Date: April 26, 1966
Robert C. Weaver becomes the first African American Cabinet member when he is appointed United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Date: January 13, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 13 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Canadian Pacific Air…
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 → 📅 Other events on March 16 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Indira Gandhi Becomes…
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 1966Évariste Kimba Publicly Executed in Kinshasa, May 30, 1966Air India Flight 101 Crashes into Mont Blanc, January 24, 1966Lyndon…
American Flyers Airline Flight 280/D crashes on approach to Ardmore Municipal Airport in Ardmore, Oklahoma, killing 83. Date: April 22, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 22 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Gemini 8 Launch: First Orbital Docking by Armstrong…
U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson, responding to a sniper attack at the University of Texas at Austin, writes a letter to Congress urging the enactment of gun control legislation. Date: September 15, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 15 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day…
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 1966Star Trek Premieres with “The Man Trap” September 8, 196623rd Street Fire Kills 12 Firefighters in New…