1966 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1966?
- January 1, 1966 – After a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa assumes power as president of the Central African Republic.
- January 21, 1966 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Horse in Chinese astrology.
- January 31, 1966 – The Soviet Union launches the unmanned Luna 9 spacecraft as part of the Luna program.
- February 26, 1966 – Vietnam War: The ROK Capital Division of the South Korean Army massacres 380 unarmed civilians in South Vietnam.
- 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.
- March 12, 1966 – Suharto takes over from Sukarno to become President of Indonesia.
- March 16, 1966 – Launch of Gemini 8, the 12th manned American space flight and first space docking with the Agena Target Vehicle.
- May 16, 1966 – The Communist Party of China issues the “May 16 Notice”, marking the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.
- June 2, 1966 – Surveyor program: Surveyor 1 lands in Oceanus Procellarum on the Moon, becoming the first U.S. spacecraft to soft land on another world.
- August 1, 1966 – Purges of intellectuals and imperialists becomes official People’s Republic of China policy at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.
- 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.
- August 18, 1966 – Vietnam War: the Battle of Long Tan ensues after a patrol from the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment clashes with a Viet Cong force in Phuoc Tuy Province.
- 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 9, 1966 – Vietnam War: Binh Tai massacre
- October 14, 1966 – The city of Montreal, Quebec, begins the operation of its underground Montreal Metro rapid-transit system.
- October 15, 1966 – Black Panther Party is created by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale.
- October 21, 1966 – Aberfan disaster: A slag heap collapses on the village of Aberfan in Wales, killing 144 people, mostly schoolchildren.
- November 15, 1966 – Gemini program: Gemini 12 completes the program’s final mission, when it splashes down safely in the Atlantic Ocean.
- December 18, 1966 – Saturn’s moon Epimetheus is discovered by Richard L. Walker.
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