Michael Pelkey makes the first BASE jump from El Capitan along with Brian Schubert. Both came out with broken bones. BASE jumping has now been banned from El Cap. Date: July 24, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 24 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day…
A racially charged incident in a bar sparks the six-day Hough riots in Cleveland, Ohio; 1,700 Ohio National Guard troops intervene to restore order. Date: July 18, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 18 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today)
Human spaceflight: Gemini 10 is launched from Cape Kennedy on a 70-hour mission that includes docking with an orbiting Agena target vehicle. Date: July 18, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 18 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today)
Vietnam War: The United States and South Vietnam begin Operation Hastings to push the North Vietnamese out of the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone. Date: July 15, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 15 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Chicago Freedom Movement, co-founded by Martin Luther King Jr., holds a rally at Soldier Field in Chicago; as many as 60,000 people attend. Date: July 10, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 10 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today)
King Mwambutsa IV Bangiriceng of Burundi is deposed by his son Prince Charles Ndizi. Date: July 8, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 8 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today)
Malawi becomes a republic, with Hastings Banda as its first President. Date: July 6, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 6 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today)
U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Freedom of Information Act into United States law. The act went into effect the next year. Date: July 4, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 4 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today)
France conducts its first nuclear weapon test in the Pacific, on Moruroa Atoll. Date: July 2, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 2 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today)
The People's Liberation Army Rocket Force (The known as the 2nd Artillery Corps) is founded. Date: July 1, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 1 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today)