Michel Micombero Overthrows Burundi Monarchy, Becomes First President, November 28, 1966
Date: November 28, 1966
Date: November 28, 1966
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 1966Heron Road Bridge Collapse…
U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs into law an antitrust exemption allowing the National Football League to merge with the upstart American Football League. 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 1966Vatican…
France conducts its first nuclear weapon test in the Pacific, on Moruroa Atoll. Date: July 2, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 2 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1966National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act Signed into Law September 9,…
The Chicago Freedom Movement, co-founded by Martin Luther King Jr., holds a rally at Soldier Field in Chicago; as many as 60,000 people attend. Date: July 10, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 10 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1966John…
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 → 📅 Other events on January 26 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Bulgarian TABSO Flight 101…
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 → 📅 Other events on March 31 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Montreal Metro Opens Underground Rapid Transit…