry Cooper in London
Special :09/10/1966Heavyweight Cassius Clay KOs Karl Mildenberger in Frankfurt
Special :11/14/1966Heavyweight Cassius Clay Kos Cleveland Williams in Houston
Special :11/12/1966High schooler Robert Smith kills 7 for fame
Special :09/04/1966Houston Oilers holds Denver Broncos to no 1st downs winning 45-7
Special :11/27/1966In highest-scoring NFL game, Wash Redskins defeat NY Giants 72-41
Special :11/01/1966Indian Haryana state created from Punjab; Chandigarh terr created
Special :01/19/1966Indira Gandhi elected India's 3rd prime minister
Special :12/10/1966Israeli Shmuel Yosef Agnon wins Nobel Prize for literature
Special :04/11/1966Jack Nicklaus becomes 1st man to win consecutive Masters
Special :06/10/1966Janis Joplins 1st live concert (Avalon Ballroom in SF)
Special :07/17/1966Jim Ryun sets mile record (3m51s3)
Special :03/12/1966Jockey Johnny Longden retires after 40 years (6,032 wins)
Special :09/09/1966John Lennon meets Yoko Ono at an avante-garde art exposition
Special :03/04/1966John Lennon, says "We (Beatles) are more popular than Jesus"
Special :07/23/1966John Pennel pole vaults record (5.34 m)
Special :12/15/1966John W Mecom Jr becomes 1st owner of New Orlean Saints
Special :09/11/1966Johnny Miller becomes 1st Yank to hit a HR on his 1st at bat
Special :01/10/1966Julian Bond denied seat in Ga legislature for opposing Vietnam War
Special :02/26/1966KBIM TV channel 10 in Roswell, NM (CBS) begins broadcasting
Special :06/29/1966KBSC (now KVEA) TV channel 52 in Corona-Los Angeles, CA begins
Special :12/04/1966KETS TV channel 2 in Little Rock, AR (PBS) begins broadcasting
Special :05/17/1966KFDO (now KVIJ) TV channel 8 in Sayre, OK (ABC) begins broadcasting
Special :04/15/1966KHET TV channel 11 in Honolulu, HI (PBS) begins broadcasting
Special :11/02/1966KHSD TV channel 11 in Lead, SD (ABC) begins broadcasting
Special :09/01/1966KIFW (now KTNL) TV channel 13 in Sitka, AK (CBS) begins broadcasting
Special :08/26/1966KLOC (now KCSO) channel 42 in Charlotte, NC (PBS) begins broadcasting
Special :09/22/1966KMEB TV channel 10 in Wailuku, HI (PBS) begins broadcasting
Special :09/12/1966KPNE TV channel 9 in North Platte, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting
Special :09/07/1966KTNE TV channel 13 in Alliance, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting
Special :02/07/1966KWCM TV channel 10 in Appleton, MN (PBS) begins broadcasting
Special :05/21/1966Kauai King wins Kentucky Derby
Special :06/25/1966Kosmos 122, 1st Soviet weather satellite, launched
Special :10/13/1966L Chernykh discovers asteroid #1737 Severny
Special :08/19/1966L Chernykh discovers asteroid #1789 Dobrovolsky
Special :08/14/1966L Chernykh discovers asteroids #1828 Kashirina & #2467 Kollontai
Special :01/12/1966LBJ says US should stay in S Vietnam until communist aggression ends
Special :07/04/1966LBJ signs Freedom of Information Act
Special :10/15/1966LBJ signs a bill creating Dept of Transportation
Special :08/11/1966Last Beatle concert tour of US begins
Special :05/01/1966Last British concert by Beatles (Empire Pool in Wembley)
Special :05/08/1966Last game at old Busch stadium, St Louis Card lose 10-5 to SF
Special :11/17/1966Leonids meteor shower peaks (150,000+ per hour)
Special :10/04/1966Lesotho (Basutoland) gains independence from Britain (National Day)
Special :03/12/1966Love's 1st album released "Love"
Special :12/02/1966Love, Moby Grape & Lee Michaels perform at Fillmore East
Special :12/24/1966Luna 13 lands on Moon
Special :08/23/1966Lunar Orbiter 1 takes 1st photograph of Earth from Moon
Special :11/06/1966Lunar Orbiter 2 launched
Special :11/07/1966Lunar Orbiter 2 launched by US
Special :07/06/1966Malawi becomes a republic, Dr Hastings Kamuzu Banda becomes pres
Special :05/07/1966Mamas & Papas "Monday Monday" hits #1
Special :07/25/1966Mao Zedong swims Yangtse River
Special :01/17/1966Martin Luther King Jr opens campaign in Chicago
Special :12/26/1966Maulana Karenga establishes Kwanzaa (1st fruits of harvest) holiday
Special :07/01/1966Medicare goes into effect
Special :11/20/1966Men in Zrich vote against female suffrage
Special :09/16/1966Metropolitan Opera opens at NY's Lincoln Center
Special :04/06/1966Mihir Sen swims Palk Strait between Sri Lanka & India
Special :09/19/1966Mike Burke named Yankees pres
Special :03/11/1966Military coup led by Indonesian Gen Suharto breaks out
Special :12/31/1966Monkee's "I'm a Believer" hits #1 & stays there for 7 weeks
Special :05/05/1966Mont Canadiens beat Detroit Red Wings 4 games to 2 for Stanley Cup
Special :07/12/1966Most rain fell in 1 day in Ohio, 10.5" in Sandusky
Special :05/06/1966Most runs scored in 11th inning (9) Phils score 5 to beat Pirates 8-7
Special :11/08/1966Movie actor Ronald Reagan elected governor of California
Special :05/16/1966N Chernykh discovers asteroid #1796 Riga
Special :12/20/1966NBA awards Seattle Supersonics a franchise for 1967-68 season
Special :02/--/1966NBC commits to Star Trek for fall schedule
Special :06/08/1966NFL & AFL announce plans to become NFC & AFC in 1970
Special :06/06/1966NFL & AFL announce their merger
Special :11/01/1966NFL awards New Orleans its 16th franchise (All Saints Day)
Special :07/12/1966NL beats AL 2-1 (10 innings) in 37th All Star Game (Busch, St Louis)
Special :07/05/1966NYC transit fare rises from 15› to 20›
Special :07/23/1966Napoleon XIV releases "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha! Ha!"
Special :07/05/1966National Guard mobilizes in Omaha after 3rd night of rioting
Special :10/29/1966National Organization of Women founded
Special :05/16/1966National Welfare Rights Organization organizes
Special :10/01/1966Newspaper magnate Thomson buys The Times
Special :10/01/1966Newspaper magnate Thomson purchases "The Times"
Special :07/29/1966Nigerians chief of staff Jakubu Gowon makes coup
Special :12/10/1966Nobel for chemistry awarded to Robert S Mulliken
Special :03/10/1966North Vietnamese capture US Green Beret Camp at Ashau Valley
Special :04/08/1966OAO 1, 1st orbiting astronomical observatory, launched
Special :09/22/1966Only 413 show up at a Yankee Stadium game
Special :05/08/1966Only HR ever hit out of Baltimore's Memorial Park (Frank Robinson)
Special :07/10/1966Orbiter 1 launched to Moon
Special :10/06/1966Oriole Jim Palmer, 20, is youngest to pitch a World Series shutout
Special :09/07/1966P Wild discovers asteroid #1748 Mauderli
Special :09/20/1966Passenger ship Queen Elizabeth II launched
Special :06/24/1966Period of relative peace following WW II exceeds that following WW I
Special :05/25/1966Peru & Argentina soccer fans fight in Lima; 248 die
Special :07/17/1966Pioneer 7 launched
Special :08/17/1966Pioneer 7 launched into solar orbit
Special :03/12/1966Pioneer Plaza dedicated [SF?]
Special :12/31/1966Pirate Radio 390 (Radio Invicata) off England, resumes transmitting
Special :12/29/1966Pirate Radio Phoenix, 1st transmission (Worcester, Mass)
Special :04/04/1966Pirate Radio Scotland changes name to Radio Ireland
Special :11/25/1966Pirate Radio Station 390 (Radio Invicta) closes down (reopen 12/31)
Special :11/08/1966Pres Johnson signs anti-trust immunity to AFL-NFL merger
Special :05/02/1966Pulitzer prize awarded Arthur M Schlesinger Jr (Thousand Days)
Special :01/01/1966Purple Mountain Observatory discovers asteroid #3335
Special :01/20/1966Purple Mountain Observatory discovers asteroid #3678
Special :06/21/1966Queen Juliana opens Coen tunnel
Special :09/06/1966Race riot in Atlanta Georgia
Special :07/12/1966Race riot in Chicago
Special :08/07/1966Race riot in Lansing Michigan
Special :08/27/1966Race riot in Waukegan Illinois
Special :07/03/1966Race riots in Omaha Nebraska
Special :03/15/1966Racial riots erupt in the Watts section of Los Angeles
Special :08/15/1966Radio Free Asia (South Korea) begins radio transmission
Special :05/01/1966Radio RSA, South Africa begins shortwave transmitting
Special :08/02/1966Radio Vila (New Hebrides) begins transmitting
Special :11/30/1966Radio time signal WWV moves from Greenbelt, Maryland
Special :01/12/1966Red Auerbach wins his 1,000th game as coach of NBA Boston Celtics
Special :08/31/1966Referee Leo Horn whistles his last soccer match (Ajax-Bulgaria)
Special :04/16/1966Rhodesian PM Ian Smith breaks diplomatic relations with Britain
Special :07/14/1966Richard Speck rapes & kills 8 nurses in a Chicago dormitory
Special :07/13/1966Richard Speck, murders 8 nurses in Chicago
Special :01/18/1966Robert C Weaver, becomes 1st black cabinet member (HUD)
Special :04/19/1966Roberta Bignay becomes 1st woman to run in the Boston Marathon
Special :03/03/1966Rock group Buffalo Springfield forms
Special :04/12/1966Rocker Jan Berry crashes his corvette into a parked truck
Special :04/15/1966Rolling Stones release "Aftermath"
Special :05/13/1966Rolling Stones release "Paint it Black"
Special :08/06/1966Salazarbrug over Tag opens (longest suspension bridge of Europe)
Special :07/05/1966Saturn I rocket launched at Cape Kennedy
Special :06/20/1966Sheila Scott completes 1st round-the-world solo flight by a woman
Special :06/01/1966Shortwave station Radio NY Worldwide changes calls from WRUL to WNYW
Special :09/25/1966Smallest Yankee stadium crowd, 413 see White Sox win 4-1
Special :01/29/1966Snow storm in north east US kills 165
Special :08/08/1966South Arican Broadcasting bans Beatles (Lennon's anti-Jesus remark)
Special :04/02/1966Soviet Union's Luna 10 becomes 1st spacecraft to orbit Moon
Special :02/22/1966Soviets launch Kosmos 110 with Veterok & Ugolek, 1st 2-dog crew
Special :05/12/1966St Louis's Busch Stadium opens, Braves lose to Cards 4-3 in 12 inns
Special :06/06/1966Stokely Carmichael launches "Black Power" movement, 1966
Special :05/16/1966Stokely Carmichael named chairman of Student Nonviolent Coordinating
Special :06/13/1966Supreme Court's Miranda decision; suspect must be informed of rights
Special :07/25/1966Supremes release "You Can't Hurry Love"
Special :09/22/1966Surveyor 2 crashes on Moon
Special :08/13/1966T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2754
Special :03/19/1966Texas Western Counsel wins NCAA basketball championship
Special :03/03/1966Twister hits Jackson Miss; 3 minutes after 1st sighting, 57 die
Special :12/08/1966US & USSR sign treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons in outer space
Special :11/18/1966US RC bishops ends rules against eating meat on Fridays
Special :06/02/1966US Surveyor 1 lands in Oceanus Procellarum; 1st lunar soft-landing
Special :09/20/1966US Surveyor B launched toward Moon; crashed Sept 23
Special :10/26/1966US aircraft carrier Oriskany catches fire at Gulf on Tonken, 43 die
Special :07/08/1966US airline strike (until Aug 19th)
Special :07/30/1966US airplanes bombs demilitarized zone in Vietnam
Special :06/29/1966US bombs fuel storage facilities near N Vietnamese cities
Special :08/06/1966US citizens demonstrate against war in Vietnam
Special :05/30/1966US launches Surveyor 1 to Moon
Special :04/07/1966US recovers lost H-bomb from Mediterranean floor (whoops!)
Special :03/17/1966US sub locates missing H-bomb in Mediterranean
Special :05/01/1966US troops shooting targets in Cambodia
Special :01/17/1966USAF B-52 carrying 4 unarmed hydrogen bombs crashes on Spanish coast
Special :12/24/1966USAF C144 military charter crashes near Binh Thai Vietnam kills 129
Special :03/31/1966USSR launches Luna 10, 1st lunar orbiter
Special :08/24/1966USSR launches Luna 11 for orbit around Moon
Special :10/22/1966USSR launches Luna 12 for orbit around Moon
Special :12/21/1966USSR launches Luna 13; soft-landed in Oceanus Procellarum
Special :01/31/1966USSR launches Luna 9 toward the Moon
Special :11/27/1966Uruguay adopts constitution
Special :03/01/1966Venera 3 becomes 1st man-made object to impact on a planet (Venus)
Special :10/01/1966WAEO (now WJFW) TV channel 12 in Rhinelander, WI (NBC) begins
Special :09/12/1966WCES TV channel 20 in Wrens, GA (PBS) begins broadcasting
Special :01/25/1966WCMC (now WMGM) TV channel 40 in Wildwood, NJ (NBC) 1st broadcast
Special :12/22/1966WCVW TV channel 57 in Richmond, VA (PBS) begins broadcasting
Special :04/20/1966WDCA TV channel 20 in Washington, DC (IND) begins broadcasting
Special :05/03/1966WDHO (now WNWO) TV channel 24 in Toledo, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting
Special :01/24/1966WDIO TV channel 10 in Duluth, MN (ABC) begins broadcasting
Special :01/04/1966WFLD TV channel 32 in Chicago, IL (IND) begins broadcasting
Special :04/02/1966WJET TV channel 24 in Erie, PA (ABC) begins broadcasting
Special :03/03/1966WRFT (now WVFT) TV channel 27 in Roanoke, VA (IND) begins broadcasting
Special :07/26/1966WRLH TV channel 31 in Lebanon, NH (NBC) begins broadcasting
Special :09/05/1966WRLK TV channel 35 in Columbia, SC (PBS) begins broadcasting
Special :01/--/1966WSVI TV channel 8 in Christiansted, VI (ABC) begins broadcasting
Special :04/05/1966WTVX TV channel 34 in Ft Pierce-Vero Beach, FL (IND) 1st broadcast
Special :09/12/1966WUSF TV channel 16 in Tampa-St Petersburg, FL (PBS) 1st broadcast
Special :09/--/1966WVIA TV channel 44 in Scranton Wilkes-Barre, PA (PBS) 1st broadcast
Special :09/--/1966WXXI TV channel 21 in Rochester, NY (PBS) begins broadcasting
Special :11/01/1966William Dana in X-15 reaches 93 km
Special :02/14/1966Wilt Chamberlain breaks NBA career scoring record at 20,884 points
Special :07/25/1966Yankee manager Casey Stengel elected to Hall of Fame
Special :05/07/1966Yankees fire manager Johnny Keene
Special :08/25/1966Z Pereyra discovers asteroid #1769 Carlostorres
Special :12/01/1966radio time signal WWV moves from Greenbelt, Md to Boulder, Colo
Special :07/13/1966101øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC
Special :07/03/1966103øF highest temperature for this date in NYC

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