23rd Street Fire Kills 12 Firefighters in New York City, October 17, 1966
Date: October 17, 1966
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Date: October 17, 1966
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The Soviet Union's Luna 9 becomes the first spacecraft to make a soft landing on the Moon, and the first spacecraft to take pictures from the surface of the Moon. Date: February 3, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on February 3 π Events on this day in 1966 π On This…
Rastafari movement: Haile Selassie of Ethiopia visits Jamaica, an event now celebrated as Grounation Day. Date: April 21, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 21 π Events on this day in 1966 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Barbados Independence from the United Kingdom, November 30, 1966Malawi Becomes…
Indira Gandhi becomes India's first female prime minister. Date: January 19, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 19 π Events on this day in 1966 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Cave of Swallows Discovered in Mexico, December 27, 1966Gemini 10 Launches for Agena Docking Mission, July 18,…
U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson, responding to a sniper attack at the University of Texas at Austin, writes a letter to Congress urging the enactment of gun control legislation. Date: September 15, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on September 15 π Events on this day in 1966 π On This Day…
Pakistan suggests a six-point agenda with Kashmir after the Indo-Pakistani war of 1965. Date: February 2, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on February 2 π Events on this day in 1966 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Ba’ath Party Takes Power in Syria, March 1, 1966Hendrik Verwoerd Assassinated in…
The Tbilisi Metro is opened. Date: January 11, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 11 π Events on this day in 1966 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1966China Officially Purges Intellectuals and Imperialists, August 1, 1966Surveyor 1 First U.S. Soft Landing on the Moon June 2, 1966Ghanaian…