Date: February 23, 1966
British Guiana gains independence, becoming Guyana. Date: May 26, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 26 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Aeroflot Flight 2723 Crashes into Caspian Sea, 33 Killed, April 23, 1966NASA T-38 Crash Kills Astronauts See and Bassett,…
Palomares incident: A B-52 bomber collides with a KC-135 Stratotanker over Spain, killing seven airmen, and dropping three 70-kiloton nuclear bombs near the town of Palomares and another one into the sea. Date: January 17, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 17 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅…
Myra Hindley and Ian Brady are sentenced to life imprisonment for the Moors murders in England. Date: May 6, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 6 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Tashkent Declaration Ends Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 – January…
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 15–200 are killed. Date: April 26, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 26 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This…
Rabbi Morris Adler is fatally shot by a disgruntled congregant at Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield, Michigan, United States. Date: February 12, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 12 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Montreal Metro Opens Underground Rapid Transit…
The Vatican announces the abolition of the Index Librorum Prohibitorum ("index of prohibited books"), which was originally instituted in 1557. Date: June 14, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 14 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Freedom of Information Act Signed…