Aeroflot Flight 2723 Crashes into Caspian Sea, 33 Killed April 23, 1966
Date: April 23, 1966
Date: April 23, 1966
The Soviet Union launches the unmanned Luna 9 spacecraft as part of the Luna program. Date: January 31, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 31 π Events on this day in 1966 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Surveyor 1 First U.S. Soft Landing on the Moon June…
The People's Liberation Army Rocket Force (The known as the 2nd Artillery Corps) is founded. Date: July 1, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on July 1 π Events on this day in 1966 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Johnson Says U.S. Must Stay in South Vietnam Against Communist…
The Metropolitan Opera House opens at Lincoln Center in New York City with the world premiere of Samuel Barber's opera Antony and Cleopatra. Date: September 16, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on September 16 π Events on this day in 1966 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Ghanaian Coup…
France conducts its first nuclear weapon test in the Pacific, on Moruroa Atoll. Date: July 2, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on July 2 π Events on this day in 1966 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1966March Against Fear: James Meredith Wounded in Ambush, June 6, 1966Peopleβs Liberation…
Air India Flight 101 crashes into Mont Blanc. Date: January 24, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 24 π Events on this day in 1966 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Explorer 32 Launches β May 25, 1966Rabbi Morris Adler Fatally Shot by Congregant in Southfield, Michigan, February…
Leading Egyptian thinker Sayyid Qutb is executed for plotting the assassination of President Gamal Abdel Nasser. Date: August 29, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on August 29 π Events on this day in 1966 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Vietnam War: Republic of Korea Army Commits Binh Tai…