Haile Selassie Visits Jamaica, Grounation Day, April 21, 1966
Date: April 21, 1966
Date: April 21, 1966
BOAC Flight 911, a Boeing 707 aircraft, breaks apart in mid-air due to clear-air turbulence and crashes into Mount Fuji, Japan, killing all 124 people on board. Date: March 5, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 5 π Events on this day in 1966 π On This Day (Today) More…
Malawi becomes a republic, with Hastings Banda as its first President. Date: July 6, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on July 6 π Events on this day in 1966 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Michael Pelkey and Brian Schubert Make First El Capitan BASE Jump, July 24, 1966Edward…
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 1966Surveyor 1 First U.S. Soft Landing…
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 β π Other events on March 4 π Events on this day in 1966 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1966The Beatlesβ Last Paying Concert at Candlestick Park, August…
Vietnamese Buddhist activist leader ThΓch TrΓ Quang was arrested as the military junta of Nguyen Cao Ky crushed the Buddhist Uprising. Date: June 22, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on June 22 π Events on this day in 1966 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Basutoland Becomes Lesotho, Gains…
Rabbi Morris Adler is fatally shot by a disgruntled congregant at Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield, Michigan, United States. Date: February 12, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on February 12 π Events on this day in 1966 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1966First Color Television Transmission in Canada…