Date: November 4, 1966
West Coast Airlines Flight 956 crashes with no survivors in Oregon. This accident marks the first loss of a DC-9. Date: October 1, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 1 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Johnson Says U.S. Must Stay…
Tashkent Declaration, a peace agreement between India and Pakistan signed that resolved the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. Date: January 10, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 10 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Ulster Volunteer Force Declares War on IRA in…
Leading Egyptian thinker Sayyid Qutb is executed for plotting the assassination of President Gamal Abdel Nasser. 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 1966March Against Fear: James Meredith Wounded in Ambush, June…
The landmark American science fiction television series Star Trek premieres with its first-aired episode, "The Man Trap". Date: September 8, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 8 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1966The Temptations Release Greatest Hits Album, Billboard R&B…
March Against Fear: African-American civil rights activist James Meredith is wounded in an ambush by white sniper James Aubrey Norvell. Meredith and Norvell are photographed by Jack R. Thornell, whose photo will receive the 1967 Pulitzer Prize in Photography, the last one to be awarded in the category. Date: June 6, 1966 Read more on…
The first color television transmission in Canada takes place from Toronto. Date: July 1, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 1 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Ansett-ANA Flight 149 Crash Kills 24 in Winton, Queensland, September 22, 1966NFWA and AWOC…