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Months in 1966: January February March April May June July August October November December

Historical Events

Results 1 - 61 of 61

1st - KIFW (now KTNL) TV channel 13 in Sitka, AK (CBS) begins broadcasting
2nd - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Ladies' World Series of Golf
3rd - 24th World SF Convention honors Gene Roddenberry
3rd - Donovan hits #1 with "Sunshine Superman"
4th - Houston Oilers holds Denver Broncos to no 1st downs winning 45-7
4th - Jim Hogan wins Europe marathon (2:20:04.6)
5th - Jerry Lewis' 1st Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $15,000
5th - WRLK TV channel 35 in Columbia, SC (PBS) begins broadcasting
6th - "Star Trek" premieres on NBC TV
6th - Race riot in Atlanta Georgia
7th - KTNE TV channel 13 in Alliance, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting
7th - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
8th - "Star Trek" premieres on NBC-TV
8th - "That Girl" starring Marlo Thomas premieres on ABC-TV
8th - The Severn Bridge is officially opened by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
9th - John Lennon meets Yoko Ono at an avante-garde art exposition
9th - The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act is signed into law by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson.
10th - Beatles' "Revolver," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 6 weeks
10th - Muhammad Ali TKOs Karl Mildenberger in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
10th - Neal Diamond's 1st chart song (Cherry Cherry)
11th - 80th US Womens Tennis: M Esther Bueno-Fraiser beats N Richey (63 61)
11th - 86th US Mens Tennis: Fred Stolle beats John Newcombe (46 12-10 63 64)
11th - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
11th - Johnny Miller becomes 1st Yank to hit a HR on his 1st at bat
11th - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Pacific Ladies' Golf Classic
11th - Rolling Stones perform on Ed Sullivan Show
12th - "Monkees" premieres on NBC-TV
12th - Gemini XI (Charles Conrad & R Gordon) launched for 71-hour flight
12th - KPNE TV channel 9 in North Platte, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting
12th - WCES TV channel 20 in Wrens, GA (PBS) begins broadcasting
12th - WUSF TV channel 16 in Tampa-St Petersburg, FL (PBS) 1st broadcast
12th - Washtenaw Community College in Ann Arbor Mich begins teaching
13th - Johannes Balthazar Vorster sworn in as premier of South Africa
15th - 1st British nuclear sub HMS Resolution launched
15th - Dutch political party (D'66) forms
15th - Gemini XI (Conrad/Gordon) returns to Earth
15th - U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson, responding to a sniper attack at the University of Texas at Austin, writes a letter to the United States Congress urging the enactment of gun control legislation.
16th - Metropolitan Opera opens at NY's Lincoln Center
17th - Cleve pitchers set AL record striking out 19 batters in 1st 9 innings
18th - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Shirley Englehorn Golf Invitational
19th - Mike Burke named Yankees pres
20th - Passenger ship Queen Elizabeth II launched
20th - US Surveyor B launched toward Moon; crashed Sept 23
21st - 5" of rain falls on NYC
21st - Jimmy Hendrix changes spelling of his name to Jimi
22nd - Edward Albee's "Delicate Balance," premieres in NYC
22nd - KMEB TV channel 10 in Wailuku, HI (PBS) begins broadcasting
22nd - Only 413 show up at a Yankee Stadium game
22nd - Orioles beat A's 6-1 to clinch their 1st AL pennant
22nd - Surveyor 2 crashes on Moon
24th - -30] Hurricane Inez, kills 293 in Caribbean, Florida & Mexico
24th - France performs nuclear test at Fangataufa Island
25th - 12th LPGA Championship won by Gloria Ehret
25th - Dmitri Shostakovitch's 2nd Cello Concert premieres in Moscow
25th - Smallest Yankee stadium crowd, 413 see White Sox win 4-1
26th - "Staten Island," 1st icebreaker to enter SF bay
29th - Bechuanaland gains independence from England, becomes Botswana
29th - Sandy Koufax pitches 3rd 300-strikeout season
29th - The Chevrolet Camaro, originally named Panther, is introduced.
30th - Botswana (Bechuanaland) gains independence from Britain (Natl Day)
30th - USSR performs underground nuclear test

Famous Birthdays

Results 1 - 79 of 79

1st - Katja Bienert, Berlin Germany, actress (Praxis Bulowbogen)
1st - Stephane Talbot, Greenfield Park Que, golfer (1992 Quebec PGA)
1st - Tim Hardaway, NBA guard (Miami Heat)
2nd - Salma Hayek, actress (Desparado)
2nd - Dino Cazares, American musician
2nd - Olivier Panis, French race car driver
2nd - Tuc Watkins, American actor
3rd - Bennie Blades, NFL safety (Detroit Lions)
3rd - Pat Eilers, NFL safety (Chic Bears)
3rd - Shawn Daniels, CFL fullback (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
3rd - Vladimir Ryzhkov, Russian politician
4th - Debra Lewin, South Burlington Vermont, Miss Vermont-America (1991)
4th - Jearl A Miles, Gainesville FL, 400m/long jumper (Olympics-gold-96)
5th - Simone Jacobs, England, 4X100m relayer (Olympic-bronze-1984)
5th - Achero Mañas, Spanish actor and film director
5th - Milinko Pantić, retired Serbian footballer
6th - Joan Guetschow, Akron Ohio, biathelete (Olympics-1994)
7th - Christopher Acland, musician
8th - Mike Dyer, Upland Calif, pitcher (Montreal Expos)
8th - Raymond Atteveld, Belgian soccer player (Waregem, Roda JC)
8th - Carola, Swedish singer
8th - Peter Furler, musician (Newsboys)
9th - Adam Sandler, actor/comedian (Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore, SNL)
9th - Alison Sydor, Edmonton Alberta, x-ctry cyclist (Olympics-silver-96)
9th - David Bennent, Lausanne, actor (Tin Drum, Legend)
9th - Kevin Hatcher, Detroit MI, NHL defenseman (Team USA, Dallas, Pitts)
9th - Georg Hackl, German luger
10th - Joe Nieuwendyk, NHL forward (Dallas Stars, Team Canada 1998)
10th - Kimble Anders, NFL fullback (KC Chiefs)
10th - Ted Popson, NFL tight end (SF 49ers)
11th - Richard Harvey, NFL linebacker (NO Saints)
11th - Stewart Carr, Indianapolis Ind, canoe (alt-Olympics-96)
11th - Princess Akishino, Japanese Imperial Family
12th - Darren E Burrows, Kansas, actor (Ed Chigliak-Northern Exposure)
12th - Ben Folds, American musician
13th - Igor Kravchuk, Ufa Russia, NHL defenseman (Team Russia, St Louis)
13th - Maria Furtwängler, German physician
13th - Louis Mandylor, Australian actor
14th - Mike Cooley, American guitarist
15th - Sherman Douglas, NBA guard (NJ Nets)
16th - Kevin Curtis Young, LA Calif, 400m hurdler
17th - Fred Childress, CFL guard (Calgary Stampeders)
18th - Isabelle Demongeot, Gassin France, tennis star
18th - Spike, guitarist (Ian Spice Breathe, Flash Cadillac) [or Feb 4]
19th - El Samurai, [Osamu Matsuda], wrestler (WAR/NJPW)
19th - Michael Campbell, CFL defensive tackle (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
19th - Soledad O'Brien, American journalist
19th - Eric Robert Rudolph, American criminal
19th - Yoshihiro Takayama, Japanese professional wrestler
20th - Nuno Bettencourt, Azores, rock guitarist (Extreme-More Than Words)
21st - Ronna Reeves, Big Spring TX
22nd - Mike Richter, Abington PA, NHL goalie (NY Rangers, Team USA 1998)
22nd - Moustafa Amar, Egyptian singer
22nd - Stefan Rehn, Swedish footballer
23rd - Doug Widell, NFL guard (Detroit Lions)
23rd - Pete Harnisch, Commack NY, pitcher (NY Mets)
23rd - LisaRaye, American actress
24th - Atul Bedade, cricketer (Indian ODI batsman 1994- )
24th - Bernard Gilkey, St Louis MO, outfielder (NY Mets)
24th - Kevin Koslofski, Decatur Ill, outfielder (Milwaukee Brewers)
24th - Paul Michael Valley, actor (Ryan Harrison-Another World)
24th - Michael J. Varhola, American author
25th - Elizabeth "Liz" Tchou, Medford NJ, field hockey defender (Olympics-96)
25th - Todd Philcox, NFL quarterback (Tampa Bay Bucs)
26th - Craig Heyward, NFL running back (Atlanta Falcons)
26th - Francisco Andreu, Dearborn Mich, road cyclist (Olympics-4th-88, 96)
26th - Christos Dantis, Greek composer and singer
27th - Stephanie D Wilson, Boston Mass, astronaut
27th - Lorenzo Cherubini, Italian singer (Jovanotti)
28th - Erno Das, lighting tech/gaffer (Spiegels, Lovely Liza)
28th - Kevin Baker, Montreal, Canadian Tour golfer (Manitoba Amateur-1988)
28th - Scott Adams, NFL offensive linesman (Chic Bears)
28th - Puri Jagannadh, Indian film director
29th - Hersey Hawkins, NBA guard (Seattle Supersonics, Olympic-bronze-1988)
29th - Jason Gould, son of Barbra Striesand & Elliot Gould
29th - Jill Whelan, Oakland Cal, actress (Vicki-Love Boat, Young & Restless)
29th - Ken Norton Jr, NFL linebacker (Dallas Cowboys, SF 49ers)
29th - Rudy Poeschek, Kamloops, NHL right wing (Tampa Bay Lightning)
30th - Kerry G. Johnson, African American graphic designer and caricaturist

Famous Deaths

Results 1 - 22 of 22

5th - Dezső Lauber, Hungarian athlete (b. 1879)
6th - Hendrik F Verwoerd, South African PM (1958-66), assassinated at 64
6th - Luigi Perrachio, composer, dies at 83
6th - Margaret Sanger, US feminist/birth control pioneer, dies at 86
7th - Al Kelly, double talk comedian (Ernie Kovacs Show), dies at 67
9th - Antonio Massana, composer, dies at 76
9th - Leon de Smet, Flemish painter, dies at 85
9th - Nestor Paiva, actor (3 Stooges in Orbit), dies of cancer at 61
10th - James Langridge, cricketer (242 runs & 19 wkts for England), dies
10th - Emil Gumbel, German mathematician and pacifist (b. 1891)
11th - Charlie Cantor, actor (Artie-Ray Bolger Show), dies at 68
11th - C. E. Woolman, American airline magnate (b. 1889)
14th - Gertrude Berg, actress (Molly Goldberg-Goldbergs), dies at 66
14th - Nikolai Cherkasov, actor (Ivan the Terrible), dies at 63
17th - Fritz Wunderlich, German tenor (Stuttgart 1955-58), dies at 35
18th - Fernand Lamy, composer, dies at 85
18th - Jeno Vecsey, composer, dies at 57
21st - Paul Reynaud, premier France (1940), dies
26th - Helen Kane, actress (Heads Up, Pointed Heels), dies of cancer at 62
28th - Eric Fleming, actor (Gil-Rawhide), dies at 41
28th - Lucky Millinder, bandleader/singer, dies
29th - Maurits H E Uyldert, Dutch poet/writer (Motion), dies at 75