Aeroflot Flight 065 Crashes During Takeoff, Killing 21, February 17, 1966

The Black Panther Party is created by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale. Date: October 15, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 15 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1966NFWA and AWOC Merge to Form UFWOC, United Farm Workers Predecessor, August…

BOAC Flight 911, a Boeing 707 aircraft, breaks apart in mid-air due to clear-air turbulence and crashes into Mount Fuji, Japan, killing all 124 people on board. Date: March 5, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 5 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today) More…

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 1966Nguyễn Cao Kỳ Sacks…

Gemini 11, the penultimate mission of NASA's Gemini program, and the current human altitude record holder (except for the Apollo lunar missions). Date: September 12, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 12 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Chicago Freedom Movement…

Military Prime Minister of South Vietnam Nguyễn Cao Kỳ sacks rival General Nguyễn Chánh Thi, precipitating large-scale civil and military dissension in parts of the nation. Date: March 10, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 10 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…

Indira Gandhi becomes India's first female prime minister. Date: January 19, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 19 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Gemini 11 NASA Mission Sets Human Altitude Record, September 12, 1966Ambroise Noumazalaye Forms New Congo Government, April…