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

Historical Events

Results 401 - 500 of 639

Aug 10th - 1st lunar orbiter launched by US
Aug 10th - Daylight meteor seen from Utah to Canada. Only known case of a meteor entering Earth's atmosphere & leaving it again
Aug 11th - Last Beatle concert tour of US begins
Aug 14th - 1st US lunar orbiter begins orbiting Moon
Aug 14th - Cleveland Stadium's 1st rock concert is held, featuring Beatles
Aug 14th - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open
Aug 15th - Radio Free Asia (South Korea) begins radio transmission
Aug 17th - Pioneer 7 launched into solar orbit
Aug 17th - Willie Mays takes 2nd place on all-time HR list
Aug 19th - Earthquake strikes Varko Turkey: 2,400 killed
Aug 20th - Beatles pelted with rotten fruit during Memphis concert
Aug 21st - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Women's Western Golf Open
Aug 22nd - Beatles arrive in NYC
Aug 23rd - Lunar Orbiter 1 takes 1st photograph of Earth from Moon
Aug 24th - USSR launches Luna 11 for orbit around Moon
Aug 26th - Balt Orioles Roznovsky & B Powell are 4th to hit consecutive pinch HRs
Aug 26th - KLOC (now KCSO) channel 42 in Charlotte, NC (PBS) begins broadcasting
Aug 27th - Francis Chichester begins 1st solo sail around world
Aug 27th - Oakland Pitcher Paul Lindblad begins a 385 cons errorless streak
Aug 27th - Race riot in Waukegan Illinois
Aug 27th - Sir Francis Chichester begins 1st solo ocean voyage around the world
Aug 28th - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Glass City Golf Classic
Aug 29th - Beatles last public concert (Candlestick Park, SF)
Aug 29th - Dutch Internal minister Smallenbroek resigns after driving drunk
Aug 31st - Referee Leo Horn whistles his last soccer match (Ajax-Bulgaria)
Sep 1st - KIFW (now KTNL) TV channel 13 in Sitka, AK (CBS) begins broadcasting
Sep 2nd - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Ladies' World Series of Golf
Sep 3rd - 24th World SF Convention honors Gene Roddenberry
Sep 3rd - Donovan hits #1 with "Sunshine Superman"
Sep 4th - Houston Oilers holds Denver Broncos to no 1st downs winning 45-7
Sep 4th - Jim Hogan wins Europe marathon (2:20:04.6)
Sep 5th - Jerry Lewis' 1st Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $15,000
Sep 5th - WRLK TV channel 35 in Columbia, SC (PBS) begins broadcasting
Sep 6th - "Star Trek" premieres on NBC TV
Sep 6th - Race riot in Atlanta Georgia
Sep 7th - KTNE TV channel 13 in Alliance, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting
Sep 7th - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
Sep 8th - "Star Trek" premieres on NBC-TV
Sep 8th - "That Girl" starring Marlo Thomas premieres on ABC-TV
Sep 8th - The Severn Bridge is officially opened by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
Sep 9th - John Lennon meets Yoko Ono at an avante-garde art exposition
Sep 9th - The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act is signed into law by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson.
Sep 10th - Beatles' "Revolver," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 6 weeks
Sep 10th - Muhammad Ali TKOs Karl Mildenberger in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
Sep 10th - Neal Diamond's 1st chart song (Cherry Cherry)
Sep 11th - 80th US Womens Tennis: M Esther Bueno-Fraiser beats N Richey (63 61)
Sep 11th - 86th US Mens Tennis: Fred Stolle beats John Newcombe (46 12-10 63 64)
Sep 11th - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
Sep 11th - Johnny Miller becomes 1st Yank to hit a HR on his 1st at bat
Sep 11th - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Pacific Ladies' Golf Classic
Sep 11th - Rolling Stones perform on Ed Sullivan Show
Sep 12th - "Monkees" premieres on NBC-TV
Sep 12th - Gemini XI (Charles Conrad & R Gordon) launched for 71-hour flight
Sep 12th - KPNE TV channel 9 in North Platte, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting
Sep 12th - WCES TV channel 20 in Wrens, GA (PBS) begins broadcasting
Sep 12th - WUSF TV channel 16 in Tampa-St Petersburg, FL (PBS) 1st broadcast
Sep 12th - Washtenaw Community College in Ann Arbor Mich begins teaching
Sep 13th - Johannes Balthazar Vorster sworn in as premier of South Africa
Sep 15th - 1st British nuclear sub HMS Resolution launched
Sep 15th - Dutch political party (D'66) forms
Sep 15th - Gemini XI (Conrad/Gordon) returns to Earth
Sep 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.
Sep 16th - Metropolitan Opera opens at NY's Lincoln Center
Sep 17th - Cleve pitchers set AL record striking out 19 batters in 1st 9 innings
Sep 18th - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Shirley Englehorn Golf Invitational
Sep 19th - Mike Burke named Yankees pres
Sep 20th - Passenger ship Queen Elizabeth II launched
Sep 20th - US Surveyor B launched toward Moon; crashed Sept 23
Sep 21st - 5" of rain falls on NYC
Sep 21st - Jimmy Hendrix changes spelling of his name to Jimi
Sep 22nd - Edward Albee's "Delicate Balance," premieres in NYC
Sep 22nd - KMEB TV channel 10 in Wailuku, HI (PBS) begins broadcasting
Sep 22nd - Only 413 show up at a Yankee Stadium game
Sep 22nd - Orioles beat A's 6-1 to clinch their 1st AL pennant
Sep 22nd - Surveyor 2 crashes on Moon
Sep 24th - -30] Hurricane Inez, kills 293 in Caribbean, Florida & Mexico
Sep 24th - France performs nuclear test at Fangataufa Island
Sep 25th - 12th LPGA Championship won by Gloria Ehret
Sep 25th - Dmitri Shostakovitch's 2nd Cello Concert premieres in Moscow
Sep 25th - Smallest Yankee stadium crowd, 413 see White Sox win 4-1
Sep 26th - "Staten Island," 1st icebreaker to enter SF bay
Sep 29th - Bechuanaland gains independence from England, becomes Botswana
Sep 29th - Sandy Koufax pitches 3rd 300-strikeout season
Sep 29th - The Chevrolet Camaro, originally named Panther, is introduced.
Sep 30th - Botswana (Bechuanaland) gains independence from Britain (Natl Day)
Sep 30th - USSR performs underground nuclear test
Oct 1st - Newspaper magnate Thomson purchases "The Times"
Oct 1st - WAEO (now WJFW) TV channel 12 in Rhinelander, WI (NBC) begins
Oct 1st - West Coast Airlines Flight 956 crashes with eighteen fatal injuries and no survivors 5.5 miles south of Wemme, Oregon. This accident marks the first loss of a DC-9.
Oct 2nd - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Mickey Wright Golf Invitational
Oct 2nd - LA Dodgers Sandy Koufax clinches 3rd LA pennant in 4 years
Oct 3rd - Marshal Arturo da Costa e Silva elected president
Oct 4th - Dutch Cardinal Alfrink presents New Catechism
Oct 4th - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
Oct 4th - Lesotho (Basutoland) gains independence from Britain (National Day)
Oct 6th - Oriole Jim Palmer, 20, is youngest to pitch a World Series shutout
Oct 6th - Partial meltdown at Detroits's Fermi 1 nuclear reactor
Oct 6th - LSD is declared illegal in the United States.
Oct 8th - Wyoming's Jerry DePoyster kicks 3 field goals over 50 yds (54, 54, 52)
Oct 9th - Balt Orioles sweep LA Dodgers, in 63rd World Series

Famous Birthdays

Results 401 - 500 of 1,068

May 10th - Jonathan Edwards, Britain, triple jumper (Olympics-gold/silver-92, 96)
May 10th - Mikael Andersson, Malmo Swe, NHL left wing (Tampa Bay Lightning)
May 11th - Chris Mohr, NFL punter (Buffalo Bills)
May 11th - Trenidad Hubbard, Chicago IL, outfielder (Colorado Rockies)
May 11th - Christoph Schneider, German drummer (Rammstein)
May 12th - Rafael Bournigal, Azua Dom Rep, infielder (Oakland A's)
May 12th - Stephen Baldwin, actor (Beast, Lawrenceville Stories, Usual Suspects)
May 12th - Steven Conran, Lithgow NSW, Australasia golfer
May 12th - Bebel Gilberto, Brazilian singer
May 13th - Kamen Vodenicharov, Bulgarian entertainer
May 13th - Darius Rucker, American singer (Hootie & the Blowfish)
May 13th - Nikos Aliagas, Greek TV show host
May 14th - Fab Morvan, France, Lip Syncher (Milli Vanilli)
May 14th - Fabrice Morvan, Guadeloupe, singer (Milli Vanilli-Girl You Know)
May 14th - Leroy Blugh, CFL defensive end (Edmonton Eskimos)
May 14th - Mark Jackson, NBA guard (Indiana Pacers)
May 14th - Pooh Richardson, NBA guard (LA Clippers)
May 14th - Marianne Denicourt, French actress
May 14th - Raphael Saadiq, American musician (Tony! Toni! Toné!)
May 15th - Paul Ysebaert, Sarnia, NHL left wing (Tampa Bay Lightning)
May 16th - Janet Jackson, Gary Indiana, singer, Michael's sister (Control)
May 16th - Scott Reeves, Santa Monica Calif, actor (Ryan-Young & Restless)
May 16th - Sean Quilty, Australian marathoner (Olympics-96)
May 16th - Thurman Thomas, NFL running back (Buffalo Bills)
May 17th - Danny Manning, NBA forward/center (Phoenix Suns)
May 17th - Mark Kratzmann, Australia, tennis star
May 17th - Mark Schmocker, Interlaken Switz, US team handball goalie (Oly-96)
May 18th - Mike Inez, US rock bassist (Alice in Chains-Facelift)
May 18th - Michael Tait, American musician (dc Talk, Tait)
May 19th - Keith Jennings, NFL tight end (Chic Bears)
May 19th - Marc Bureau, Trois Rivieres, NHL center (Montreal Canadiens)
May 19th - Polly Walker, British actress
May 19th - Sophia Crawford, English actress and martial artist
May 20th - Lawyer Tillman, NFL tight end (Green Bay Packers, Carolina Panthers)
May 20th - Liselotte Neumann, Finspang Sweden, LPGA golfer (1988 US Women's Open)
May 20th - Mindy Cohn, LA, actress (Facts of Life)
May 20th - Paolo Seganti, actor (Damian-As the World Turns)
May 20th - Dan Abrams, American TV reporter
May 20th - Gina Ravera, American actress
May 21st - Manon Kelley, Quebec City Canada, actress (Red Lips 2)
May 22nd - Donald Royal, NBA forward (Charlotte Hornets, Orlando Magic)
May 22nd - Jose Mesa, Azua Dom Rep, pitcher (Cleveland Indians)
May 22nd - Kenny Hickey, American guitarist (Type O Negative)
May 23rd - Gary Roberts, North York, NHL left wing (Calgary Flames)
May 23rd - Graeme Hick, cricketer (in Zimbabwe Massive run-scorer for Worcs)
May 23rd - Helena Bonham Carter, London, actress (Ft Worth, Howards End)
May 24th - Tommy Turner, jockey
May 24th - Tony Jones, NFL tackle (Cleve Browns, Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
May 24th - Eric Cantona, French footballer
May 24th - Ricky Craven, American NASCAR driver
May 25th - Bill Haselman, Long Branch NJ, catcher (Boston Red Sox)
May 25th - Dave Hollins, Buffalo NY, infielder (Minn Twins)
May 25th - Melissa McNamara, Tulsa OK, LPGA golfer (1991 Stratton Mt Classic)
May 25th - Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands
May 26th - Anthony Edwards, NFL wide receiver (Arizona Cardinals)
May 26th - Billy Downes, Camden NJ, Nike golfer (1994 New England Classic)
May 26th - Grant Bradburn, cricketer (son of Wynne NZ off-spinner 1990- )
May 26th - Zola Budd Pieterse, Bloemfontein South Africa, track star (Oly-1988)
May 27th - Eric Leckner, NBA center (Detroit Pistons)
May 27th - John Jaha, Portland OR, infielder (Milwaukee Brewers)
May 27th - Ray Sheppard, Pembroke, NHL right wing (Florida Panthers)
May 27th - Sean Kinney, US rock drummer (Alice in Chains-We Die Young)
May 28th - Gavin Robertson, NSW cricket off-spin all-rounder (Aust ODI-Pak 1994)
May 29th - Floyd Turner, NFL wide receiver (Indianapolis Colts)
May 30th - Gary Martin, cricket pace bowler (Zimbabwe ODI)
May 30th - Stephen Malkmus, American musician (Pavement)
May 31st - Jessica Monroe, Palo Alto Calif, Canadian rower (Olympics-96)
May 31st - Roshan Mahanama, cricketer (Sri Lankan opening batsman)
May 31st - Jeremy Hotz, Canadian stand-up comedian
Jun 1st - Greg Schiano, American football coach
Jun 2nd - Pedro Guerra, Spanish songwriter and singer
Jun 3rd - Wasim Akram, cricketer (brilliant Pakistani lefty fast bowler)
Jun 4th - Nick Kypreos, Toronto, NHL left wing (Toronto Maple Leafs)
Jun 4th - Cecilia Bartoli, Italian mezzo-soprano
Jun 4th - Vladimir Voevodsky, Russian mathematician
Jun 5th - Bill Spiers, Orangeburg SC, infielder (Houston Astros)
Jun 5th - Tina Barrett, Balt, LPGA golfer (1989 Mitsubishi Motors Ocean State)
Jun 6th - Angela Cavagna, Genoa Italy, singer
Jun 6th - Tony Yeboah, Ghanaian footballer
Jun 6th - Sean Yseult, American musician (White Zombie)
Jun 7th - Dan Payne, CFL tackle (Toronto Argonauts)
Jun 7th - Heathcliff Slocumb, Jamaica NY, pitcher (Boston Red Sox)
Jun 7th - Stephane Richer, Ripon, NHL right wing (NJ Devils)
Jun 8th - Brian Williams, NFL center (NY Giants)
Jun 8th - Doris Pearson, Essex, rocker (5 Star-Silk & Steel)
Jun 8th - Julianna Margulies, Spring Valley NY, actress (Carol Hathaway-ER)
Jun 9th - Anthony Martino, CFL punter (Calgary Stampeders)
Jun 10th - Doug McKeon, NJ, actor (Big Shamus Little Shamus, Centennial)
Jun 10th - David Platt, English footballer
Jun 11th - Scott Mellanby, Montreal, NHL right wing (Florida Panthers)
Jun 11th - Tiffany Cohen, Culver City Calif, swimmer (Olympic-2 gold-1984)
Jun 13th - Thyme Lewis, SF Calif, actor (Jonah-Days of our Lives)
Jun 13th - Grigori Perelman, Russian mathematician
Jun 13th - Naoki Hattori, Japanese racing driver
Jun 14th - Ricky Siglar, NFL tackle (KC Chiefs, New Orleans Saints)
Jun 14th - Rod Stephens, NFL linebacker (Washington Redskins)
Jun 14th - Traylor Howard, Orlando Fla, actress (Joy Byrnes-Boston Common)
Jun 15th - Idalis DeLeon, American actress/singer
Jun 16th - Jan Zelezny, Czech, javelin thrower (Olympics-2 gold-92, 96)
Jun 16th - [Eric] Randy Barnes, Charleston WV, shot putter (Oly-silv/gold-88, 96)

Famous Deaths

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