Date: January 13, 1966
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Myra Hindley and Ian Brady are sentenced to life imprisonment for the Moors murders in England. Date: May 6, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 6 π Events on this day in 1966 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Canadian Pacific DC-8 Explodes at Tokyo Airport, 64 Killed…
Launch of Gemini 8 with astronauts Neil Armstrong and David Scott. It would perform the first docking of two spacecraft in orbit. Date: March 16, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 16 π Events on this day in 1966 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Apollo Program AS-201…
Purges of intellectuals and imperialists becomes official China policy at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution. Date: August 1, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on August 1 π Events on this day in 1966 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Ulster Volunteer Force Declares War on IRA in Northern…
The magnitude 5.1 Tashkent earthquake affects the largest city in Soviet Central Asia with a maximum MSK intensity of VII (Very strong). Tashkent is mostly destroyed and 15β200 are killed. Date: April 26, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 26 π Events on this day in 1966 π On This…
The Cave of Swallows, the largest known cave shaft in the world, is discovered in AquismΓ³n, San Luis PotosΓ, Mexico. Date: December 27, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on December 27 π Events on this day in 1966 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Great Fire of Iloilo Destroys…
Vietnam War: The Battle of Long Tan ensues after a patrol from the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment clashes with a Viet Cong force in PhΖ°α»c Tuy Province. Date: August 18, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on August 18 π Events on this day in 1966 π On This Day (Today)…