All Nippon Airways Flight 533 Crashes in Japan, Killing 50, November 13, 1966
Date: November 13, 1966
Date: November 13, 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 1966Vatican Abolishes Index…
Topeka, Kansas, United States is devastated by a tornado that registers as an "F5" on the Fujita scale, exceeding US$200 million in damages. Seventeen people are killed, over five hundred more injured, and thousands of homes damaged or destroyed. Date: June 8, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 8 📅…
Michel Micombero overthrows the monarchy of Burundi and makes himself the first president. Date: November 28, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 28 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Haile Selassie Visits Jamaica, Rastafari Grounation Day, April 21, 1966Freedom of Information…
Project Gemini: Gemini 12 completes the program's final mission, when it splashes down safely in the Atlantic Ocean. Date: November 15, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 15 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 196623rd Street Fire Kills 12 Firefighters in…
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…
The city of Montreal begins the operation of its underground Montreal Metro rapid transit system. Date: October 14, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 14 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Luna 9 First Soft Moon Landing and Surface Photos, February…