Haile Selassie Visits Jamaica, Rastafari Grounation Day, April 21, 1966
Date: April 21, 1966
Date: April 21, 1966
The Great Fire of Iloilo breaks out in a lumber yard in Iznart Street and burns for almost half a day destroying nearly three-quarters of the City Proper area and Php 50 million pesos in total properties' damage. Date: February 7, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 7 📅 Events…
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 1966Gemini 10 Launches for Agena Docking Mission, July 18,…
Decolonization: Barbados becomes independent from the United Kingdom. Date: November 30, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 30 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Tashkent Declaration Ends Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 – January 10, 1966Lunar Orbiter 1 Takes First Earth Photo…
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 1966United…
Tashkent Declaration, a peace agreement between India and Pakistan signed that resolved the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. Date: January 10, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 10 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1966All Nippon Airways Flight 533 Crashes in Japan,…
Former Massachusetts Attorney General Edward Brooke becomes the first African American elected to the United States Senate since Reconstruction. Date: November 8, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 8 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Robert C. Weaver Becomes First African…