Rastafari movement: Haile Selassie of Ethiopia visits Jamaica, an event now celebrated as Grounation Day. Date: April 21, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 21 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today)
During the Buddhist Uprising, South Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyễn Cao Kỳ personally attempts to lead the capture of the restive city of Đà Nẵng before backing down. Date: April 5, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 5 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Labour Party under Harold Wilson wins the 1966 United Kingdom general election. Date: March 31, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 31 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Soviet Union launches Luna 10 which later becomes the first space probe to enter orbit around the Moon. Date: March 31, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 31 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today)
United Arab Airlines Flight 749 crashes on approach to Cairo International Airport in Cairo, Egypt, killing 30 people. Date: March 18, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 18 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today)
Off the coast of Spain in the Mediterranean, the DSV Alvin submarine finds a missing American hydrogen bomb. Date: March 17, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 17 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today)
Launch of Gemini 8 with astronauts Neil Armstrong and David Scott. It would perform the first docking of two spacecraft in orbit. Date: March 16, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 16 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today)
Military Prime Minister of South Vietnam Nguyễn Cao Kỳ sacks rival General Nguyễn Chánh Thi, precipitating large-scale civil and military dissension in parts of the nation. Date: March 10, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 10 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today)
Nelson's Pillar in Dublin, Ireland, is destroyed by a bomb. Date: March 8, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 8 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today)
BOAC Flight 911, a Boeing 707 aircraft, breaks apart in mid-air due to clear-air turbulence and crashes into Mount Fuji, Japan, killing all 124 people on board. Date: March 5, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 5 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today)