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1966 (MCMLXVI) was
a common year starting
on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar,
the 1966th year of the Common Era (CE)
and Anno Domini (AD)
designations, the 966th year of the 2nd millennium, the 66th year of
the 20th century,
and the 7th year of the 1960s decade.
Contents · 1Events · 2Births · 3Deaths Events[edit] January[edit] Main article: January 1966 ·
January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes
over as military ruler of the Central African
Republic, ousting President David Dacko. ·
January 2 – A
wildcat strike by public
transportation workers in New York City, led by Mike Quill, begins, designed to coincide
with the beginning of Republican John V. Lindsay's mayoralty. (The strike
ends on January 13.) ·
January 3 – The first Acid Test is conducted at the Fillmore, San Jose. ·
A
military coup occurs in Upper Volta (later Burkina Faso). ·
The
prime ministers of India and Pakistan meet in Moscow. ·
A gas leak fire at the Feyzin oil
refinery near Lyon, France, kills 18 and injures 84. ·
Pakistani–Indian peace negotiations end
successfully with signing of the Tashkent Declaration.
Indian prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri dies
the next day. ·
The
French paper L'Express publishes
a story by Georges Figon,
who took part in the kidnapping of Mehdi Ben Barka. ·
Georgia
House of Representatives refuses to seat Julian Bond. ·
Home
of civil rights activist Vernon Dahmer in Hattiesburg,
Mississippi, is firebombed. Dahmer's family escapes but he dies
the next day from severe burns. (White
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan Imperial Wizard Samuel Bowerswill be unsuccessfully tried
for this murder on four occasions, and then convicted in 1998.) ·
Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference convenes
in Lagos, Nigeria. ·
A
conference on Rhodesia begins in
Lagos, Nigeria. ·
The
first SR-71 Blackbird spy
plane goes into service at Beale AFB. ·
January 12 – United States
President Lyndon Johnson states
that the United States should stay in South Vietnam until Communist aggression there is ended. ·
January 13 – Robert C. Weaver becomes the
first African-American Cabinet
member, by being appointed United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. ·
January 15 – A bloody military coup is
staged in Nigeria, deposing the civilian government
and resulting in the death of Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa
Balewa. ·
January 16 – Chicago Bulls, a member of National
Basketball Association's club, officially founded.[1] ·
The
Nigerian coup is
overturned by another faction of the military, leaving a military government
in power. This is the beginning of a long period of military rule. ·
A B-52 bomber
collides with a KC-135 Stratotanker over
Spain, dropping three 70-kiloton hydrogen bombs near the town of Palomares,
and one into the sea, in the 1966 Palomares
B-52 crash. ·
Carl Brashear, the first
African-American United States Navy diver,
is involved in an accident during the recovery of a lost H-bomb which results
in the amputation of his leg. ·
French
police announce that Georges Figon has committed suicide,
prior to his arrest for the kidnapping of Mehdi Ben Barka. ·
About
8,000 U.S. soldiers land in South Vietnam; U.S. troops now total
190,000. ·
January 19 – Indira Gandhi is elected Prime Minister of
India; she is sworn in January 24. ·
January 20 – Demonstrations occur
against high food prices in Hungary. ·
January 21 – Italian Prime
Minister Aldo Moro resigns
due to a power struggle in his party. ·
The
military government of Nigeria announces
that ex-prime minister Abubakar Tafawa
Balewa was killed during the coup. ·
The Chadian Muslim
insurgent group FROLINAT is
founded in Sudan, starting the Chadian Civil
War. ·
January 24 – Air India Flight 101 crashes
into Mont Blanc, killing
all 117 persons on board, including Dr. Homi J. Bhabha, chairman of the Indian
Atomic Energy Commission. ·
Harold Holt is elected leader of
the Liberal Party
of Australia unopposed when Robert Menzies retired after an
unprecedented 16 years in
office; consequently Holt becomes Prime
Minister of Australia. ·
Beaumont
children disappearance: Three children disappear on their way
to Glenelg, South
Australia, never to be seen again. ·
The
British government promises the U.S. that British troops in Malaysia will stay until more peaceful
conditions occur in the region. ·
Britain's Labour Party unexpectedly
retains the parliamentary seat of Hull North in a by-election, with a swing
of 4.5% to their candidate from the opposition Conservatives, and a majority
up from 1,181 at the 1964 General Election to 5,351. ·
January 29 – The first of 608
performances of Sweet Charity opens
at the Palace Theatre in New York City. ·
January 31 – The United Kingdom ceases
all trade with Rhodesia. February[edit] Main article: February 1966 ·
February 1 – West Germany procures some 2,600 political prisoners from East Germany. ·
February 3 – The unmanned Soviet Luna 9 spacecraft makes the first
controlled rocket-assisted landing on the Moon. ·
All Nippon
Airways Flight 60 plunges into Tokyo Bay; 133 are killed. ·
Winnie
the Pooh and the Honey Tree becomes the first Winnie the Pooh featurette to be released. ·
February 6 – The TV series Mister Ed airs its final episode
(ran 1961–66). ·
February 7 – Lyndon Johnson of the United States
and Nguyễn
Cao Kỳ of South Vietnam convene with other officials
in Honolulu, Hawaii to
discuss the course of the Vietnam War.[2] ·
February 8 – The National Hockey
League announces it will expand to 12 teams for the 1967
season. ·
February 10 – Soviet writers Yuli Daniel and Andrei Sinyavsky are sentenced to five
and seven years, respectively, for "anti-Soviet" writings. ·
February 14 – The Australian dollar is
introduced at a rate of 2 dollars per pound, or 10 shillings per dollar. ·
February 19 – The naval minister of the
United Kingdom, Christopher Mayhew,
resigns. ·
February 20 – While Soviet author and
translator Valery Tarsis is
abroad, the Soviet Union negates
his citizenship. ·
February 23 – An intra-party
military coup d'état in
Syria replaces the previous government of Amin al-Hafiz by one led by Salah Jadid. ·
February 24 – A coup d'état led by the
police and military of Ghana raises
the National
Liberation Council to power while president Kwame Nkrumah is abroad. ·
February 26 – A curfew is declared in Jakarta, Indonesia. ·
British
Prime Minister Harold Wilson calls
a General Election in the United Kingdom, to be held on 31 March. ·
U.S.
astronauts Charles Bassett and Elliot See are killed in an aircraft
accident in St. Louis, Missouri. March[edit] Main article: March 1966 ·
March
– The DKW automobile ceases production in
Germany.[3] ·
March 1 ·
The
British Government announces plans for the decimalisation of the pound sterling (hitherto denominated in
20 shillings and 240 pence to the Ł), to come into force in February 1971 (Decimal Day). ·
Soviet space probe Venera 3 crashes on Venus, becoming the first spacecraft to land
on another planet's surface. ·
The Ba'ath Party takes power in Syria. ·
March 2 – Kwame Nkrumah arrives in Guinea and is granted asylum. ·
March 4 ·
Canadian
Pacific Air Lines Flight 402 crashes during a night landing
in poor visibility at Tokyo International Airport in Japan,
killing 64 of 72 persons on board. ·
In
an interview with London Evening
Standard reporter Maureen Cleave, John Lennon of The Beatles states that they are "more popular than
Jesus now". ·
March 5 ·
BOAC Flight 911 crashes in severe clear-air turbulence over Mount Fuji soon after taking off from
Tokyo International Airport in Japan, killing all 124 people on board. ·
A
massive theft of nuclear materials is revealed in Brazil. ·
Merci, Chérie by Udo Jürgens (music by Udo Jürgens,
lyrics by Udo Jürgens and Thomas Hörbiger) wins the Eurovision
Song Contest 1966 for Austria. ·
March 7 – Charles de Gaulle asks
U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson for
negotiations about the state of NATO equipment
in France. ·
March 8 ·
Anti-communist
demonstrations occur at the Indonesian Foreign Ministry. ·
Vietnam War: The U.S. announces it will
substantially increase the number of its troops in Vietnam. ·
Nelson's Pillar in O'Connell Street, Dublin, is clandestinely blown up by
former Irish
Republican Army volunteers marking this year's 50th anniversary
of the Easter Rising. ·
March 9 – Ronnie, one of the Kray twins, shoots George Cornell (an associate of
rivals The Richardson Gang)
dead at The Blind Beggar pub
in Whitechapel, east
London, a crime for which he is finally convicted in 1969. ·
March 10 ·
Crown Princess Beatrix of the
Netherlands marries Claus von Amsberg.
Some spectators demonstrate against the groom because he is German. ·
The Frost Report, which launched the television careers
of John Cleese, Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett and also the careers of
other writers and performers, is first broadcast on BBC. ·
March 11 ·
Transition to
the New Order in Indonesia: President Sukarno gives all executive powers to General Suharto by signing the "Supersemar" order. ·
French
President Charles de Gaulle states
that French troops will be taken out of NATO and
that all French NATO bases and HQ's must be closed within a year. ·
March 12 – Bobby Hull of the Chicago Blackhawks sets
the National Hockey
League single season scoring record against the New York Rangers with his 51st goal. ·
March 15 – Racial riots erupt in the
Watts section of Los Angeles. ·
March 16 – NASA spacecraft Gemini 8 (David Scott, Neil Armstrong) conducts the first docking
in space, with an Agena target vehicle. ·
Paul Van Doren established the Vans shoe
company in California. ·
March 17 ·
More
anti-communist demonstrations occur in Indonesia. ·
Off
the Mediterranean coast of Spain, the United States Navy submersible DSV Alvin finds a missing
U.S. hydrogen bomb. ·
March 19 – The Texas Western Miners defeat
the Kentucky Wildcats with
five African-American starters, ushering in desegregation in athletic
recruiting. ·
March 20 – Football's Jules Rimet Trophy is
stolen while on exhibition in London; it is found seven days later by a
mongrel dog named "Pickles"
and his owner David Corbett, wrapped in newspaper in a south London garden. ·
March 22 – In Washington, D.C., General Motors President James M. Roche
appears before a Senate subcommittee, and apologizes to consumer
advocate Ralph Nader for
the company's intimidation and harassment campaign against him. ·
March 23 – Pope Paul VI and Michael Ramsey, the Archbishop of
Canterbury, meet in Rome. ·
March 26 – Demonstrations are held
across the United States against the Vietnam War. ·
March 27 – In South Vietnam, 20,000 Buddhists march in
demonstrations against the policies of the military government. ·
March 28 ·
Cevdet Sunay becomes the fifth
president of Turkey. ·
Indira Gandhi visits Washington, D.C. ·
March 29 – The 23rd Communist Party Conference is held
in the Soviet Union; Leonid Brezhnev demands that U.S.
troops leave Vietnam, and announces that Chinese-Soviet
relations are not satisfactory. ·
March 31 ·
The
British Labour Party led
by Harold Wilson wins
the United
Kingdom General Election, gaining a 96-seat majority (compared
with a single seat majority when the election was called on February 28).[4] ·
The Soviet Union launches Luna 10, which later becomes the
first space probe to
enter orbit around the Moon. April[edit] Main article: April 1966 ·
April 1 – The Flintstones aired its last
episode on the ABC network. ·
April 2 – The Indonesian army demands that the
country rejoin the United Nations. ·
April 3 – Luna 10 is the first manmade object
to enter lunar orbit. ·
April 7 – The United Kingdom asks
the United
Nations Security Council for authority to use force to
stop oil tankers that
violate the embargo against Rhodesia(authority is given April 10). ·
April 8 ·
Buddhists
in South Vietnam protest
against the fact that the new government has not set a date for free elections. ·
Leonid Brezhnev becomes General
Secretary of the Soviet Union, as
well as Leader of the Communist Party of the U.S.S.R. ·
Time magazine cover story asks "Is God Dead?" ·
April 9 – The captain of English
football league club Norwich City F.C., Barry
Butler, is killed in a car accident. ·
April 13 ·
United
States' magazine Time's
cover story is ‘London: The Swinging City’ ·
United
States president Lyndon Johnson signs
the 1966 Uniform Time Act,
dealing with daylight saving time. ·
April 14 ·
Kenyan
Vice President Oginga Odinga resigns,
saying "invisible government" representing foreign interests now
runs the country. Will head a new party, the Kenya People's Union. ·
The South Vietnamese government promises
free elections in 3–5 months. ·
April 15 – An anti-Nasser conspiracy
is exposed in Egypt. ·
April 18 ·
China
declares that it will stop economic aid to Indonesia. ·
The 38th Academy Awards ceremony
is held. ·
April 19 – Bobbi Gibb becomes the first woman to
run the Boston Marathon. ·
April 21 ·
An artificial heart is installed in the
chest of Marcel DeRudder in a Houston, Texas hospital. ·
The
opening of the Parliament
of the United Kingdom is televised for the first time. ·
Haile Selassie visits Jamaica for the first time, meeting
with Rasta leaders. ·
Ian Brady and Myra Hindley go on trial at Chester Crown Court,
for the murders of 3 children who vanished between November 1963 and
October 1965. ·
April 24 – Uniform daylight saving time is
first observed in most parts of North America. ·
April 26 ·
A
new government is formed in the Republic of the
Congo, led by Ambroise Noumazalaye. ·
The
magnitude 5.1 Tashkent
earthquake affects the largest city in Soviet Central Asia with
a maximum MSK
intensity of VII (Very strong). Tashkent is mostly destroyed and 15–200
are killed. ·
April 27 – Pope Paul VI and Soviet Foreign
Minister Andrei Gromyko meet
in the Vatican (the
first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic
Church and the Soviet Union). ·
April 28 – In Rhodesia, security forces kill seven ZANLA men in combat; Chimurenga, the ZANU rebellion,
begins. ·
April 29 – U.S. troops in Vietnam total 250,000. ·
April 30 ·
Regular hovercraft service begins over
the English Channel (discontinued
in 2000 due to the Channel Tunnel). ·
The Church of Satan is formed by Anton Szandor LaVey in San Francisco. May[edit] Main article: May 1966 ·
May 1 – Floods occur on the Finnish
coast. ·
May 3 – Swinging Radio
England and Britain Radio commence broadcasting on AM, with a combined potential 100,000 watts,
from the same ship anchored off the south coast of England in international
waters. ·
May 4 – Fiat signs
a contract with the Soviet government to build a car factory in the Soviet Union. ·
May 5 – The Montreal Canadiens defeat
the Detroit Red Wings to
win the Stanley Cup. ·
May 6 ·
The Moors murders trial ends with Ian Brady being found guilty on all
three counts of murder and sentenced to three concurrent terms of life
imprisonment. Myra Hindley is
convicted on two counts of murder and of being an accessory in the third
murder committed by Brady, and receives two concurrent terms of life
imprisonment and a seven-year fixed term for being an accessory. ·
The
hit song "Paint It Black"
by The Rolling Stones is
released. ·
May 7 – Irish bank workers go on strike. ·
May 12 ·
African
members of the UN Security Council say that the British army should blockade
Rhodesia. ·
The Busch Memorial
Stadium opens in St Louis, Missouri. ·
Radio Peking claims
that U.S. planes have shot down a Chinese plane over Yunnan (the U.S. denies the story the
next day). ·
May 14 – Turkey and Greece intend to start
negotiations about the situation in Cyprus. ·
May 15 ·
Indonesia asks Malaysia for peace negotiations. ·
The South Vietnamese army besieges Da Nang. ·
Tens
of thousands of anti-war demonstrators again picket the White House, then rally at the Washington Monument. ·
May 16 ·
The Communist Party
of China issues the 'May 16 Notice',
marking the beginning of the Cultural Revolution. ·
A
seamen's strike is called in Britain. ·
The
legendary album Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys is released. ·
Bob Dylan's seminal album, Blonde on Blonde is released in the
U.S. ·
In
New York City, Dr. Martin Luther King
Jr. makes his first public speech on the Vietnam War. ·
May 19 – Gertrude Baniszewski is
found guilty of murdering and torturing Sylvia Likens and is sentenced to life
in prison (she is released on parole in December 1985). ·
May 24 ·
Battle of Mengo Hill: Ugandan army troops arrest Mutesa II of Buganda and
occupy his palace. ·
The Nigerian government forbids all
political activity in the country until January 17, 1969. ·
May 25 – Explorer program: Explorer 32 is launched. ·
No. 9 Squadron RAAF becomes
part of the 4,500 strong Australian Task Force assigned to
duties in Vietnam, leaving for Southeast Asia aboard the aircraft
carrier HMAS Sydney.[5] ·
May 26 – Guyana achieves independence. ·
May 28 ·
It's a Small World opens at Disneyland. ·
Fidel Castro declares martial law in Cuba because of a
possible U.S. attack. ·
The Indonesian and Malaysian governments declare that
the Indonesia–Malaysia
confrontation is over (a treaty is signed on August 11). ·
May 29 – Azteca Stadium, as known well for sports
venues in Mexico, officially opened in Mexico City, before 1968 Summer Olympics.[citation needed] ·
May 31 – The Philippines reestablishes diplomatic relations with Malaysia. June[edit] Main article: June 1966 ·
June 1 ·
The
final new episode of The Dick Van Dyke
Show airs (the first episode aired on October 3, 1961). ·
White
House Conference on Civil Rights ·
June 2 ·
Éamon de Valera is
re-elected as Irish president. ·
Surveyor program: Surveyor 1 lands in Oceanus
Procellarum on the Moon, becoming the first
U.S. spacecraft to
soft-land on another world. ·
Four
former cabinet ministers including Évariste Kimba are
executed in the Democratic
Republic of the Congo, for alleged involvement in a plot to
kill Mobutu Sese Seko. ·
June 3 – Joaquín Balaguer is
elected president of the Dominican Republic. ·
June 5 – Gemini 9: Gene Cernan completes the second U.S.
spacewalk (2 hours, 7 minutes). ·
June 6 – Civil rights activist James Meredith is shot by a sniper
while traversing Mississippi in the March Against Fear. ·
June 8 ·
An XB-70 Valkyrie prototype is destroyed
in a mid-air collision with a F-104 Starfighter chase
plane during a photo shoot. NASA pilot Joseph A. Walker and USAF test
pilot Carl Cross are both killed. ·
Topeka, Kansas is devastated by a
tornado that registers as an "F5" on the Fujita scale, the first to exceed US $100
million in damages. Sixteen people are killed, hundreds more injured, and
thousands of homes damaged or destroyed, and the campus of Washburn University suffers
catastrophic damage.[6] ·
June 12 – Chicago's Division Street
riots begin, in response to police shooting of a young Puerto
Rican man. ·
June 13 – Miranda v. Arizona:
The Supreme
Court of the United States rules that the police must
inform suspects of their rights before
questioning them. ·
June 14 – The Vatican abolishes the Index
Librorum Prohibitorum. ·
June 17 – An Air France personnel strike begins. ·
June 18 – CIA chief William Raborn resigns; Richard Helms becomes his successor. ·
June 20 – French President Charles de Gaulle starts
his visit to the Soviet Union. ·
June 21 – Opposition leader Arthur Calwell is shot after attending
a political meeting in Mosman, Sydney, Australia. ·
June 27 ·
Frank Zappa and The Mothers of
Invention's debut album, Freak Out!, is released. It is an
initial failure, but gains a massive cult following in subsequent years. ·
The
gothic soap opera Dark Shadows premieres
on ABC. ·
June 28 – In Argentina, a junta calling
itself Revolución
Argentina deposes president Arturo Umberto Illia in
a coup, and appoints General Juan Carlos Onganía to
lead. ·
June 29 ·
Juan Carlos Onganía comes
to power in "Argentine Revolution"
coup d'état. ·
A
sailors' strike, organised by the National Union
of Seamen, ends in the United Kingdom. ·
Vietnam War: U.S. planes begin bombing Hanoi and Haiphong. ·
June 30 ·
France
formally leaves NATO. ·
The National
Organization for Women (NOW) is founded in Washington, D.C. July[edit] Main article: July 1966 ·
July
– British gangster Charlie Richardson is
arrested by police and sentenced to 25 years in prison in the following year
for his part in the Torture Gang assaults. ·
July 1 – Joaquín Balaguer becomes
president of the Dominican Republic. ·
July 3 ·
31
people are arrested when a demonstration by approximately 4,000 anti-Vietnam War protesters in front of the
U.S. Embassy in London's Grosvenor Squareturns violent ·
René Barrientos is
elected president of Bolivia. ·
July 4 ·
North Vietnam declares general mobilization. ·
American
President Lyndon B. Johnson signs
the Freedom
of Information Act, which goes into effect the following year. ·
Congress of
Racial Equality (CORE) endorses goal of Black Power at well attended convention
in Baltimore. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Roy
Wilkins criticize this declaration. ·
July 6 – Malawi becomes a republic. ·
July 7 – A Warsaw Pact conference ends with a
promise to support North Vietnam. ·
July 8 – King Mwambutsa
IV Bangiriceng of Burundi is deposed by his son Ntare V, who is in turn deposed by prime
minister Michel Micombero. ·
July 11 ·
The 1966 FIFA World Cup begins
in England. ·
British Motor
Corporation and Jaguar Cars announce plans to merge as
British Motor Holdings. ·
July 12 ·
Indira Gandhi visits Moscow. ·
Zambia threatens to leave the Commonwealth of
Nations because of British peace overtures to Rhodesia. ·
July 13 – The International Society for Krishna Consciousness is
founded in New York City by A.
C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. ·
July 14 ·
Israeli and Syrian jet fighters clash over
the Jordan River. ·
Richard Speck murders 8 student nurses
in their Chicago dormitory. He is arrested on July 17. ·
Gwynfor Evans, President of Plaid Cymru, becomes Member of the United
Kingdom Parliament for Carmarthen, taking
the previously Labour-held Welsh seat at a by-election with a majority of
2,435 on an 18% swing, and giving Plaid Cymru its first representation at
Westminster in its forty-one year history. ·
July 16 – British Prime Minister Harold Wilson flies to Moscow to try to
start peace negotiations about the Vietnam War (the Soviet government
rejects his ideas). ·
July 18 ·
Gemini 10 (John Young, Michael
Collins) is launched. After docking with an Agena target vehicle,
the astronauts then set a world altitude record of 474 miles (763 km). ·
The Hough Riots break out in Cleveland, Ohio, the city's first race
riot. ·
The International
Court of Justice rules in favour of South Africa in a case on
the administration of South West Africa which
was brought before them by Ethiopiaand Liberia. ·
July 22 – Following the death of
engineer Hsu Tsu-tsai in
The Hague, the Chinese government declares Dutch delegate G. J.
Jongejans persona non grata,
but tells him not to leave the country before his fellow Chinese engineers
have left the Netherlands. ·
July 23 – Katangese troops in Stanleyville, Congo,
revolt for several weeks in support of the exiled minister Moise Tshombe. ·
July 24 – U.N. Secretary General U Thant visits Moscow. ·
July 24 – A USAF F-4C
Phantom #63-7599 was shot down by a North Vietnamese SAM-2 45 miles (72 km) northeast
of Hanoi, in the first loss of a US aircraft to
a Vietnamese SAM in the Vietnam War.[7] ·
July 26 – Lord Gardiner issues
the Practice Statement in
the House of Lords,
stating that the House is not bound to follow its own previous precedent. ·
July 28 – The U.S. announces that
a Lockheed U-2 reconnaissance
plane has disappeared over Cuba. ·
July 29 ·
A military
counter-coup in Nigeria: army officers from the north of the
country execute head of state General Aguiyi-Ironsi and
install Yakubu Gowon. ·
La Noche
de los Bastones Largos: Junta takes over Argentine universities. ·
Bob Dylan is injured in a motorcycle
accident near his home in Woodstock, New York.
He is not seen in public for over a year. ·
July 30 – England beats West
Germany 4–2 to win the 1966 FIFA World Cup at Wembley after extra time. August[edit] Main article: August 1966 ·
August 1 ·
Sniper Charles Whitman kills 14 people and
wounds 32 from atop the University
of Texas at Austin Main Building tower, after earlier killing
his wife and mother. ·
British Colonial Office merges with Commonwealth
Relations Office to form new Commonwealth Office. ·
August 2 – The Spanish government
forbids overflights of British military aircraft. ·
August 5 ·
Groundbreaking
takes place for the World
Trade Center. ·
Martin Luther King
Jr. leads a civil rights march in Chicago, during which he is
struck by a rock thrown from an angry white mob. ·
The Caesars Palace hotel and casino opens
in Las Vegas. ·
The Beatles' Revolver LP
is released in the United Kingdom. ·
August 6 ·
Braniff Flight 250 crashes
in Falls City, Nebraska,
killing all 42 on board. ·
René Barrientos takes
office as the president of Bolivia. ·
The Salazar Bridge
(now the 25 de Abril Bridge)
opens in Lisbon, Portugal. ·
August 7 – Race riots occur in Lansing, Michigan. ·
An
East German court sentences Günter Laudahn to life imprisonment for spying
for the United States. ·
Lunar Orbiter 1, the first U.S. spacecraft
to orbit the moon, is launched. ·
Indonesia
and Malaysia issue joint peace declaration, formally ending the Indonesia–Malaysia
confrontation which began in 1963. ·
The Beatles hold a press conference in
Chicago, during which John Lennon apologizes
for his "more popular than Jesus" remark, saying, "I didn't
mean it as a lousy anti-religious thing." ·
August 12 – Massacre of
Braybrook Street: Harry Roberts, John Duddy and Jack Witney shoot
dead 3 plainclothes policemen in London; they are later sentenced to life
imprisonment. ·
In
the People's Republic of China, Mao Zedong begins the Cultural Revolution to
purge and reorganize China's Communist Party. ·
An earthquake in Varto
town, Turkey, kills 2,394 and
injures 10,000. ·
Syrian and Israeli troops clash over Lake Kinneret
(also known as the Sea of Galilee)
for 3 hours. ·
It
is announced that the New York Herald
Tribune will not resume publication. ·
August 16 – Vietnam War: The House
Un-American Activities Committee starts investigating
Americans who have aided the Viet Cong, with the intent to make these
activities illegal. Anti-war demonstrators disrupt the meeting and 50 are
arrested. ·
August 17 – Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Republic begin
negotiations in Kuwait to end the
war in Yemen. ·
August 18 – Vietnam War – Battle of Long Tan:
D Company, 6th Battalion of the Royal
Australian Regiment, meets and defeats a Viet Cong force estimated to be four
times larger, in Phuoc Tuy Province, Republic of Vietnam. ·
August 19 – The 6.8 Mw Varto earthquake affected
eastern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli
intensity of IX (Violent), killing 2,394–3,000 and injuring
1,420–1,500. ·
August 21 – Seven men are sentenced to
death in Egypt, for anti-Nasser agitation. ·
The Asian Development
Bank (ADB) established. ·
The
United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC), predecessor of the United Farm Workers
of America (UFW), is formed. ·
August 24 – The Doors record their self-titled debut LP. ·
August 26 – The first battle of the
South African Air Force and the South African Police with PLAN,
the armed wing of the South
West Africa People's Organization(SWAPO), takes place at Ongulumbashe during Operation Blue
Wildebeest, triggering the South African
Border War which continues until 1989. ·
August 29 – The Beatles end their US tour with
a concert at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. It is their last performance
as a live touring band. ·
August 30 – France offers independence
to French Somaliland (later Djibouti in 1977). September[edit] Main article: September 1966 September 30: Botswanaformerly Bechuanaland, independence from United Kingdom as a republic and
parliament democracy. ·
United
Nations Secretary-General U Thant declares that he will not seek
re-election, because U.N. efforts in Vietnam have failed. ·
98
British tourists die in an air crash in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia. ·
While
waiting at a bus stop Ralph Baer, an
inventor with Sanders Associates,
writes a four-page document that lays out the basic principles for creating a
video game to be played on a television: the beginning of a
multibillion-dollar industry. ·
September 6 – South African Prime
Minister Hendrik Verwoerd is
stabbed to death in Parliament by Dimitri Tsafendas. ·
September 7 – The ocean liner SS Hanseatic catches fire
and burns in New York Harbor. ·
September 8 – Star Trek,
the science fiction television series, debuts on NBC in
the United States with its first episode, titled "The Man Trap". ·
September 9 – NATO decides
to move SHAPE headquarters
to Belgium. ·
Gemini 11 (Richard F. Gordon,
Jr., Pete Conrad) docks
with an Agena target vehicle. ·
B. J. Vorster becomes the new Prime
Minister of South Africa. ·
September 13 – Clashes between the
Chinese Communist Party and the Red Guards are reported by TASS in
the Soviet Union. ·
In
South Vietnam, Thích Trí Quang ends
a 100-day hunger strike. ·
The Metropolitan
Opera House opens at Lincoln Center in New York City with
the world premiere of Samuel Barber's opera Antony and
Cleopatra. ·
Scotland Yard arrests Buster Edwards, suspected of involvement in
the Great Train Robbery. ·
Timothy Leary forms the spiritual
group League for
Spiritual Discovery. ·
Indonesian
military commander (later President) Suharto announces the resumption of
Indonesian participation in the United Nations. ·
September 29 – Hurricane Inez strikes Hispaniola,
leaving thousands dead and tens of thousands homeless in the Dominican Republic and Haiti. ·
The Bechuanaland
Protectorate in Africa achieves independence from the United
Kingdom as Botswana, with Seretse Khama as its first President. ·
Baldur von Schirach and Albert Speer are released from Spandau Prison. October[edit] Main article: October 1966 ·
October ·
Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton found the Black Panther Party. ·
The Toyota Corolla car is introduced. ·
October 1 – West Coast
Airlines Flight 956 crashes with 18 fatal injuries and no
survivors 5.5 miles (8.9 km) south of Wemme, Oregon. This accident marks the first
loss of a DC-9.[8] ·
October 3 – Tunisia severs diplomatic relations
with the United Arab Republic. ·
Israel applies for membership in
the EEC. ·
Basutoland becomes independent and
takes the name Lesotho. ·
UNESCO signs the Recommendation
Concerning the Status of Teachers. This event is now celebrated as World
Teachers' Day. ·
An
experimental Reactor at the Enrico
Fermi Nuclear Generating Station suffers a partial meltdown
when its cooling system fails. ·
LSD
is made illegal in the United States and controlled so strictly that not only
are possession and recreational use criminalized, but all legal scientific
research programs on the drug in the US are shut down as well. ·
The
Love Pageant Rally takes place in the Panhandle of
Golden Gate Park, a narrower section that projects into San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district. ·
October 7 – The Soviet Union declares that all Chinese
students must leave the country before the end of October. ·
Vietnam War: Binh Tai Massacre. ·
October 11 – France and the Soviet Union sign a treaty for
cooperation in nuclear research. ·
Closure
of Intra Bank begins crisis of Lebanese
banking system. ·
The
city of Montreal inaugurates its metro system (see Montreal Metro). ·
U.S.
President Lyndon B. Johnson signs
a bill creating the United
States Department of Transportation. ·
The
U.S. Congress passes a bill for the creation of Pictured
Rocks National Lakeshore. ·
ABC-TV telecasts
a highly acclaimed 90-minute television adaptation of the musical Brigadoon, starring Robert Goulet, Peter Falk, and Sally Ann Howes, which wins Emmy Awards and inaugurates a
short-lived series of special television adaptations of famous Broadway
musicals on that network. ·
October 16 – Grace Slick performs live for the first
time with Jefferson Airplane. ·
October 17 – Lesotho and Botswana are admitted to the United Nations. ·
The Aberfan disaster occurs in South Wales, United Kingdom. ·
The AFL-NFL merger is approved by the U.S.
Congress. ·
British
spy George Blake escapes
from Wormwood
Scrubs prison; he is next seen in Moscow. ·
Spain
demands that the United Kingdom stop military flights to Gibraltar; Britain refuses the next day. ·
October 24 – Negotiations about
the Vietnam War begin
in Manila, Philippines. ·
A
military court in Jakarta sentences
ex-foreign minister Subandrio to death. ·
Spain
closes its Gibraltar border
to non-pedestrian traffic. ·
NATO moves
its HQ from Paris to Brussels. ·
A
fire aboard the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany in
the Gulf of Tonkin kills
44 crewmen. ·
October 27 – The United Nations terminates the mandate
given by the League of Nations and
proclaims that South West Africa will be administrated by the United Nations.
This is rejected by South Africa. ·
With
just over a month before his death Walt Disney announces his plans for EPCOT.
An utopian city planned for Florida. ·
October 29 – The Guinean delegation to the OAU meeting
in Ethiopia, become hostages of the Ghanaian government in Accra. November[edit] Main article: November 1966 ·
November 1 – The National
Football League awards the league's sixteenth franchise to
the city of New Orleans. The
team would be named the New Orleans Saints. ·
November 2 – The Cuban Adjustment Act comes
into force, allowing 123,000 Cubans the opportunity to apply
for permanent residence in
the United States. ·
November 4 – In Italy, a flood of the
Arno River hits Florence, flooding it to a maximum depth of
6.7 m (22 ft), leaving thousands homeless and destroying millions
of masterpieces of art and rare books. In addition, a severe tidal flood hits Venice. ·
November 5 – Thirty-eight African
states demand that the United Kingdom use force against
the Rhodesian government. ·
November 6 – Lunar Orbiter 2 is launched. ·
Former Massachusetts Attorney General Edward Brooke becomes the first African American elected to the United States Senate since Reconstruction. ·
Actor Ronald Reagan is elected Governor of
California. ·
November 10 – Seán Lemass retires as Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland to
be replaced in the role by fellow Fianna Fáil member Jack Lynch. ·
A
mine kills 3 Israeli paratroopers
on the West Bank border. ·
Spain
declares general amnesty for crimes committed during the Spanish Civil War (effective
only for the Falangists' side). ·
November 14 – Jack L. Warner sells Warner Bros. to Seven Arts
Productions, which eventually becomes Warner
Bros.-Seven Arts. ·
Gemini 12 (James A. Lovell, Buzz Aldrin) splashes down safely in the Atlantic
Ocean, 600 km (370 mi) east of the Bahamas. ·
Harry Maurice
Roberts, who killed three policemen in August, is caught near
London. ·
A Boeing 727 carrying Pan Am Flight 708 crashes
near Berlin, Germany, killing all three people on
board. ·
Two
young couples in Point Pleasant, West Virginia reportedly see a strange moth-like
creature better known as the Mothman. ·
November 16 – American doctor Sam Sheppard is acquitted in his second
trial for the murder of his pregnant wife in 1954. ·
The
U.N. General Assembly decides to found the United Nations Industrial Development Organization. ·
A
spectacular Leonid meteor
shower passes over Arizona, at the rate of
2,300 a minute for 20 minutes. ·
November 21 – In Togo,
the army crushes an attempted coup. ·
The Beatles begin recording sessions
for their Sgt.
Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band L.P. ·
Bulgarian TABSO Flight 101 crashes near Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, killing all 82
people on board. ·
Australian
federal election, 1966: Harold Holt's Liberal/Country Coalition Government is re-elected with a
significantly increased majority, defeating the Labor Party led
by Arthur Calwell.
Calwell resigned as Labor leader shortly after; he would be replaced by his deputy and future Prime
Minister Gough Whitlam. ·
The Saskatchewan
Roughriders defeat the Ottawa Rough Riders to
win the 54th Grey Cup at Vancouver's Empire Stadium 29-14.
Saskatchewan were led by quarterback Ron Lancaster. ·
November 27 – The Washington Redskins defeat
the New York Giants 72–41
in the highest scoring game in NFL history. ·
November 28 – Truman Capote's Black and White Ball ('The
Party of the Century') is held in New York City. ·
November 29 – The SS Daniel J.
Morrell sinks in a storm on Lake Huron, killing 28 of 29 crewmen. ·
November 30 – Barbados achieves independence. December[edit] Main article: December 1966 ·
Kurt Georg Kiesinger is
elected Chancellor
of West Germany. ·
British
Prime Minister Harold Wilson and Rhodesian Prime minister Ian Smith negotiate aboard HMS Tiger in the
Mediterranean. ·
December 2 – U Thant agrees to serve a second term
as U.N. Secretary General. ·
December 3 – Anti-Portuguese
demonstrations occur in Macau; a curfew is declared the next day. ·
December 5 – U.S. Supreme Court rules
in Bond v. Floyd that
the Georgia House of Representatives must seat Julian Bond, having violated
his First and Fourteenth Amendment rights. ·
December 6 – Běnh Hňa massacre: Vietnam War. ·
Syria offers weapons to rebels in Jordan. ·
Barbados is admitted to the United Nations. ·
December 8 – The Typaldos Line's
ferry SS Heraklion sinks
in rough seas, in the Aegean Sea near Crete, leaving 217 dead. ·
December 15 – Walt Disney dies while producing The Jungle
Book, the last animated feature under his personal
supervision. ·
The
U.N. Security Council approves an oil embargo against Rhodesia. ·
The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights are
adopted by the General Assembly, as Resolution 2200 A (XXI). ·
December 17 – South Africa does not
join the trade embargo against Rhodesia. ·
December 18 – How the Grinch Stole Christmas, narrated
by Boris Karloff,
is shown for the first time on CBS,
beginning an annual Christmas tradition
in the United States. ·
December 19 – The Asian Development
Bank begins operations. ·
December 20 – Harold Wilson withdraws all his
previous offers to the Rhodesian government,
and announces that he will agree to independence only after the founding of a
Black majority government. ·
December 22 – Prime Minister Ian Smith declares that Rhodesia is
already a republic. ·
December 24 – New York television
station WPIX broadcasts its Christmas
tradition, "The Yule
Log" for the first time. ·
December 25 – Thunderbirds airs
its final episode on ITV with a Christmas special. ·
December 26 – The first Kwanzaa is celebrated by Maulana Karenga, founder of Organization US
(a black nationalist group) and later chair of Black Studies at California
State University, Long Beach, from 1989 to 2002. ·
East
German Premier Walter Ulbricht discusses
negotiations about German reunification. ·
Thieves
steal millions' worth of paintings from the Dulwich Art Gallery in
London. ·
The
Congolese government takes over the Union
Miničre du Haut Katanga. Date unknown[edit] ·
Konstantin Chernenko,
later leader of the Soviet Union,
becomes a candidate member of the Central Committee. ·
Paramount
Pictures Corporation becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of
Gulf+Western Industries, Inc. ·
The Surrealist
Movement in the United States is founded by Franklin and Penelope Rosemont. ·
Lise Meitner and Otto Hahn are awarded the Fermi Prize. ·
The Congress of
the United States creates the National Council for Marine
Resources and Engineering Development. ·
Martin
Richards designs the programming language BCPL. ·
The
World Buddhist Sangha Council
is convened by Theravadins in Sri Lanka, with the hope of bridging
differences and working together. ·
The Jerusalem Bible, a Roman Catholic translation, is
published in English. ·
Peter L. Berger and Thomas Luckmann publish The
Social Construction of Reality. ·
Long-term potentiation (LTP),
the putative cellular mechanism
of learning and memory, is first observed by Terje Lřmo in Oslo,
Norway. ·
In
or about this year, one person returning to Haiti from the Congo is
thought to have first brought HIV to the Americas.[9] ·
Chevrolet
Camaro is introduced. ·
A
Japanese car Toyota Corolla is
introduced since late November 1966. Births[edit] January[edit] ·
Anna Burke, Australian politician ·
Ivica Dačić, Serbian
politician; Prime Minister
of Serbia (from July 2012 until 2014) ·
Deana Carter, American singer ·
Christian Kern, Austrian politician,
24th Chancellor of
Austria ·
Yuri Amano, Japanese voice actress ·
Kate Schellenbach,
American musician ·
January 6 – Sharon Cuneta, Filipino actress, host and
singer ·
Carolyn
Bessette-Kennedy, American actress and model, wife of John F. Kennedy, Jr. (d. 1999) ·
Corrie Sanders, South African boxer
(d. 2012) ·
Igor Vyazmikin, Russian ice hockey player ·
Andrew Wood,
American musician (d. 1990) ·
January 13 – Patrick Dempsey, American actor and race car
driver ·
January 14 – Dan Schneider,
American actor and producer ·
George Morikawa, Japanese author and
illustrator ·
Shabba Ranks, Jamaican singer ·
Floris Jan
Bovelander, Dutch field-hockey player ·
Stefan Edberg, Swedish tennis player ·
Lena Philipsson, Swedish singer and media
personality ·
January 20 – Rainn Wilson, American actor ·
January 22 – Jegath Gaspar Raj,
Tamil Maiyam Founder ·
January 24 – Jimeoin, Northern Irish-Australian comedian
and actor ·
Andrea Berg, German singer ·
Seiji Mizushima, Japanese anime director ·
January 29 – Romário, Brazilian footballer ·
Hans Tutschku, German composer ·
January 31 – Gordon Hill,
British internet celebrity and meme known as The Wealdstone Raider[importance?] February[edit] ·
February 1 – Michelle Akers, American footballer ·
February 3 – Jimmy Thunder, Samoan boxer ·
Piret Kalda, Estonian actress ·
Kyōko Koizumi, Japanese actress and
singer ·
February 5 – José María Olazábal,
Spanish golfer ·
February 6 – Rick Astley, British pop musician ·
February 7 – Kristin Otto, German swimmer ·
Sarah Montague, English journalist and radio
host ·
Hristo Stoichkov, Bulgarian footballer ·
Christoph Maria
Herbst, German actor ·
Ellen van Langen, Dutch athlete ·
February 10 – Daryl Johnston, American football player ·
February 11 – Cristina Elena Grigoras,
Romanian artistic gymnast ·
February 13 – Neal McDonough, American actor ·
February 16 – Martin Perscheid, German cartoonist ·
February 17 – Luc Robitaille, Canadian hockey player ·
February 18 – Richard A. Collins,
British scientist and author ·
February 20 – Cindy Crawford, American model and actress ·
Yahya Ayyash, Palestinian bombmaker
(d. 1996) ·
Rachel Dratch, American actress and comedian ·
Brian Greig, Australian politician ·
Michael Arata, American actor ·
Alexandre Borges, Brazilian actor ·
February 24 – Billy Zane, American actor ·
Samson Kitur, Kenyan athlete ·
Téa Leoni, American actress ·
Jennifer Grant, American actress ·
Najwa Karam, Lebanese singer ·
February 27 – Alison Gertz, American AIDS activist
(d. 1992) ·
Paulo Futre, Portuguese footballer ·
Ickey Woods, American football player March[edit] ·
March 1 ·
Don Lemon, American journalist ·
Zack Snyder, American actor, film director,
screenwriter and producer ·
March 2 ·
Sheren Tang, Hong Kong actress ·
David Wickham, English concert pianist,
musical director and conductor ·
March 3 ·
Vander Lee, Brazilian singer-songwriter (d. 2016) ·
Tone Lōc, African-American R&B
musician ·
Nick Rhodes,
English biochemist ·
Fernando Colunga, Mexican actor ·
March 4 ·
Daniela Amavia, American actress and
international model ·
Ant Banks, African-American rapper ·
Steve Bastoni, Australian actor ·
Kevin Johnson, American basketball player ·
Dav Pilkey, American writer ·
Wash West, English-born film director ·
March 5 ·
Mark Z. Danielewski,
American author ·
Michael Irvin, American football player ·
March 6 – Maurice Ashley, American chess grandmaster ·
March 7 ·
Jeff Feagles, American football kicker ·
Atsushi Sakurai, Japanese singer (Buck-Tick) ·
March 9 – Tony Lockett, Australian
rules footballer ·
March 10 ·
Edie Brickell, American singer ·
Mike Timlin, American baseball player ·
March 13 – Chico Science, Brazilian musician (d. 1997) ·
March 14 ·
Elise Neal, American actress ·
Gary Anthony
Williams, American actor and comedian ·
March 16 – Rodney Peete, African-American football
quarterback ·
March 17 – Espen Hammer, Norwegian philosopher ·
March 18 ·
Anne Will, German television journalist ·
Jerry Cantrell, American guitarist and
singer ·
March 19 – Nigel Clough, English footballer ·
March 21 – Roy Niederhoffer, American hedge fund
manager and philanthropist ·
March 22 – Antonio Pinto,
Portuguese long-distance runner ·
March 25 ·
Tom Glavine, American baseball player ·
Jeff Healey, Canadian guitarist (d. 2008) ·
Anton Rogan, Northern Irish footballer ·
March 26 – Michael Imperioli,
American actor ·
March 28 – Cheryl James, African-American rapper (Salt-n-Pepa) ·
March 29 – Krasimir Balakov, Bulgarian footballer April[edit] ·
April 1 – Chris Evans,
British radio disc-jockey ·
April 2 ·
Bill Romanowski, American football player ·
Teddy Sheringham, British footballer ·
Supla, Brazilian singer, songwriter, actor
and presenter ·
April 3 ·
Michael Mittermeier,
German comedian ·
Miina Tominaga, Japanese voice actress ·
April 4 ·
Riduan Isamuddin, Bali bombing suspect ·
Mike Starr,
American bassist (Alice in Chains)
(d. 2011) ·
April 8 ·
Cynthia Nixon, American actress ·
Bobby Ologun, Nigerian television
personality and martial artist ·
Robin Wright, American actress ·
April 9 – John
Hammond, British weather forecaster ·
April 11 – Lisa Stansfield, British soul singer ·
April 13 – Ali Boumnijel, Tunisian footballer ·
April 14 ·
David Justice, African-American baseball
player ·
Greg Maddux, American baseball player ·
April 15 ·
Samantha Fox, British model and singer ·
Beverly Thomson, Canadian television
personality, journalist, and correspondent for CTV Television
Network ·
April 17 – Vikram, Indian actor ·
April 18 – Trine Hattestad, Norwegian athlete ·
April 19 ·
El Samurai, Japanese professional wrestler ·
Oliver Welke, German television presenter,
actor, comedian and sports journalist ·
April 20 – David Chalmers, Australian philosopher ·
April 22 ·
Dana Barron, American actress ·
Jeffrey Dean Morgan,
American actor ·
April 25 ·
Man Arenas, Spanish comic creator ·
Tim Easton, American songwriter ·
April 26 – Natasha Trethewey,
Pulitzer Prize–winning poet ·
April 27 ·
Siw Anita Andersen Norwegian
actress ·
Brian Koppelman, American filmmaker,
essayist, podcaster ·
Yoshihiro Togashi,
Japanese author and illustrator ·
April 28 ·
John Daly,
American golfer ·
Ali-Reza Pahlavi, titular prince of Iran
(d. 2011) ·
April 29 – Phil Tufnell, British cricketer May[edit] ·
May 1 – Charlie Schlatter,
American actor and voice actor ·
May 3 – Firdous Bamji, Indian-American actor ·
May 5 – Lyubov
Yegorova, Russian cross-country skier ·
May 6 ·
Andrea Chiesa, Swiss Formula One driver ·
Cindy Hsu, American Emmy-Award-winning
journalist ·
May 7 ·
Anderson Cummins, Canadian cricketer ·
Jes Hřgh, Danish footballer ·
May 8 ·
Robert J. Behnen, American genealogist and
politician ·
Kamil Kašťák,
Czech ice hockey player ·
Marta Sánchez, Spanish female vocalist,
entertainer ·
Rocko Schamoni, German entertainer, author,
musician ·
Cláudio Taffarel,
Brazilian goalkeeper ·
May 10 ·
Mikael
Andersson, Swedish ice hockey player ·
Jonathan
Edwards, British athlete ·
Anne Elvebakk, Norwegian biathlete ·
Genaro Hernández,
Mexican-American boxer ·
May 11 – Bill Ackman, American activist investor and
hedge fund manager ·
May 12 ·
Stephen Baldwin, American actor ·
Bebel Gilberto, Brazilian popular singer ·
May 13 ·
Nereus Acosta, Filipino politician,
academician, and political scientist ·
Cheryl Dunye, Liberian-born film director,
producer, screenwriter, editor and actress ·
Alison Goldfrapp, English musician, Goldfrapp. ·
Darius Rucker, African-American country
singer ·
May 14 ·
Raphael Saadiq, American singer-songwriter ·
Mike Inez, American musician (Alice In Chains) ·
May 15 – Greg Wise, English actor and producer ·
May 16 ·
Juan Manuel Funes,
Guatemalan footballer and coach ·
Janet Jackson, African-American singer ·
Thurman Thomas, American football player ·
May 17 ·
Hill Harper, American actor ·
Qusay Hussein, Iraqi politician (d. 2003) ·
May 19 – Polly Walker, English actress ·
May 20 – Joey Gamache, American boxer ·
May 21 ·
Lisa Edelstein, American actress and
playwright ·
François Omam-Biyik,
Cameroonian football player ·
May 22 ·
Francisco Blake Mora,
Mexican politician (d. 2011) ·
Siri Eftedal, Norwegian team handball player
and Olympic medalist ·
May 23 ·
H. Jon Benjamin, American actor and comedian ·
Graeme Hick, English cricketer ·
May 24 ·
Eric Cantona, French footballer ·
Francisco Javier
Cruz, Mexican football player ·
Ricky Craven, American race car driver and
sportscaster ·
Russell Kun, Nauruan politician ·
May 25 ·
Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh,
Iranian goalkeeper ·
Jeff Cross,
American football player ·
May 26 ·
Helena Bonham Carter,
English actress ·
Zola Budd, South African athlete ·
May 27 ·
Heston Blumenthal,
British chef ·
Carol Campbell,
Afro-German actress, model and presenter ·
May 28 ·
Theo Bleckmann, German vocalist and composer ·
Larry Davis,
American criminal (d. 2008) ·
May 29 – Robert
Anderson, American child murderer (executed) (d. 2006) ·
May 30 ·
Frank Goosen, German cabaret artist and
novel author ·
Thomas Häßler,
German football player June[edit] ·
June 2 – Candace Gingrich, American LGBT rights
activist ·
June 3 – Wasim Akram, Pakistani cricketer ·
June 4 – Cecilia Bartoli, Italian mezzo-soprano ·
June 5 – Dwayne Hill, Canadian voice actor ·
June 6 – Faure Gnassingbé,
President of Togo ·
June 7 – Tom McCarthy,
American film director and actor ·
June 8 ·
Jens Kidman, Swedish musician ·
Julianna Margulies,
American actress and producer ·
June 10 – Laura Silverman, American actress and voice
actress ·
June 13 – Grigori Perelman, Russian mathematician ·
June 14 ·
Matt Freeman, American musician ·
Eduardo Waghorn, Chilean musician ·
Traylor Howard, American actress ·
June 15 – Roberto Carnevale,
Italian musician ·
June 16 ·
Phil Vischer, American voice actor,
puppeteer, writer, animator, creator of VeggieTales. ·
Jan Železný, Czech javelin thrower ·
June 18 – Kurt Browning, Canadian figure skater ·
June 19 – Samuel West, British actor ·
June 21 – Rudi Bakhtiar, American journalist ·
June 22 ·
Michael Park,
British rally co-driver (d. 2005) ·
Emmanuelle Seigner,
French actress ·
June 23 ·
Richie Jen, Taiwanese musician ·
Eric Thomas,
Inventor of LISTSERV ·
June 24 – Adrienne Shelly, American actress and
director (d. 2006) ·
June 25 – Dikembe Mutombo, Congolese basketball player ·
June 26 – Dany Boon, French comedian and filmmaker ·
June 27 – J. J. Abrams, American television writer and
producer ·
June 28 ·
John Cusack, American actor ·
Mary Stuart
Masterson, American actress ·
June 29 – Basuki Tjahaja
Purnama, Indonesian politician and former governor of Jakarta ·
June 30 ·
Cheryl Bernard, Canadian Olympic curler ·
Marton Csokas, New Zealand actor ·
Mike Tyson, African-American boxer July[edit] ·
July 1 ·
Enrico Annoni, Italian footballer ·
Samir Rifai, Prime Minister
of Jordan ·
July 3 ·
Moisés Alou, American baseball player ·
Robin Burgener, Canadian programmer,
inventor of 20Q ·
František Štorm,
Czech musician (Master's Hammer)
and typographer ·
July 5 ·
Claudia Wells, American actress ·
Gianfranco Zola, Italian footballer ·
July 6 – Brian Posehn, American actor and comedian ·
July 7 – Gundula Krause, German violinist ·
July 8 ·
Ralf Altmeyer, German virologist ·
Shadlog Bernicke, Nauruan politician ·
July 9 ·
Pamela Adlon, American voice actress ·
Jon Schmidt, American pianist ·
July 10 ·
Gina Bellman, British actress ·
Doug TenNapel, American animator, cartoonist
and comic book ·
July 11 ·
Melanie Appleby, British musician (d. 1990) ·
Debbe Dunning, American actress ·
Kentaro Miura, Japanese author and
illustrator ·
Mick Molloy, Australian comedian ·
July 12 – Tamsin Greig, English actress ·
July 14 – Matthew Fox, American actor ·
July 15 – Irčne Jacob, French-born actress ·
July 16 ·
Frankie Gan Joon Zin,
Malaysian politician ·
Arkangel de la
Muerte, Mexican professional wrestler (d. 2018) ·
Waytha Moorthy
Ponnusamy, Malaysian lawyer ·
July 18 ·
Lori Alan, American actress and voice
actress ·
Dan O'Brien, American athlete ·
July 19 – Nancy Carell, American actress ·
July 20 – Enrique Peńa Nieto, President of Mexico,
Governor of the State of Mexico (2005–2011) ·
July 21 ·
Sarah Waters, British novelist ·
Doug Chin, American attorney and politician ·
July 22 – Tim Brown,
American football player ·
July 25 – Wataru Takagi, Japanese voice actor ·
July 28 ·
Miguel Ángel Nadal,
Spanish footballer ·
Shikao Suga, Japanese singer ·
July 29 – Richard Steven
Horvitz, American voice actor ·
July 30 ·
Murilo Bustamante,
Brazilian mixed martial artist ·
Allan Langer, Australian rugby league
footballer ·
Sean Patrick Maloney,
American politician; U.S.
Representative of New York since 2013 ·
July 31 ·
Ben Daglish, English composer and musician
(d. 2018) ·
Dean Cain, American actor August[edit] ·
August 2 – Tim Wakefield, American baseball player ·
August 3 – Brent Butt, Canadian comedian and TV
producer ·
August 4 – Kensuke Sasaki, Japanese professional
wrestler ·
August 5 – Jonathan Silverman,
American actor ·
August 7 ·
Harith Iskander, Malaysian actor and
comedian ·
Jimmy Wales, American co-founder of
Wikipedia[10] ·
Charlie Dimmock, English TV gardening expert ·
Hossam Hassan, Egyptian footballer ·
André Sogliuzzo,
American voice actor ·
August 11 – Juan María Solare,
Argentine composer ·
Sharon D. Clarke, English theatre and
television actress and singer ·
Les Ferdinand, English footballer ·
Halle Berry, African-American actress and
fashion model ·
Freddy Rincón, Colombian footballer ·
Honami Suzuki, Japanese actress ·
August 15 – Scott Brosius, American baseball player ·
Matt Maiellaro, American voice actor and
director ·
Rodney Mullen, American skateboarder ·
August 19 – Lee Ann Womack, American musician ·
Dimebag Darrell, American guitarist
(d. 2004) ·
Enrico Letta, 55th Prime Minister of
Italy ·
August 23 – Rik Smits, Dutch basketball player ·
Michael Cohen,
American attorney ·
Sandra Maischberger,
German journalist, talk show host, and author ·
August 26 – Jacques Brinkman, Dutch field hockey player ·
Jeroen Duyster, Dutch rower ·
Juhan Parts, 15th Prime Minister
of Estonia ·
August 28 – Priya Dutt, Indian social worker and
politician September[edit] Princess Akishino of
Japan ·
September 1 – Tim Hardaway, American basketball player ·
September 2 – Salma Hayek, Mexican-American actress ·
September 4 – Yanka Dyagileva, Russian singer ·
Emil Boc, 61st Prime Minister of Romania ·
Eduardo Maruri, Ecuadorian businessman and
politician ·
Vladimir
Andreyev, Russian race walker ·
Toby Jones, English actor ·
Gunda
Niemann-Stirnemann, German speed skater ·
September 8 – Carola Häggkvist,
Swedish pop singer, Eurovision Song
Contest 1991 winner ·
Georg Hackl, German luger ·
Adam Sandler, American actor and comedian ·
September 11 – Holly Glynn,
former unidentified
decedent (d. 1987) ·
Steve Ells, American entrepreneur and
founder of Chipotle Mexican
Grill ·
Princess Akishino of
Japan ·
Malu Mader, Brazilian actress ·
September 16 – Sean Frye, American child actor ·
September 19 – Soledad O'Brien, American television journalist
and news anchor ·
September 20 – Nuno Bettencourt, Portuguese-American
guitarist and singer-songwriter ·
September 21 – James
Richardson, English television presenter and journalist ·
Erdoğan Atalay,
German actor ·
Moustafa Amar, Egyptian singer ·
Mike Richter, American ice hockey player ·
September 24 – Michael O. Varhola,
American author and publisher ·
September 25 – Jason Flemyng, English actor ·
September 28 – Maria Canals-Barrera,
American actress ·
September 29 – Ben Miles, English actor October[edit] ·
Scott Innes, American voice actor and singer ·
George Weah, Liberian politician and
football player ·
October 2 – Rodney Anoa'i,
Samoan-American professional wrestler (d. 2000) ·
October 3 – Rabbi Binyamin Ze'ev
Kahane, Israeli settler leader (d. 2000) ·
October 5 – Inessa Kravets, Ukrainian athlete ·
Niall Quinn, Irish footballer ·
Jacqueline Obradors,
American actress ·
October 7 – Sherman Alexie, Native American author ·
October 8 – Aaron
Callaghan, Irish football club executive ·
October 9 – David Cameron, former Prime
Minister of the United Kingdom ·
Bai Ling, Chinese actress ·
Tony Adams, English footballer ·
Elana Meyer, South African athlete ·
Luke Perry, American actor ·
Stephen
Williams, British politician ·
October 12 – Brian Kennedy,
Northern Irish musician and author ·
October 13 – José Ángel Llamas,
Mexican actor ·
October 14 – Savanna Samson, American porn star ·
Eric Benét, African-American singer-songwriter ·
Jorge Campos, Mexican footballer and coach ·
October 16 – Mary Elizabeth
McGlynn, American voice actress and director ·
Angela Visser, Miss Universe 1989 ·
Dave Price, American journalist and weather
forecaster ·
Sam Sorbo, American actress and author ·
October 19 – Jon Favreau, American actor and director ·
October 20 – Stefan Raab, German entertainer, television
host, comedian, and musician ·
October 22 – Valeria Golino, Italian-Greek film and
television actress ·
October 24 – Roman Abramovich, UK-based Russian
billionaire businessman ·
October 25 – Wendel Clark, Canadian hockey player ·
October 26 – Steve Valentine, Scottish actor ·
October 27 – Matt Drudge, American conservative
journalist ·
Steve Atwater, American football player ·
Andy Richter, American actor, writer,
comedian, and late night talk show announcer ·
October 30 – Zoran Milanović,
Croatian politician; Prime Minister (December 2011–January 2016) ·
Adam Horovitz, American rapper ·
Koji Kanemoto, Japanese professional
wrestler ·
Mike O'Malley, American actor and playwright November[edit] ·
Yoshinari Ogawa, Japanese professional
wrestler ·
David Schwimmer, American actor ·
November 3 – Joe Hachem, Lebanese-born Australian poker
player ·
November 8 – Gordon Ramsay, Scottish chef, restaurateur,
and television personality ·
November 9 – Lori Lively, American actress ·
November 10 – Vanessa Angel, English model and actress ·
November 11 – Benedicta Boccoli,
Italian model and actress ·
November 13 – Susanna Haapoja, Finnish politician
(d. 2009) ·
November 14 – Curt Schilling, American baseball player ·
November 15 – Rachel True, American actress ·
Stephen Critchlow,
English actor ·
Dean McDermott, Canadian-American actor ·
Jeff Buckley, American singer-songwriter
(d. 1997) ·
Daisy Fuentes, Cuban-born American model and
television personality ·
Sophie Marceau, French actress ·
Tom McHugh,
American voice actor and actor ·
Jason Scott Lee, American actor and martial
artist ·
Shmuley Boteach, American rabbi ·
November 21 – Troy Aikman, American sports commentator and
former pro football player ·
November 22 – Michael K. Williams,
American actor ·
Vincent Cassel, French actor ·
Michelle Gomez, Scottish actress ·
November 24 – Juan Pablo Gamboa,
Colombian actor ·
Tim Armstrong, American singer-songwriter ·
Billy Burke,
American actor ·
November 26 – Garcelle Beauvais,
Haitian-American actress, singer and former fashion model ·
November 27 – Andy Merrill, American voice actor ·
November 28 – Narumi Yasuda, Japanese actress ·
November 29 – John Bradshaw
Layfield, American professional wrestler ·
Wil Mara, American author ·
David Nicholls,
English novelist and screenwriter ·
John Bishop, English comedian, presenter and
actor December[edit] ·
Katherine LaNasa, American actress ·
Larry Walker, Canadian Major League
Baseball player ·
December 3 – Adam Berry, American composer ·
Fred Armisen, American actor, comedian and
musician ·
Carey Means, American actor and voice artist ·
December 5 – Patricia Kaas, French singer and actress ·
December 7 – Linn Ullmann, Norwegian journalist and
author ·
Bushwick Bill, Jamaican-American rapper ·
Matthew Labyorteaux,
American actor ·
Sinéad O'Connor,
Irish pop singer ·
Ralph Santolla, Italian-American metal
guitarist (d. 2018) ·
Tim Bull, Australian politician ·
Michael Foster,
American musician, drummer ·
Montserrat Gil Torné,
Andorran politician ·
Kirsten Gillibrand,
American politician; United States Senator (D-NY) ·
Dave Harold, English professional snooker
player ·
Dana Murzyn, Canadian hockey player ·
Julio Alberto Rodas Hurtarte, former soccer
player ·
Mateo Romero,
Native American painter ·
Gideon Sa'ar, Israeli politician ·
Kadyrbek Sarbayev,
foreign minister of Kyrgyzstan ·
Martin
Taylor, footballer coach ·
Natee Thongsookkaew,
Thailand footballer ·
Royce Gracie, Brazilian martial artist ·
Greg Long,
American Christian musician ·
Último Dragón,
Japanese professional wrestler ·
Lydia Zimmermann, Spanish filmmaker ·
December 13 – Don Roff, American writer and filmmaker ·
Anthony Mason,
American basketball player (d. 2015) ·
Bill Ranford, Canadian hockey player ·
Helle
Thorning-Schmidt, Danish Prime Minister ·
December 15 – Katja von Garnier,
German film director ·
December 16 – Dennis Wise, English footballer ·
December 17 – Miloš Tichý, Czech astronomer ·
Tim Sköld, Swedish multi-instrumentalist
musician ·
Alberto Tomba, Italian alpine skier ·
December 20 – Ed de Goeij, Dutch footballer ·
December 21 – Kiefer Sutherland,
Canadian actor and film director ·
Din Beramboi, Malaysian comedian, actor and
radio DJ (d. 2010) ·
Dmitry Bilozerchev,
Soviet gymnast ·
December 23 – Cláudia Raia, Brazilian actress, dancer and
singer ·
December 24 – Diedrich Bader, American actor and voice
artist ·
December 25 – Stephen Twigg, British politician ·
December 26 – Jay Yuenger, American musician and producer ·
December 27 – Bill Goldberg, American professional
wrestler ·
December 28 – Kaliopi, Macedonian singer-songwriter ·
Eric Kot, Hong Kong singer and actor ·
Bennett Miller, American film director ·
December 31 – Maddie Taylor, American voice actress and
comedian Date unknown[edit] ·
Charbel Iskandar, Lebanese actor ·
Kivi Larmola, Finnish artist Deaths[edit] January[edit] Main article: Deaths in January
1966 ·
January 1 – Vincent Auriol, French politician,
16th President of France (b. 1884) ·
Marguerite Higgins,
American journalist (b. 1920) ·
Rex Lease, American actor (b. 1903) ·
January 4 – Georges Theunis, 24th Prime Minister
of Belgium (b. 1873) ·
January 10 – Ignacy Oziewicz, Polish general (b. 1887) ·
Alberto Giacometti,
Swiss sculptor (b. 1901) ·
Hannes Kolehmainen,
Finnish Olympic athlete (b. 1889) ·
Lal Bahadur Shastri,
Indian activist, 2nd Prime Minister of
India (b. 1904) ·
Sergei Korolev, Soviet rocket engineer and
spacecraft designer (b. 1907) ·
Bill Carr, American Olympic athlete
(b. 1909) ·
Samuel Akintola, Nigerian premier of
the Western region and
Aare Ona Kakanfo XIII of the Yoruba (assassinated) (b. 1910) ·
Abubakar Tafawa
Balewa, Nigerian politician, 1st Prime Minister
of Nigeria (assassinated) (b. 1912) ·
Ahmadu Bello, Nigerian premier of the Northern
region (assassinated) (b. 1910) ·
January 17 – Vincent J. Donehue,
American stage director (b. 1917) ·
January 18 – Kathleen Norris, American writer (b. 1880) ·
January 22 – Herbert Marshall, English actor (b. 1890) ·
January 25 – Saul Adler, Russian-born British-Israeli
expert on parasitology (b. 1895) ·
Elizabeth
Patterson, American actress (b. 1875) ·
Arthur Percival, British general (b.1887) February[edit] Main article: Deaths in
February 1966 ·
Hedda Hopper, American actress and gossip
columnist (b. 1885) ·
Buster Keaton, American actor and film
director (b. 1895) ·
Joseph R. Knowland,
American politician and newspaper publisher (b. 1873) ·
February 3 – June Walker, American actress (b. 1900) ·
February 5 – Louisa Martindale,
British physician, writer, magistrate and prison commissioner (b. 1872) ·
February 6 – Narcisa de Leon, Filipino film mogul
(b. 1877) ·
February 9 – Sophie Tucker, American singer (b. 1884) ·
February 10 – Billy Rose, American composer and band
leader (b. 1899) ·
Frank Merrill,
American actor (b. 1893) ·
Wilhelm Röpke, German economist (b. 1899) ·
Gerard
Ciołek, Polish architect and historian (b. 1909) ·
Camilo Torres
Restrepo, Colombian socialist and Roman Catholic priest (b. 1929) ·
February 17 – Hans Hofmann, German-American painter
(b. 1880) ·
February 18 – Robert Rossen, American film director
(b. 1908) ·
February 20 – Chester W. Nimitz,
American admiral (b. 1885) ·
February 25 – Victor
Kravchenko, Soviet writer (b. 1905) ·
February 26 – Gino Severini, Italian painter (b. 1883) ·
February 28 – Jonathan Hale, American actor (b. 1891) March[edit] Main article: Deaths in March 1966 ·
March 1 ·
Fritz Houtermans, German physicist (b. 1903) ·
William R. Munroe,
American admiral (b. 1886) ·
Donald Stewart,
American actor (b. 1910) ·
March 3 ·
Joseph Fields, American playwright (b. 1895) ·
William Frawley, American actor (I Love
Lucy) (b. 1887) ·
Maxfield Parrish, American artist (b. 1870) ·
Alice Pearce, American actress (b. 1917) ·
March 5 – Anna Akhmatova, Russian poet (b. 1889) ·
March 6 – Michitaro Totsuka,
Japanese admiral (b. 1890) ·
March 7 – Donald B. Beary, American admiral (b. 1888) ·
March 8 ·
William
Astor, 3rd Viscount Astor, British politician (b. 1907) ·
Abdel Hadi Al Gazzar,
Egyptian painter (b. 1925) ·
March 10 ·
Frank O'Connor, Irish writer (b. 1903) ·
Frits Zernike, Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
(b. 1888) ·
March 12 – Néstor Guillén,
Bolivian politician, 47th President of Bolivia (b. 1890) ·
March 20 ·
Laurence Abrams, English professional
footballer (b. 1889) ·
Johnny
Morrison, American professional baseball player (b. 1895) ·
March 27 – Helen Menken, American actress (b. 1901) ·
March 29 – Stylianos Gonatas,
former Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1876) ·
March 30 – Erwin Piscator, German theater director
(b. 1893) April[edit] Main article: Deaths in April 1966 ·
April 1 – Flann O'Brien, Irish humorist (b. 1911) ·
April 2 – C. S. Forester, English author (b. 1899) ·
April 3 – Battista Farina, Italian car designer
(b. 1893) ·
April 6 – Julia Faye, American actress (b. 1893) ·
April 10 – Evelyn Waugh, English author (b. 1903) ·
April 13 ·
Carlo Carrŕ, Italian painter (b. 1881) ·
Georges Duhamel, French author (b. 1884) ·
Abdul Salam Arif, Iraqi military officer and
statesman, 2nd President of Iraq (b. 1921) ·
April 17 – Mario Serandrei, Italian editor and
screenwriter (b. 1907) ·
April 19 – Javier Solís, Mexican singer (b. 1931) ·
April 20 – Prince
Frederick of Prussia (b. 1911) ·
April 21 – Sepp Dietrich, Nazi German military leader
(b. 1892) ·
April 23 – George Ohsawa, Japanese dietist, founder
of Macrobiotics (b. 1893) ·
April 24 – Tino Pattiera, Yugoslav-born Italian tenor
(b. 1890) ·
April 29 – Eugene O'Brien,
American actor (b. 1880) May[edit] Main article: Deaths in May 1966 Maximiliano
Hernandez Martinez ·
May 4 – Amédée Ozenfant,
French painter (b. 1886) ·
May 8 – Erich Pommer, German film producer (b. 1889) ·
May 11 – Alfred Wintle, British army officer and
eccentric (b. 1897) ·
May 14 – Ludwig Meidner, German painter (b. 1884) ·
May 15 ·
Venceslau Brás,
9th President of Brazil,
leader of the World War II (b. 1868) ·
Maximiliano
Hernández Martínez, 30th President of El
Salvador (assassinated) (b. 1882) ·
Titien Sumarni, Indonesian actress (b. 1932) ·
May 20 – Carlos Arruza, Mexican bullfighter (b. 1920) ·
May 21 – Pat O'Malley,
American actor (b. 1890) ·
May 22 – Tom Goddard, English cricketer (b. 1900) ·
May 23 – Demchugdongrub, Mongolian politician
(b. 1902) ·
May 24 – Jim Barnes, English golf champion (b. 1886) ·
May 25 – Vernon Sturdee, Australian general (b. 1890) ·
May 26 – Don Castle, American actor (b. 1917) ·
May 29 – James Woolf,
British film producer (b. 1919) June[edit] Main article: Deaths in June 1966 ·
June 1 – Papa Jack Laine, American jazz musician
(b. 1873) ·
June 3 – Nicholas Straussler,
Hungarian engineer (b. 1891) ·
June 6 – Ethel Clayton, American actress (b. 1882) ·
June 7 – Jean Arp, Alsatian sculptor, painter, and
poet (b. 1887) ·
June 8 – Anton Melik, Slovenian geographer (b. 1890) ·
June 11 – Wallace Ford, English-born American actor
(b. 1898) ·
June 12 – Hermann Scherchen,
Austrian conductor (b. 1891) ·
June 15 – Sankichi Takahashi,
Japanese admiral (b. 1882) ·
June 19 – Ed Wynn, American actor and comedian
(b. 1886) ·
June 20 – Georges Lemaître,
Belgian priest and astrophysicist (b. 1894) ·
June 30 ·
Margery Allingham,
British detective fiction writer (b. 1904) ·
Giuseppe Farina, Italian race car driver
(b. 1906) July[edit] Main article: Deaths in July 1966 ·
July 2 ·
Jan Brzechwa, Polish poet (b. 1900) ·
John
the Wonderworker, Chinese Orthodox bishop,
American archbishop and saint (b. 1896) ·
July 3 – Deems Taylor, American composer (b. 1885) ·
July 5 ·
Pete Fox, American baseball player (b. 1909) ·
George de Hevesy, Hungarian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
(b. 1885) ·
July 6 ·
Harold Breen, Australian public servant
(b. 1893) ·
Sad Sam Jones, American baseball player
(b. 1892) ·
Anne Nagel, American actress (b. 1915) ·
July 7 – Carmelita Geraghty,
American actress (b. 1901) ·
July 9 – Venerable Marija Petković,
Yugoslav Roman Catholic foundress
and Servant of God (b. 1892) ·
July 11 – Delmore Schwartz, American poet (b. 1913) ·
July 12 ·
Vera Franceschi, Italian-born American
pianist (b. 1926) ·
D. T. Suzuki, Japanese scholar and essayist
(b. 1870) ·
July 14 – Julie Manet, French painter (b. 1878) ·
July 18 – Bobby Fuller, American rock and roll
musician (b. 1942) ·
July 21 ·
Francesco Paolo
Cantelli, Italian mathematician (b. 1875) ·
Philipp Frank, Austrian physicist and
mathematician (b. 1884) ·
July 23 ·
Montgomery Clift, American actor (b. 1920) ·
Douglass Montgomery,
American actor (b. 1907) ·
July 25 – Frank O'Hara, American poet (b. 1926) ·
July 26 – Jean-Edouard de
Castella, Swiss painter (b. 1881) ·
July 31 ·
Alexander von
Falkenhausen, German general (b. 1878) ·
Bud Powell, American jazz pianist (b. 1924) August[edit] Main article: Deaths in August
1966 ·
August 1 – Charles Whitman, American mass murderer
(b. 1941) ·
August 3 – Lenny Bruce, American comedian (b. 1925) ·
August 6 – Cordwainer Smith, American author (b. 1913) ·
August 8 – Ed Lewis,
professional wrestler (b. 1891) ·
August 12 – Artur Alliksaar, Estonian poet (b. 1923) ·
Jan Kiepura, Polish tenor and actor
(b. 1902) ·
Seena Owen, American actress (b. 1894) ·
August 19 – Fritz Bleyl, German painter (b. 1880) ·
August 23 – Francis X. Bushman,
American actor (b. 1883) ·
Tadeusz
Bór-Komorowski, Polish general and statesman, 33rd Prime Minister
of Poland (b. 1895) ·
Vicente Mejía
Colindres, 29th President of
Honduras (b. 1878) ·
Art Baker,
American actor (b. 1898) ·
W. W. E. Ross, Canadian geophysicist and
poet (b. 1894) September[edit] Main article: Deaths in
September 1966 ·
September
– Stepan Bogomyagkov,
Sovier red army commander (b. 1890) ·
September 3 – Fu Lei, Chinese translator (b. 1908) ·
September 5 – Dezső Lauber, Hungarian sportsman and
architect (b. 1879) ·
Shams Ali Qalandar,
Pakistani Sufu saint (b. 1873) ·
Margaret Sanger, American birth control
advocate (b. 1879) ·
Hendrik Verwoerd, 2nd Prime
Minister of South Africa (b. 1901) ·
September 11 – C. E. Woolman, American Airlines founder
(b. 1889) ·
Gertrude Berg, American actress (b. 1899) ·
Hiram Wesley Evans,
American leader of the Ku Klux Klan (b. 1881) ·
Cemal Gürsel, Turkish general and statesman,
10th Prime Minister
of Turkey and 4th President of Turkey (b. 1895) ·
September 17 – Fritz Wunderlich, German tenor (b. 1930) ·
September 19 – Vladimir
Grigoryevich Fyodorov, Soviet scientist and general (b. 1874) ·
September 20 – Fritz Delius,
German actor and artist (b. 1890) ·
September 21 – Paul Reynaud, French lawyer and politician,
77th Prime Minister
of France (b. 1878) ·
September 26 – Helen Kane, American singer (b. 1904) ·
André Breton, French poet and writer
(b. 1896) ·
Eric Fleming, American actor (b. 1925) ·
September 30 – Te Kani te Ua, New Zealand tribal leader
(b. 1892) October[edit] Main article: Deaths in October
1966 ·
Smiley Lewis, American urban musician
(b. 1913) ·
Johnny Kidd,
English singer (b. 1935) ·
Charlotte
Cooper, English tennis champion (b. 1870) ·
Wilfrid Lawson,
English actor (b. 1900) ·
October 12 – Sergio
Bernardini, Italian Roman Catholic layman and venerable
(b. 1882) ·
October 13 – Clifton Webb, American actor, dancer, and
singer (b. 1889) ·
October 16 – George O'Hara,
American actor (b. 1899) ·
October 18 – Elizabeth Arden, Canadian-born American
beautician and cosmetics entrepreneur (b. 1878) ·
October 23 – Claire McDowell, American silent screen
actress (b. 1877) ·
October 24 – Hans Dreier, German art director (b. 1885) ·
Alma Cogan, English singer (b. 1932) ·
Charles Morton,
American actor (b. 1908) ·
Serjius, French actor (b. 1878) ·
October 28 – Robert Charpentier,
French Olympic cyclist (b. 1916) November[edit] Main article: Deaths in
November 1966 ·
Peter Debye, Dutch chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
(b. 1884) ·
Mississippi John
Hurt, African-American singer and guitarist (b. 1893) ·
November 4 – Dietrich von
Choltitz, Nazi German military governor of Paris in World War II (b. 1894) ·
November 8 – Bernhard Zondek German-born Israeli
gynecologist, developer of first reliable pregnancy test (b. 1891) ·
November 9 – Jisaburō Ozawa,
Japanese admiral (b. 1886) ·
November 12 – Shakeb Jalali, Pakistani poet (b. 1934) ·
Steingrímur
Steinţórsson, 11th Prime Minister
of Iceland (b. 1893) ·
Zengo Yoshida, Japanese admiral (b. 1885) ·
November 17 – James "Jabby" Jabara, American
aviator, the first American jet fighter ace (b. 1923) ·
November 19 – Arthur Haynes, English comedian (b. 1914) ·
November 21 – Władysław
Bortnowski, Polish historian and military commander (b. 1891) ·
November 23 – Seán T. O'Kelly,
2nd President of Ireland (b. 1882) ·
November 26 – Siegfried Kracauer,
German writer, sociologist and critic (b. 1889) ·
November 28 – Boris Podolsky, American physicist (b. 1896) December[edit] Main article: Deaths in
December 1966 ·
December 2 – Luitzen Brouwer, Dutch mathematician and
philosopher (b. 1881) ·
December 3 – Abd al-Rahman
al-Rafai, Egyptian historian (b. 1889) ·
December 4 – Maria Donati, Italian actress (b. 1898) ·
December 6 – Juan Natalicio
González, Paraguayan poet, 37th President of
Paraguay (b. 1897) ·
December 11 – Augusta Fox Bronner,
American psychologist (b. 1881) ·
Verna Felton, American actress (b. 1890) ·
Richard Whorf, American actor (b. 1906) ·
December 15 – Walt Disney, American animated film producer
and founder of The Walt Disney Company and Disneyland Resort (b. 1901) ·
December 19 – Betty Kuuskemaa, Estonian actress (b. 1879) ·
December 20 – Arturo Riccardi, Italian general (b. 1878) ·
Harry Beaumont, American film director
(b. 1888) ·
Lucy Burns, American women's rights
campaigner (b. 1879) ·
Robert Keith,
American actor (b. 1898) ·
December 23 – David J. Stewart, American actor (b. 1915) ·
December 26 – Husayn Al-Khalidi,
Jordanian statesman, 29th Prime Minister
of Jordan (b. 1895) ·
December 27 – Guillermo Stábile,
Argentine football player and manager (b. 1905) ·
December 30 – Christian Herter, United States Secretary of
State (b. 1895) Nobel Prizes[edit] ·
Chemistry – Robert S. Mulliken ·
Physiology
or Medicine – Peyton Rous and Charles Brenton
Huggins ·
Literature – Shmuel Yosef Agnon and Nelly Sachs ·
Peace –
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