Today in History for January 1966
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Months in 1966: February March April May June July August September October November December
Historical Events
Results 1 - 54 of 54
1st - 12 day transit worker strike shuts down NYC subway
1st - Milt coup by Col Jean-Bédell Bokassa in Central African Republic
1st - Simon & Garfunkel's "Sounds of Silence" reaches #1
1st - All US cigarette packs have to carry "Caution Cigarette smoking may be hazardous to your health"
2nd - 1st Jewish child born in Spain since 1492 expulsion
2nd - Green Bay Packers beat Cleve Browns 23-12 in NFL championship game
3rd - Floyd B McKissick, named national director of CORE
4th - Doug Walters scores second Test century in his second Test
4th - WFLD TV channel 32 in Chicago, IL (IND) begins broadcasting
7th - Dance Theatre of Harlem debuts
7th - Gene Kiniski beats Lou Thesz in St Louis, to become NWA champ
8th - Beatles' "Rubber Soul," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 6 weeks
8th - Beatles' "We Can Work It Out," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 3 weeks
8th - Georges Pompidou appointed French premier
8th - Who & the Kinks perform on the last "Shindig" TV show on ABC
9th - Polish govt denies exit visa to Cardinal Wyszynski revisionism
10th - India & Pakistan sign peace accord
10th - Julian Bond denied seat in Ga legislature for opposing Vietnam War
11th - "Daktari" African adventure series premieres on CBS TV
11th - 550 die in landslides in mountains behind Rio de Janeiro after rain
12th - "Batman" with Adam West & Burt Ward premieres on ABC TV
12th - 12 day NYC transit strike ends
12th - LBJ says US should stay in S Vietnam until communist aggression ends
12th - Red Auerbach wins his 1,000th game as coach of NBA Boston Celtics
13th - 1st black selected for pres cabinet (LBJ selects Robert C Weaver-HUD)
13th - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
14th - David Bowie releases his 1st record (Can't Help Thinking About Me)
15th - AFL Pro Bowl: All-Stars beats Buffalo 30-19
15th - NFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 36-7
16th - Harold R Perry becomes 2nd black Roman Catholic bishop in US
16th - Metropolitan Opera House opens in Lincoln Center
17th - B-52/KC-135 tankers crash near Spanish coast at Palomares, 7 die
17th - Martin Luther King Jr opens campaign in Chicago
18th - Robert C Weaver, confirmed as 1st black cabinet member (HUD)
19th - Indira Gandhi elected India's 3rd prime minister
19th - Neil Simons, Coleman & Fields' musical "Sweet Charity," premieres
19th - Tippetts cantate "Vision of St Augustine," premieres in London
21st - Beatle George Harrison marries model Patti Boyd
24th - WDIO TV channel 10 in Duluth, MN (ABC) begins broadcasting
25th - WCMC (now WMGM) TV channel 40 in Wildwood, NJ (NBC) 1st broadcast
26th - Ard Schenk skates world record 1500m (2:06.2)
26th - The Beaumont Children go missing from Glenelg Beach near Adelaide, South Australia.
27th - Wisc State Circuit Court Judge Elmer W Roller rules either the Braves stay in Milwaukee or NL must promise Wisc an expansion team for 1966
29th - "Sweet Charity" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 608 performances
29th - Lawry & Simpson complete 244 opening stand v England, Adelaide
29th - Snow storm in north east US kills 165
29th - US female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming
29th - US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Allen
30th - -19°F (-28°C), Corinth, Mississippi (state record)
30th - -27°F (-33°C), New Market, Alabama (state record)
30th - Ard Schenk skates world record 1500m (2:05.2)
30th - Dmitri Sjostakovitsj completes his 11th string quartet
31st - Belgian state police kills 2 striking mine workers
31st - USSR launches Luna 9 towards Moon
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 85 of 85
1st - Mika Nieminen, Tampere FIN, hockey forward (Team Finland, Oly-br-1998)
1st - Rawley Valberde, Oceanside Calif, actor (Amado-Santa Barbara)
2nd - Tia Carrere, [Althea Janairo], Honolulu, actress (Wayne's World)
3rd - Chetan Sharma, cricketer (Ind Test bowler, World Cup hat-trick 1987)
3rd - John Kropke, CFL defensive tackle (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
3rd - Luis Sojo, Barquisimeto Venezuela, infielder (Seattle Mariners)
3rd - Wendell Davis, NFL wide receiver (Indianapolis Colts)
3rd - Martin Galway, Northern Ireland composer
4th - Deana Carter, country singer
5th - Kate Schellenbach, musician (Luscious Jackson)
5th - Renaldo Turnbull, NFL defensive end (NO Saints, Carolina Panthers)
6th - Bob Kratch, NFL guard (NE Patriots)
6th - Donnell Woolford, NFL cornerback (Pittsburgh Steelers, Chicago Bears)
6th - Shahid Saeed, cricketer (Pakistani batsman in Test v India 1989)
6th - Andrew Wood, American singer (Mother Love Bone) (d. 1990)
6th - Fernando Carrillo, Venezuelan actor
6th - A. R. Rahman, Indian composer
7th - Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, model/wife of John Kennedy Jr
7th - Jennifer Luff, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
7th - Randy Burridge, Fort Erie, NHL left wing (Buffalo Sabres)
7th - Ehab Tawfik, Egyptian singer
8th - Darryl Hall, CFL linebacker (Calgary Stampeders)
8th - Loretta Lee, [Lee Lai Chan], China, actress (Happy Ghost)
8th - Andrew Wood, American musician (d. 1990)
9th - Jimmie Jones, defensive end/defensive tackle (Philadelphia Eagles)
10th - Steve Kramer, American politician
11th - Christian Pouget, hockey forward (Team France 1998)
11th - Marc Acito, American novelist and humorist
11th - Kelley Law, Canadian curler
12th - Craig Parry, Sunshine VIC, Australasia golfer
12th - Linda Ferrando, Italy, tennis star
12th - Olivier Martinez, French actor
13th - Joseph Harper, Ventura Calif, canoe (alt-Olympics-96)
13th - Marcus Turner, NFL cornerback/safety (NY Jets)
13th - Patrick Dempsey, Lewiston Me, actor (Mike-Fast Times)
13th - Tabitha Stevens, fictional character (Bewitched)
14th - Daniel J Schneider, Memphis Tn, actor (Dennis-Head of the Class)
14th - Matt Brock, NFL defensive end/tackle (NY Jets)
16th - Anthony Washington, Glasgow Montana, discus thrower (Olympics-4th-96)
16th - Jack McDowell, Van Nuys CA, pitcher (NY Yankees, White Sox, Indians)
17th - Anna Ivan, La Jolla Cal, tennis star
17th - Don Myrah, Oakland Calif, cyclist (Olympics-20th-96)
17th - Karissa Rushing, Benton Arkansas, Miss Arkansas-America (1991)
17th - Rexton Gordon, Jamaican dj/rapper (Shabba Ranks-Extra Naked)
17th - Shabba Ranks, reggae singer
17th - Trish Johnson, Bristol England, LPGA golfer (1993 Las Vegas)
18th - Alexander Khalifman, Russian chess player
18th - André Ribeiro, Brazilian racing driver
19th - Anthony Young, US baseball pitcher (NY Met, Chicago Cubs)
19th - Ronnie Williams, NFL tight end (Miami Dolphins)
19th - Stefan Edberg, Sweden, tennis player (Wimbledon 1988, US Open 1991)
19th - Sylvain Cote, Duberger, NHL defenseman (Washington Capitals)
19th - Lena Philipsson, Swedish singer
20th - Bert Weidner, NFL guard (Miami Dolphins)
20th - Chris Morris, NBA forward (Utah Jazz)
20th - Rich Gannon, NFL quarterback (KC Chiefs)
20th - Tracii Guns, rock guitarist (LA Guns-It's Over Now)
21st - Chris Hammond, US baseball pitcher (Florida Marlins)
21st - Katrine Michaelsen, Gentokte Denmark, Miss Denmark (1984)
21st - Candi Milo, American voice actress
22nd - Carlton Haselrig, NFL guard (NY Jets)
22nd - Nishantha Ranatunga, cricket (bro of Arjuna Sri Lankan ODI allrounder)
23rd - Haywoode Workman, NBA guard (Indiana Pacers)
23rd - Mike Brim, NFL cornerback (Cin Bengals)
23rd - Scott Fortune, Newport Beach Calif, volleyballer (Oly-G-88,B-92, 96)
24th - Kim Saiki, Inglewood CA, golfer (1994 Standard Register PING-13th)
24th - Mike Forgeron, Main-A-Dieu Nova Scotia, rower (Olympics-96)
24th - Jimeoin, Northern Irish comedian
25th - John [Vo] Velyvis, North Adams Mass, rower (Olympics-1996)
25th - Mark Schlereth, NFL guard (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
25th - Paul Ranheim, St Louis, NHL left wing (Hartford Whalers)
25th - Pavel Torgajev, Nizhnij Novgorod, NHL left wing (Calgary Flames)
25th - Richie Lewis, US baseball pitcher (Florida Marlins)
25th - Chet Culver, American politician, governor of Iowa
27th - Michael De Angelis, hockey defenseman (Team Italy 1998)
27th - Tamlyn Tomita, Okinawa, actress (Karate Kid 2, Ming Li-Santa Barbara)
28th - Jeff Uhlenhake, NFL center (NO Saints, Washington Redskins)
28th - Michal Pivonka, Kladno Cze, NHL center (Washington Capitals)
29th - Romário, Brazilian footballer
30th - Danielle Goyette, ice hockey forward (Canada, Oly-98)
30th - Daphne Ashbrook, Long Beach Calif, actress (Liz-Our Family Honor)
31st - Al Jaworsky, [Alan Doughty], pop bassist (Jesus Jones)
31st - Charles Dimry, NFL cornerback (Tampa Bay Bucs, Phila Eagles)
31st - Jamie Taras, CFL guard (BC Lions)
31st - Dr Umar Alisha, A Sufi Master was Born at Pithapuram.
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 20 of 20
1st - Vincent Auriol, President of France (1947-53), dies at 82
3rd - Rex Lease, actor (Perils of Pauline, Dakota, California), dies at 62
5th - George Duckworth, cricketer (24 Tests for England, ct 45 stp 15), dies
9th - Haro Levoni Step'anyan, composer, dies at 68
10th - George Cresswell, cricketer (Took 13 wkts in 3 Tests for NZ), suicide
10th - Hermann Kasack, writer, dies at 69
11th - Albert Giacometti, Swiss/French painter/sculptor, dies at 64
11th - Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian premier (1964-66), dies at 61
11th - Hannes Kolehmainen, Finnish runner (b. 1889)
14th - Sergei Korolev, Russian space station constructor, dies
14th - Bill Carr, American athlete (b. 1909)
15th - Betsy Mitchell, US 100m backstroke swimmer, dies at 25
16th - Margarete Susman, writer, dies at 91
17th - Vincent J Donehue, director (Lonelyhearts), dies of Hodgkin's at 50
18th - Kathleen Norris, US author, dies at 85
22nd - Herbert Marshall, actor (Dark Angel, Duel in the Sun), dies at 75
24th - Homi J. Bhabha, Indian physicist (b. 1909)
29th - Josef Winckler, German dentist/writer (Tolle Bomberg), dies at 84
29th - Pierre Mercure, composer, dies at 38
31st - Elizabeth Patterson, actress (Tall Story), dies at 90
