Ulster Volunteer Force Declares War on IRA in Northern Ireland, May 21, 1966

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 1966MV…

BOAC Flight 911, a Boeing 707 aircraft, breaks apart in mid-air due to clear-air turbulence and crashes into Mount Fuji, Japan, killing all 124 people on board. Date: March 5, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 5 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today) More…

Michel Micombero overthrows the monarchy of Burundi and makes himself the first president. Date: November 28, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 28 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Explorer 32 Launches May 25, 1966Évariste Kimba Publicly Executed in Kinshasa, May…

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 1966Venera 3 Crashes on Venus, First Spacecraft to Land on Another Planet…

West Coast Airlines Flight 956 crashes with no survivors in Oregon. This accident marks the first loss of a DC-9. Date: October 1, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 1 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Pakistan Proposes Six-Point Kashmir Agenda…

Lunar Orbiter 1 takes the first photograph of Earth from orbit around the Moon. Date: August 23, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 23 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1966Pakistan Proposes Six-Point Kashmir Agenda After 1965 War, February 2, 1966Robert…