SS Heraklion Sinks in Aegean Storm, Over 200 Dead, December 8, 1966
Date: December 8, 1966
Date: December 8, 1966
Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd, the architect of apartheid, is stabbed to death in Cape Town, South Africa during a parliamentary meeting. Date: September 6, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 6 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Ba’ath Party Takes Power…
Decolonization: Barbados becomes independent from the United Kingdom. Date: November 30, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 30 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Aberfan Colliery Spoil Tip Disaster Kills 144, October 21, 1966Vatican Abolishes Index of Prohibited Books, June 14,…
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 1966The Beatles’ Last…
In an interview in the London Evening Standard, The Beatles' John Lennon declares that the band is "more popular than Jesus now". Date: March 4, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 4 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Cleveland Hough Riots…
The Beatles perform their last concert before paying fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. Date: August 29, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 29 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Heron Road Bridge Collapse Kills Nine Workers, August 10, 1966Metropolitan…
Lyndon B. Johnson states that the United States should stay in South Vietnam until Communist aggression there is ended. Date: January 12, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 12 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Dutch Cals Cabinet Falls After Schmelzer…