Date: February 28, 1966
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 1966National Organization for Women Founded June…
The Soviet Union launches the unmanned Luna 9 spacecraft as part of the Luna program. Date: January 31, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 31 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Soviet Union Launches Luna 10, First Moon Orbiter March 31,…
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 → 📅 Other events on June 8 📅…
Gemini 11, the penultimate mission of NASA's Gemini program, and the current human altitude record holder (except for the Apollo lunar missions). Date: September 12, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 12 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Ulster Volunteer Force…
The National Organization for Women, the United States' largest feminist organization, is founded. Date: June 30, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 30 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Ghanaian Coup Overthrows Kwame Nkrumah’s Government, February 24, 1966China Officially Purges Intellectuals…
Pakistan suggests a six-point agenda with Kashmir after the Indo-Pakistani war of 1965. Date: February 2, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 2 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1966All Nippon Airways Flight 533 Crashes in Japan, Killing 50, November 13,…