American Flyers Flight 280/D Crashes in Ardmore, Killing 83 – April 22, 1966
Date: April 22, 1966
Date: April 22, 1966
Rastafari movement: Haile Selassie of Ethiopia visits Jamaica, an event now celebrated as Grounation Day. Date: April 21, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 21 π Events on this day in 1966 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Enrico Fermi Nuclear Reactor Partial Meltdown Near Detroit, October 5,…
The Labour Party under Harold Wilson wins the 1966 United Kingdom general election. Date: March 31, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 31 π Events on this day in 1966 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Explorer 32 Launches β May 25, 1966Edward Brooke Elected First African American…
A new government is formed in the Republic of the Congo, led by Ambroise Noumazalaye. Date: April 26, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 26 π Events on this day in 1966 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Epimetheus Discovered by Richard Walker, December 18, 1966Myra Hindley and…
The First Nigerian Republic, led by Abubakar Tafawa Balewa is overthrown in a military coup d'Γ©tat. Date: January 15, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 15 π Events on this day in 1966 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Gemini 11 NASA Mission Sets Human Altitude Record, September…
Palomares incident: A B-52 bomber collides with a KC-135 Stratotanker over Spain, killing seven airmen, and dropping three 70-kiloton nuclear bombs near the town of Palomares and another one into the sea. Date: January 17, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 17 π Events on this day in 1966 π …
U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson, responding to a sniper attack at the University of Texas at Austin, writes a letter to Congress urging the enactment of gun control legislation. Date: September 15, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on September 15 π Events on this day in 1966 π On This Day…