Aeroflot Flight 065 Crash at Sheremetyevo Airport, February 17, 1966

Nelson's Pillar in Dublin, Ireland, is destroyed by a bomb. Date: March 8, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 8 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1966John Lennon Says Beatles Are More Popular Than Jesus March 4, 1966Soviet Union Launches Luna…

BOAC Flight 911, a Boeing 707 aircraft, breaks apart in mid-air due to clear-air turbulence and crashes into Mount Fuji, Japan, killing all 124 people on board. Date: March 5, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 5 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today) More…

March Against Fear: African-American civil rights activist James Meredith is wounded in an ambush by white sniper James Aubrey Norvell. Meredith and Norvell are photographed by Jack R. Thornell, whose photo will receive the 1967 Pulitzer Prize in Photography, the last one to be awarded in the category. Date: June 6, 1966 Read more on…

Explorer program: Explorer 32 launches. Date: May 25, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 25 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Freedom of Information Act Signed into U.S. Law, July 4, 1966Malawi Becomes Republic, Hastings Banda First President, July 6, 1966Labour…

American Flyers Airline Flight 280/D crashes on approach to Ardmore Municipal Airport in Ardmore, Oklahoma, killing 83. Date: April 22, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 22 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Rabbi Morris Adler Fatally Shot at Congregation Shaarey…