First Color Television Transmission in Canada from Toronto, July 1, 1966
Date: July 1, 1966
Date: July 1, 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…
A Canadian Pacific Air Lines DC-8-43 explodes on landing at Tokyo International Airport, killing 64 people. Date: March 4, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 4 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Supreme Court Miranda Rights Ruling June 13, 1966Syria Ba’ath…
The National Organization for Women, the United States' largest feminist organization, is founded. Date: June 30, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 30 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Syria Ba’ath Coup Replaces Amin al-Hafiz Government February 23, 1966MV Darlwyne Disappears…
England defeats West Germany to win the FIFA World Cup at Wembley Stadium 4–2 after extra time. Date: July 30, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 30 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1966NASA T-38 Talon Crash Kills Astronauts at McDonnell…
The magnitude 5.1 Tashkent earthquake affects the largest city in Soviet Central Asia with a maximum MSK intensity of VII (Very strong). Tashkent is mostly destroyed and 15–200 are killed. Date: April 26, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 26 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This…
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) More events…