Indira Gandhi Becomes India’s First Female Prime Minister January 19, 1966
Date: January 19, 1966
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Date: January 19, 1966
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Topeka, Kansas, United States is devastated by a tornado that registers as an "F5" on the Fujita scale, exceeding US$200 million in damages. Seventeen people are killed, over five hundred more injured, and thousands of homes damaged or destroyed. Date: June 8, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on June 8 π …
United Arab Airlines Flight 749 crashes on approach to Cairo International Airport in Cairo, Egypt, killing 30 people. Date: March 18, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 18 π Events on this day in 1966 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Gemini 8 Launch: First Spacecraft Docking, March…
The three Beaumont children disappear from a beach in Glenelg, South Australia, resulting in one of the country's largest-ever police investigations. Date: January 26, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 26 π Events on this day in 1966 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Tbilisi Metro Opens January…
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…
The Soviet Union's Luna 9 becomes the first spacecraft to make a soft landing on the Moon, and the first spacecraft to take pictures from the surface of the Moon. Date: February 3, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on February 3 π Events on this day in 1966 π On This…
Former Congolese Prime Minister, Γvariste Kimba, and several other politicians are publicly executed in Kinshasa on the orders of President Joseph Mobutu. Date: May 30, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 30 π Events on this day in 1966 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1966American Flyers Flight…