Date: June 8, 1966
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…
In Syria, Ba'ath Party member Salah Jadid leads an intra-party military coup that replaces the previous government of General Amin al-Hafiz, also a Baathist. Date: February 23, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 23 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Sayyid…
Venera 3 Soviet space probe crashes on Venus becoming the first spacecraft to land on another planet's surface. Date: March 1, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 1 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Rabbi Morris Adler Fatally Shot at Congregation…
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) More events from 1966NASA Launches Gemini 12, November 11, 1966Haile Selassie Visits Jamaica, Rastafari Grounation Day, April 21,…
NASA launches Gemini 12. Date: November 11, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 11 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Metropolitan Opera House Opens with Antony and Cleopatra Premiere, September 16, 1966Beaumont Children Disappear from Glenelg Beach, January 26, 196623rd Street…
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) More events from 1966Vietnam War: Republic of Korea Army Commits Binh Tai Massacre, October 9, 1966Great Fire of…