Malawi Becomes Republic, Hastings Banda First President, July 6, 1966

Human spaceflight: Gemini 10 is launched from Cape Kennedy on a 70-hour mission that includes docking with an orbiting Agena target vehicle. Date: July 18, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 18 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Canadian Pacific Air…

All Nippon Airways Flight 60 plunges into Tokyo Bay, killing 133. Date: February 4, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 4 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Aeroflot Flight 2723 Crashes into Caspian Sea, 33 Killed April 23, 1966Nelson’s Pillar Bombed…

Charles Whitman kills 15 people at the University of Texas at Austin before being killed by the police. Date: August 1, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 1 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Soviet Union Launches Luna 10, First Moon…

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 1966Soviet…

Surveyor program: Surveyor 1 lands in Oceanus Procellarum on the Moon, becoming the first U.S. spacecraft to soft-land on another world. Date: June 2, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 2 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Johnson Says U.S. Must…

Indira Gandhi becomes India's first female prime minister. Date: January 19, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 19 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Ambroise Noumazalaye Forms New Congo Government, April 26, 1966Supreme Court Miranda Rights Ruling June 13, 1966Soviet Union…