The United States Supreme Court rules in Miranda v. Arizona that the police must inform suspects of their Fifth Amendment rights before questioning them (colloquially known as "Mirandizing"). Date: June 13, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 13 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today)
Topeka, Kansas, United States is devastated by a tornado that registers as an "F5" on the Fujita scale, exceeding US$200 million in damages. Seventeen people are killed, over five hundred more injured, and thousands of homes damaged or destroyed. Date: June 8, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 8 📅…
An F-104 Starfighter collides with XB-70 Valkyrie prototype no. 2, destroying both aircraft during a photo shoot near Edwards Air Force Base. Joseph A. Walker, a NASA test pilot, and Carl Cross, a United States Air Force test pilot, are both killed. Date: June 8, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on…
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…
Surveyor program: Surveyor 1 lands in Oceanus Procellarum on the Moon, becoming the first U.S. spacecraft to soft-land on another world. Date: June 2, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 2 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)