Venera 3 Crashes on Venus, First Spacecraft to Land on Another Planet March 1, 1966

All Nippon Airways Flight 60 plunges into Tokyo Bay, killing 133. Date: February 4, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 4 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Tbilisi Metro Opens January 11, 1966Tashkent Earthquake Destroys Soviet City, 15–200 Killed, April 26,…

Apollo program: Launch of AS-201, the first flight of the Saturn IB rocket. Date: February 26, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 26 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Ghanaian Coup Overthrows Nkrumah’s Government, February 24, 1966Surveyor 1 First U.S. Soft…

Myra Hindley and Ian Brady are sentenced to life imprisonment for the Moors murders in England. Date: May 6, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 6 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Tashkent Earthquake Destroys Soviet City, 15–200 Killed, April 26,…

Air India Flight 101 crashes into Mont Blanc. Date: January 24, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 24 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Canadian Pacific Air Lines DC-8-43 Explodes at Tokyo Airport, March 4, 1966F-104 Collides with XB-70 Valkyrie, Killing…

An F-104 Starfighter collides with XB-70 Valkyrie prototype no. 2, destroying both aircraft during a photo shoot near Edwards Air Force Base. Joseph A. Walker, a NASA test pilot, and Carl Cross, a United States Air Force test pilot, are both killed. Date: June 8, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on…