Date: June 8, 1966
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) More events from 1966Air India Flight 101…
A group of red guards at Experimental High in Beijing, including Deng Rong and Liu Pingping, daughters of Deng Xiaoping and Liu Shaoqi respectively, beat the deputy vice principal, Bian Zhongyun, to death with sticks after accusing her of counter-revolutionary revisionism, producing one of the first fatalities of the Cultural Revolution. Date: August 5, 1966…
The Beatles perform their last concert before paying fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. 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 1966Lunar Orbiter 1 Takes First Earth Photo from Moon Orbit,…
Bulgarian TABSO Flight 101 crashes near Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, killing all 82 people on board. Date: November 24, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 24 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Freedom of Information Act Signed into U.S. Law, July 4, 1966Gemini…
The three Beaumont children disappear from a beach in Glenelg, South Australia, resulting in one of the country's largest-ever police investigations. Date: January 26, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 26 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1966NASA T-38 Crash Kills…
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) More…