Date: April 26, 1966
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 โ ๐ Other events on July 24 ๐ Events on this day in 1966 ๐ On This Day…
Vietnam War: The Battle of Long Tan ensues after a patrol from the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment clashes with a Viet Cong force in Phฦฐแปc Tuy Province. Date: August 18, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on August 18 ๐ Events on this day in 1966 ๐ On This Day (Today)…
Launch of Gemini 8 with astronauts Neil Armstrong and David Scott. It would perform the first docking of two spacecraft in orbit. Date: March 16, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on March 16 ๐ Events on this day in 1966 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Air India Flight…
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 โ ๐ Other events on February 3 ๐ Events on this day in 1966 ๐ On This…
Air India Flight 101 crashes into Mont Blanc. Date: January 24, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on January 24 ๐ Events on this day in 1966 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Arno River Floods Florence, Destroying Art and Rare Books, November 4, 1966Great Fire of Iloilo Destroys City…
The United States Supreme Court rules in Miranda v. Arizona that the police must inform suspects of their Fifth Amendment rights before questioning them (colloquially known as "Mirandizing"). Date: June 13, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on June 13 ๐ Events on this day in 1966 ๐ On This Day (Today)…