Nelson’s Pillar Bombed in Dublin, Ireland – March 8, 1966
Date: March 8, 1966
Date: March 8, 1966
Apollo program: Launch of AS-201, the first flight of the Saturn IB rocket. Date: February 26, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on February 26 π Events on this day in 1966 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1966John Lennon Says Beatles More Popular Than Jesus March 4, 1966British Guiana…
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…
All Nippon Airways Flight 60 plunges into Tokyo Bay, killing 133. Date: February 4, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on February 4 π Events on this day in 1966 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Venera 3 Crashes on Venus, First Spacecraft to Land on Another Planet March 1,…
Rabbi Morris Adler is fatally shot by a disgruntled congregant at Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield, Michigan, United States. Date: February 12, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on February 12 π Events on this day in 1966 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Black Panther Party Founded by Huey…
The Arno River floods Florence, Italy, to a maximum depth of 6.7Β m (22Β ft), leaving thousands homeless and destroying millions of masterpieces of art and rare books. Venice is also submerged on the same day at its record all-time acqua alta of 194Β cm (76Β in). Date: November 4, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events…
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 15β200 are killed. Date: April 26, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 26 π Events on this day in 1966 π On This…