Venera 3 Crashes on Venus, First Spacecraft to Land on Another Planet March 1, 1966
Date: March 1, 1966
Date: March 1, 1966
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…
Michael Pelkey makes the first BASE jump from El Capitan along with Brian Schubert. Both came out with broken bones. BASE jumping has now been banned from El Cap. Date: July 24, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on July 24 π Events on this day in 1966 π On This Day…
U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Freedom of Information Act into United States law. The act went into effect the next year. Date: July 4, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on July 4 π Events on this day in 1966 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Nguyα» n Cao…
France conducts its first nuclear weapon test in the Pacific, on Moruroa Atoll. Date: July 2, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on July 2 π Events on this day in 1966 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Michel Micombero Overthrows Burundi Monarchy, Becomes First President, November 28, 1966Aberfan Colliery…
Malawi becomes a republic, with Hastings Banda as its first President. Date: July 6, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on July 6 π Events on this day in 1966 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1966First Nigerian Republic Overthrown in Military Coup d’Γtat, January 15, 1966Tashkent Earthquake Destroys Soviet…
U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs into law an antitrust exemption allowing the National Football League to merge with the upstart American Football League. Date: November 8, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on November 8 π Events on this day in 1966 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1966NASA…