History of 1966
During the year of 1966 the following events have happened in our world's history.
January 13, 1966 - 1st black in presidental cabinet (LBJ selects Robert C Weaver)
January 31, 1966 - Luna 9 launched for moon
February 01, 1966 - Nicholas Piantanida sets unofficial world altitude record for manned balloon flight (123 -800 ft or 37 -700 m) - but dies in descent
February 03, 1966 - Soviet Luna 9 1st spacecraft to soft-land on moon
March 01, 1966 - Venera 3 becomes 1st manmade object to impact on a planet (Venus)
March 12, 1966 - Pioneer Plaza dedicated
March 16, 1966 - Gemini 8 launched with 2 astronauts
March 17, 1966 - US sub locates missing hydrogen bomb in Mediterranean
March 31, 1966 - USSR launches Luna 10 - 1st spacecraft to orbit moon
May 07, 1966 - Yankees fire manager Johnny Keene
May 30, 1966 - US launches Surveyor 1 to the Moon
June 02, 1966 - US Surveyor 1 lands in Oceanus Procellarum 1st moon soft-landing
June 03, 1966 - Gemini 9 launched; 7th U.S. 2-man flight
June 06, 1966 - Gemini 9 completes 45 orbits after rendezvous with 'angry alligator'
June 06, 1966 - Activist James Meredith shot in Mississippi
June 08, 1966 - NFL & AFL announce plans to become NFC & AFC in 1970
June 13, 1966 - Miranda vs Az decision-Suspect must be informed of rights
June 20, 1966 - Georges Lemaitre - originator of "big bang" theory - dies at 71
June 27, 1966 - 4th Mayor's Trophy Game Yanks beat Mets 5-2
June 29, 1966 - US bombs fuel storage facilities near N Vietnamese cities
July 01, 1966 - Medicare goes into effect.
July 01, 1966 - Construction crews begin tearing up Market St to build BART
July 04, 1966 - LBJ signs Freedom of Information Act
July 10, 1966 - Orbiter 1 Launched to moon.
July 14, 1966 - Richard Speck kills 8 nurses in a Chicago dormitory
July 18, 1966 - Carl Sagan turns one billion seconds old
July 18, 1966 - Gemini 10 launched.
July 21, 1966 - Gemini X returns to Earth
July 25, 1966 - Yankee manager Casey Stengel elected to Hall of Fame
August 01, 1966 - Charles Whitman climbs U of Texas tower & shoots 12 dead
August 05, 1966 - Beatles release "Revolver" album
August 10, 1966 - Lunar Orbiter 1 launched
August 14, 1966 - 1st US lunar orbiter
August 23, 1966 - Lunar Orbiter 1 takes 1st photograph of earth from the moon
August 29, 1966 - Beatles public concert at Candlestick Park in SF.
September 06, 1966 - Star Trek appears on TV for the 1st time (on NBC)
September 11, 1966 - Johnny Miller became the 1st Yank to hit a HR on his 1st at bat
September 12, 1966 - Gemini XI launched
September 12, 1966 - The Monkees premiers
September 15, 1966 - Gemini XI returns to Earth
September 16, 1966 - Metropolitan Opera opens at NY's Lincoln Center
September 18, 1966 - Gemini X is launched
September 19, 1966 - Mike Burke named Yankees president
September 25, 1966 - Smallest Yankee stadium crowd 413 see White Sox win 4-1
September 26, 1966 - The Staten Island is 1st icebreaker to enter SF bay
September 26, 1966 - Japan launches its 1st satellite in to space
September 30, 1966 - Botswana gains independence from Britain (National Day)
October 04, 1966 - Lesotho (Basutoland) gains independence from Britain (National Day)
November 11, 1966 - Gemini 12 launched on 4-day flight
November 15, 1966 - Gemini XII returns to Earth
November 16, 1966 - Dr Sam Sheppard freed after 9 years in jail by a jury
November 26, 1966 - 1st major tidal power plant opened at Rance estuary France
November 27, 1966 - in highest-scoring NFL game Wash Redskins defeat NY Giants 72-41
November 30, 1966 - Barbados gains independence from Britain (Natl Day)
December 08, 1966 - A terrible Yankee trade Roger Maris for Card's Charlie Smith
December 10, 1966 - Israeli hmuel Yosef Agnon wins Nobel Prize for literature
December 15, 1966 - Audouin Dollfus discovers 10th satellite of Saturn Janus
December 15, 1966 - Walt Disney passes away
December 24, 1966 - Luna 13 lands on moon