Gemini 10 Launches for Agena Docking Mission, July 18, 1966
Date: July 18, 1966
Date: July 18, 1966
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 15β200 are killed. Date: April 26, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 26 π Events on this day in 1966 π On This…
Nelson's Pillar in Dublin, Ireland, is destroyed by a bomb. Date: March 8, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 8 π Events on this day in 1966 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Surveyor 1 First U.S. Soft Landing on the Moon June 2, 1966Beaumont Children Disappear from…
France conducts its first nuclear weapon test in the Pacific, on Moruroa Atoll. Date: July 2, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on July 2 π Events on this day in 1966 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Ulster Volunteer Force Declares War on IRA in Northern Ireland, May 21,…
The pleasure cruiser MV Darlwyne disappeared off the Cornwall coast with the loss of all 31 aboard. Date: July 31, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on July 31 π Events on this day in 1966 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1966American Flyers Flight 280/D Crashes in Ardmore, Killing…
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 β π Other events on March 31 π Events on this day in 1966 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Indira Gandhi Becomes India’s First Female…
Off the coast of Spain in the Mediterranean, the DSVΒ Alvin submarine finds a missing American hydrogen bomb. Date: March 17, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 17 π Events on this day in 1966 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Canadian Pacific Air Lines DC-8-43 Explodes at Tokyo…