Former Congolese Prime Minister, Évariste Kimba, and several other politicians are publicly executed in Kinshasa on the orders of President Joseph Mobutu. Date: May 30, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 30 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today)
British Guiana gains independence, becoming Guyana. Date: May 26, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 26 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today)
Explorer program: Explorer 32 launches. Date: May 25, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 25 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Ulster Volunteer Force declares war on the Irish Republican Army in Northern Ireland. Date: May 21, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 21 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Chinese Communist Party issues the "May 16 Notice", marking the beginning of the Cultural Revolution. Date: May 16, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 16 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today)
Myra Hindley and Ian Brady are sentenced to life imprisonment for the Moors murders in England. Date: May 6, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 6 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today)
A new government is formed in the Republic of the Congo, led by Ambroise Noumazalaye. Date: April 26, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 26 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today)
The magnitude 5.1 Tashkent earthquake affects the largest city in Soviet Central Asia with a maximum MSK intensity of VII (Very strong). Tashkent is mostly destroyed and 15–200 are killed. Date: April 26, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 26 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This…
Aeroflot Flight 2723 crashes into the Caspian Sea off the Absheron Peninsula, killing 33 people. Date: April 23, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 23 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today)
American Flyers Airline Flight 280/D crashes on approach to Ardmore Municipal Airport in Ardmore, Oklahoma, killing 83. Date: April 22, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 22 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today)