Évariste Kimba Publicly Executed in Kinshasa, May 30, 1966
Date: May 30, 1966
Date: May 30, 1966
Labor movements NFWA and AWOC merge to become the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC), the predecessor of the United Farm Workers. Date: August 22, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 22 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Labour Party Wins…
Former Congolese Prime Minister, Évariste Kimba, and several other politicians are publicly executed in Kinshasa on the orders of President Joseph Mobutu. Date: May 30, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 30 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Soviet Union Launches…
The Soviet Union launches the unmanned Luna 9 spacecraft as part of the Luna program. Date: January 31, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 31 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1966People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force Founded July 1, 1966First Nigerian…
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 → 📅 Other events on July 24 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day…
Off the coast of Spain in the Mediterranean, the DSV Alvin submarine finds a missing American hydrogen bomb. Date: March 17, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 17 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Bulgarian TABSO Flight 101 Crashes Near Bratislava, 82…
The Labour Party under Harold Wilson wins the 1966 United Kingdom general election. Date: March 31, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 31 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Surveyor 1 First U.S. Soft Landing on the Moon June 2, 1966Venera…