Date: September 15, 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 1966Topeka Kansas F5 Tornado Devastates City, 17 Killed, June 8, 1966First Nigerian Republic Overthrown…
A group of red guards at Experimental High in Beijing, including Deng Rong and Liu Pingping, daughters of Deng Xiaoping and Liu Shaoqi respectively, beat the deputy vice principal, Bian Zhongyun, to death with sticks after accusing her of counter-revolutionary revisionism, producing one of the first fatalities of the Cultural Revolution. Date: August 5, 1966…
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…
England defeats West Germany to win the FIFA World Cup at Wembley Stadium 4–2 after extra time. Date: July 30, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 30 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1966NFWA and AWOC Merge to Form UFWOC, United…
The three Beaumont children disappear from a beach in Glenelg, South Australia, resulting in one of the country's largest-ever police investigations. Date: January 26, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 26 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Michael Pelkey and Brian…
France conducts its first nuclear weapon test in the Pacific, on Moruroa Atoll. Date: July 2, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 2 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Air India Flight 101 Crashes into Mont Blanc, January 24, 1966Venera 3…