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* [[January 1]] - In a coup, Colonel [[Jean-Bédel Bokassa]] ousts President [[David Dacko]] and takes over the [[Central African Republic]]. |
* [[January 1]] - In a coup, Colonel [[Jean-Bédel Bokassa]] ousts President [[David Dacko]] and takes over the [[Central African Republic]]. |
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* [[January 2]] - A strike of [[public transportation]] workers in [[New York City]] begins |
* [[January 2]] - A strike of [[public transportation]] workers in [[New York City]] begins (it will end [[January 13]]). |
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* [[January 3]] - The first [[Acid Test]] is conducted at [[the Fillmore]], [[San Francisco]]. |
* [[January 3]] - The first [[Acid Test]] is conducted at [[the Fillmore]], [[San Francisco]]. |
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* [[January 4]] |
* [[January 4]] |
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** A military coup occurs in [[Upper Volta]] (later [[Burkina Faso]]). |
** A military coup occurs in [[Upper Volta]] (later [[Burkina Faso]]). |
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** The prime ministers of [[India]] and [[Pakistan]] meet in [[Moscow]]. |
** The prime ministers of [[India]] and [[Pakistan]] meet in [[Moscow]]. |
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** Fire breaks out due to a [[gas leak]], at the Feyzin oil refinery near [[Lyon]], [[France]] |
** Fire breaks out due to a [[gas leak]], at the Feyzin oil refinery near [[Lyon]], [[France]] (18 dead, 84 injured). |
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* [[January 10]] |
* [[January 10]] |
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** [[Pakistan]]i-[[India]]n peace negotiations end successfully in [[Moscow]]. |
** [[Pakistan]]i-[[India]]n peace negotiations end successfully in [[Moscow]]. |
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* [[January 17]] |
* [[January 17]] |
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** The Nigerian [[coup]] is overturned. |
** The Nigerian [[coup]] is overturned. |
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** A [[B-52 Stratofortress|B-52]] bomber collides with a [[KC-135 Stratotanker|KC-135]] jet tanker over [[Spain]], dropping three 70-kiloton [[hydrogen bomb]]s near the town of [[Palomares]], and |
** A [[B-52 Stratofortress|B-52]] bomber collides with a [[KC-135 Stratotanker|KC-135]] jet tanker over [[Spain]], dropping three 70-kiloton [[hydrogen bomb]]s near the town of [[Palomares]], and 1 into the sea. |
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** [[Carl Brashear]], the first [[African American]] [[United States Navy]] diver, is involved in an accident on a routine mission which amputates his leg. |
** [[Carl Brashear]], the first [[African American]] [[United States Navy]] diver, is involved in an accident on a routine mission which amputates his leg. |
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* [[January 18]] |
* [[January 18]] |
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** French police announce that [[Georges Figon]] |
** French police announce that [[Georges Figon]] committed suicide, just before his arrest in the kidnapping of [[Mehdi Ben Barka]]. |
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** About 8,000 U.S. soldiers land in [[South Vietnam]] - U.S. troops now total 190,000. |
** About 8,000 U.S. soldiers land in [[South Vietnam]] - U.S. troops now total 190,000. |
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* [[January 19]] |
* [[January 19]] |
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* [[January 26]] |
* [[January 26]] |
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** [[Harold Holt]] becomes Prime Minister of [[Australia]] when [[Robert Menzies]] retires. |
** [[Harold Holt]] becomes Prime Minister of [[Australia]] when [[Robert Menzies]] retires. |
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** [[Beaumont children disappearance]] |
** [[Beaumont children disappearance]]: Three children disappear on their way to [[Glenelg, South Australia|Glenelg Beach]], [[South Australia]], never to be seen again. |
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* [[January 27]] - The British government promises the |
* [[January 27]] - The British government promises the U.S. that British troops in [[Malaysia]] will stay until more peaceful conditions occur in the region. |
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* [[January 29]] - The first of 608 performances of ''[[Sweet Charity]]'' opens at the Palace Theatre in [[New York City]]. |
* [[January 29]] - The first of 608 performances of ''[[Sweet Charity]]'' opens at the Palace Theatre in [[New York City]]. |
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* [[January 31]] - The [[United Kingdom]] ceases all trade with [[Rhodesia]]. |
* [[January 31]] - The [[United Kingdom]] ceases all trade with [[Rhodesia]]. |
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* [[February 1]] - [[West Germany]] procures some 2,600 [[political prisoner]]s from [[East Germany]]. |
* [[February 1]] - [[West Germany]] procures some 2,600 [[political prisoner]]s from [[East Germany]]. |
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* [[February 3]] - The unmanned Soviet [[Luna 9]] spacecraft makes the first controlled rocket-assisted landing on the [[Moon]]. |
* [[February 3]] - The unmanned Soviet [[Luna 9]] spacecraft makes the first controlled rocket-assisted landing on the [[Moon]]. |
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* [[February 4]] - A Japanese passenger jet crashes into [[Tokyo]] Bay |
* [[February 4]] - A Japanese passenger jet crashes into [[Tokyo]] Bay (133 dead). |
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* [[February 6]] - [[Fidel Castro]] blames China for spreading anti-Soviet propaganda among [[Cuba]]n soldiers. |
* [[February 6]] - [[Fidel Castro]] blames China for spreading anti-Soviet propaganda among [[Cuba]]n soldiers. |
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* [[February 10]] - Soviet writers [[Yuli Daniel]] and [[Andrei Sinyavsky]] are sentenced |
* [[February 10]] - Soviet writers [[Yuli Daniel]] and [[Andrei Sinyavsky]] are sentenced to 5 and 7 years, respectively, for 'anti-Soviet' writings. |
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* [[February 11]] - The [[Belgium|Belgian]] government resigns. |
* [[February 11]] - The [[Belgium|Belgian]] government resigns. |
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* [[February 14]] - The [[Australian dollar]] is introduced at a rate of |
* [[February 14]] - The [[Australian dollar]] is introduced at a rate of 2 dollars per pound, or 10 shillings per dollar. |
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* [[February 19]] - The naval minister of the [[United Kingdom]], [[Christopher Mayhew]], resigns. |
* [[February 19]] - The naval minister of the [[United Kingdom]], [[Christopher Mayhew]], resigns. |
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* [[February 20]] - While Soviet author and translator Valeri Tarsis is abroad, the [[Soviet Union]] negates his citizenship. |
* [[February 20]] - While Soviet author and translator Valeri Tarsis is abroad, the [[Soviet Union]] negates his citizenship. |
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* [[February 24]] - A military [[coup]] in [[Ghana]] raises sacked General Ankrah to power while president [[Kwame Nkrumah]] is abroad. |
* [[February 24]] - A military [[coup]] in [[Ghana]] raises sacked General Ankrah to power while president [[Kwame Nkrumah]] is abroad. |
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* [[February 26]] - A [[curfew]] is declared in [[Jakarta]], [[Indonesia]]. |
* [[February 26]] - A [[curfew]] is declared in [[Jakarta]], [[Indonesia]]. |
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* [[February 28]] - U.S. astronauts [[Charles Bassett]] and [[Elliott See]] are killed in an aircraft accident in [[St. Louis, |
* [[February 28]] - U.S. astronauts [[Charles Bassett]] and [[Elliott See]] are killed in an aircraft accident in [[St. Louis, Missouri]]. |
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* [[March 5]] |
* [[March 5]] |
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** A massive theft of nuclear materials is revealed in [[Brazil]]. |
** A massive theft of nuclear materials is revealed in [[Brazil]]. |
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** ''Merci Chérie'' by Udo Jürgens (music by Udo Jürgens, text by Udo Jürgens and Thomas Hörbiger) wins [[Eurovision Song Contest 1966]] for [[Austria]]. |
** ''Merci Chérie'' by Udo Jürgens (music by Udo Jürgens, text by Udo Jürgens and Thomas Hörbiger) wins the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1966]] for [[Austria]]. |
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* [[March 7]] - [[ |
* [[March 7]] - [[Charles De Gaulle]] asks U.S. President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] for negotiations about the state of [[NATO]] equipment in [[France]]. |
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* [[March 8]] |
* [[March 8]] |
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** Anti-communist demonstrations occur at the [[Indonesia]]n Foreign Ministry. |
** Anti-communist demonstrations occur at the [[Indonesia]]n Foreign Ministry. |
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** [[Ronald Kray]], one of the [[Kray twins]], shoots rival gangster [[George Cornell]]; the incident leads to the brother's incarceration. |
** [[Ronald Kray]], one of the [[Kray twins]], shoots rival gangster [[George Cornell]]; the incident leads to the brother's incarceration. |
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** [[Vietnam War]]: [[Australia]] announces it |
** [[Vietnam War]]: [[Australia]] announces it will substantially increase its number of troops in [[Vietnam]]. |
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** An [[Irish Republican Army|IRA]] bomb destroys [[Nelson's Pillar]] in [[Dublin]]. |
** An [[Irish Republican Army|IRA]] bomb destroys [[Nelson's Pillar]] in [[Dublin]]. |
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* [[March 10]] - [[Crown Prince|Crown Princess]] [[Beatrix of the Netherlands]] marries [[Claus von Amsberg]]. Some spectators demonstrate against the groom because he is German. |
* [[March 10]] - [[Crown Prince|Crown Princess]] [[Beatrix of the Netherlands]] marries [[Claus von Amsberg]]. Some spectators demonstrate against the groom because he is German. |
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[[Image:P6anglican.jpg|thumb|right|[[Archbishop of Canterbury]] meeting the [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic]] [[Pope]]]] |
[[Image:P6anglican.jpg|thumb|right|[[Archbishop of Canterbury]] meeting the [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic]] [[Pope]]]] |
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* [[March 19]] - The [[Texas Western]] Miners defeat the [[Kentucky]] Wildcats with 5 black starters, ushering in desegregation in athletic recruiting. |
* [[March 19]] - The [[Texas Western]] Miners defeat the [[Kentucky]] Wildcats with 5 black starters, ushering in desegregation in athletic recruiting. |
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* [[March 22]] - In [[Washington, DC]], [[General Motors]] President James M. Roche appears before a Senate subcommittee, and apologizes to consumer advocate [[Ralph Nader]] for the company's |
* [[March 22]] - In [[Washington, DC]], [[General Motors]] President James M. Roche appears before a Senate subcommittee, and apologizes to consumer advocate [[Ralph Nader]] for the company's intimidation and harassment campaign against him. |
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* [[March 23]] - [[Pope Paul VI]] and [[Arthur Michael Ramsey]], the [[Archbishop of Canterbury]], meet in Rome - the first official meeting for 400 years between the [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] and [[Anglican Communion|Anglican]] Churches. |
* [[March 23]] - [[Pope Paul VI]] and [[Arthur Michael Ramsey]], the [[Archbishop of Canterbury]], meet in Rome - the first official meeting for 400 years between the [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] and [[Anglican Communion|Anglican]] Churches. |
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* [[March 26]] - Demonstrations are held across the [[United States]] against the [[Vietnam War]]. |
* [[March 26]] - Demonstrations are held across the [[United States]] against the [[Vietnam War]]. |
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** The opening of [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]] is televised for the first time. |
** The opening of [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]] is televised for the first time. |
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** [[Haile Selassie]] visits [[Jamaica]] for the first time, meeting with [[Rastafarian]] leaders. |
** [[Haile Selassie]] visits [[Jamaica]] for the first time, meeting with [[Rastafarian]] leaders. |
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** [[Ian Brady]] and [[Myra Hindley]] go on trial at [[Chester Crown Court]], charged with the murders of |
** [[Ian Brady]] and [[Myra Hindley]] go on trial at [[Chester Crown Court]], charged with the murders of 3 children who vanished between [[November]] [[1963]] and [[October]] [[1965]]. |
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* [[April 27]] - [[Pope Paul VI]] and Soviet Foreign Minister [[Andrei Gromyko]] meet in the [[Vatican City|Vatican]] (the first meeting between leaders of the [[Roman Catholic Church]] and the [[Soviet Union]]). |
* [[April 27]] - [[Pope Paul VI]] and Soviet Foreign Minister [[Andrei Gromyko]] meet in the [[Vatican City|Vatican]] (the first meeting between leaders of the [[Roman Catholic Church]] and the [[Soviet Union]]). |
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* [[April 28]] - In [[Rhodesia]], security forces kill 7 [[ZANLA]] men in combat |
* [[April 28]] - In [[Rhodesia]], security forces kill 7 [[ZANLA]] men in combat; ''[[Chimurenga]]'', the [[ZANU]] rebellion, begins. |
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* [[April 29]] - U.S. troops in [[Vietnam]] total 250,000. |
* [[April 29]] - U.S. troops in [[Vietnam]] total 250,000. |
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* [[April 30]] |
* [[April 30]] |
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** Regular [[hovercraft]] service begins over the [[English Channel]] (discontinued 2000 due to [[Channel Tunnel]]). |
** Regular [[hovercraft]] service begins over the [[English Channel]] (discontinued in 2000 due to the [[Channel Tunnel]]). |
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** The [[Church of Satan]] is formed by [[Anton Szandor LaVey]] in [[San Francisco]]. |
** The [[Church of Satan]] is formed by [[Anton Szandor LaVey]] in [[San Francisco]]. |
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* [[May 3]] - [[Swinging Radio England]] and Britain Radio commence broadcasting on [[AM broadcasting|AM]], with a combined potential 100,000 watts, from the same ship anchored off the south coast of England in international waters. |
* [[May 3]] - [[Swinging Radio England]] and Britain Radio commence broadcasting on [[AM broadcasting|AM]], with a combined potential 100,000 watts, from the same ship anchored off the south coast of England in international waters. |
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* [[May 4]] - [[Fiat]] signs a contract with the Soviet government to build a car factory in the[[Soviet Union]]. |
* [[May 4]] - [[Fiat]] signs a contract with the Soviet government to build a car factory in the[[Soviet Union]]. |
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* [[May 6]] - The [[Moors Murderers]] trial at Chester Crown Court ends with [[Ian Brady]] being found guilty on all |
* [[May 6]] - The [[Moors Murderers]] trial at Chester Crown Court ends with [[Ian Brady]] being found guilty on all 3 counts of murder. He is sentenced to 3 concurrent terms of life imprisonment. [[Myra Hindley]] is convicted on 2 counts of murder and cleared on a third charge, but is guilty of being an accessory in the third murder committed by Brady. She receives 2 concurrent terms of life imprisonment for murder and a 7-year fixed term for being an accessory. |
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* [[May 12]] |
* [[May 12]] |
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** African members of the UN Security Council say that the British army should blockade Rhodesia. |
** African members of the UN Security Council say that the British army should blockade Rhodesia. |
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** [[Busch Memorial Stadium]] in [[St. Louis, Missouri]] opens. |
** [[Busch Memorial Stadium]] in [[St. Louis, Missouri]] opens. |
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** [[China Radio International|Radio Peking]] claims that U.S. planes have shot down a Chinese plane over [[Yunnan]] |
** [[China Radio International|Radio Peking]] claims that U.S. planes have shot down a Chinese plane over [[Yunnan]] (the U.S. denies the story the next day). |
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* [[May 14]] - [[Turkey]] and [[Greece]] intend to start negotiations about the situation in [[Cyprus]]. |
* [[May 14]] - [[Turkey]] and [[Greece]] intend to start negotiations about the situation in [[Cyprus]]. |
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* [[May 15]] |
* [[May 15]] |
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* [[May 26]] - [[Guyana]] achieves independence. |
* [[May 26]] - [[Guyana]] achieves independence. |
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* [[May 28]] |
* [[May 28]] |
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** [[Fidel Castro]] delcares [[martial law]] in Cuba |
** [[Fidel Castro]] delcares [[martial law]] in Cuba due to a possible U.S. attack. |
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** The [[Indonesia]]n and [[Malaysia|Malayan]] governments declare that the [[Indonesian Confrontation]] is over |
** The [[Indonesia]]n and [[Malaysia|Malayan]] governments declare that the [[Indonesian Confrontation]] is over (a treaty is signed on [[August 11]]). |
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* [[May 31]] - The [[Philippines]] reestablishes [[diplomatic relations]] with [[Malaysia]]. |
* [[May 31]] - The [[Philippines]] reestablishes [[diplomatic relations]] with [[Malaysia]]. |
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* [[June 8]] |
* [[June 8]] |
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** An [[XB-70 Valkyrie]] prototype is destroyed in a mid-air collision with a [[F-104 Starfighter]] chase plane during a photo shoot. [[NASA]] pilot [[Joseph A. Walker]] and [[USAF]] test pilot Carl Cross are both killed. |
** An [[XB-70 Valkyrie]] prototype is destroyed in a mid-air collision with a [[F-104 Starfighter]] chase plane during a photo shoot. [[NASA]] pilot [[Joseph A. Walker]] and [[USAF]] test pilot Carl Cross are both killed. |
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** [[Topeka, Kansas]] is devastated by a tornado that registers as an "F5" on the [[Fujita Scale]]: the first to exceed US$100 million in damages. Sixteen people are killed, hundreds more injured, and thousands of homes damaged or destroyed. [http://www.crh.noaa.gov/top/events/66tornado.php] |
** [[Topeka, Kansas]] is devastated by a tornado that registers as an "F5" on the [[Fujita Scale]]: the first to exceed US $100 million in damages. Sixteen people are killed, hundreds more injured, and thousands of homes damaged or destroyed. [http://www.crh.noaa.gov/top/events/66tornado.php] |
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* [[June 13]] - The [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] rules (''[[Miranda v. Arizona]]'') that the police must inform [[suspect]]s of their rights before questioning them. |
* [[June 13]] - The [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] rules (''[[Miranda v. Arizona]]'') that the police must inform [[suspect]]s of their rights before questioning them. |
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* [[June 14]] - The [[Holy See|Vatican]] abolishes the ''[[Index Librorum Prohibitorum]]'' (index of banned books). |
* [[June 14]] - The [[Holy See|Vatican]] abolishes the ''[[Index Librorum Prohibitorum]]'' (index of banned books). |
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* [[June 17]] - An [[Air France]] personnel strike begins. |
* [[June 17]] - An [[Air France]] personnel strike begins. |
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* [[June 18]] - [[CIA]] chief [[William Raborn|William F. Raborn]] resigns - [[Richard Helms]] becomes his successor. |
* [[June 18]] - [[CIA]] chief [[William Raborn|William F. Raborn]] resigns - [[Richard Helms]] becomes his successor. |
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* [[June 20]]-[[July 1]] - French President [[ |
* [[June 20]]-[[July 1]] - French President [[Charles De Gaulle]] visits the [[Soviet Union]]. |
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* [[June 21]]- Opposition leader Arthur Calwell is shot after attending a political meeting in Mosman, Sydney, Australia. |
* [[June 21]]- Opposition leader Arthur Calwell is shot after attending a political meeting in Mosman, Sydney, Australia. |
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* [[June 28]] - In [[Argentina]], a [[military dictatorship|junta]] deposes president [[Arturo Umberto Illia]] in a coup, and appoints General [[Juan Carlos Ongania]] to lead. |
* [[June 28]] - In [[Argentina]], a [[military dictatorship|junta]] deposes president [[Arturo Umberto Illia]] in a coup, and appoints General [[Juan Carlos Ongania]] to lead. |
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** A sailors' strike, organised by the [[National Union of Seamen]], ends in the [[United Kingdom]]. |
** A sailors' strike, organised by the [[National Union of Seamen]], ends in the [[United Kingdom]]. |
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** [[Vietnam War]]: U.S. planes begin bombing [[Hanoi]] and [[Haiphong]]. |
** [[Vietnam War]]: U.S. planes begin bombing [[Hanoi]] and [[Haiphong]]. |
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* [[June 30]] |
* [[June 30]] |
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** [[France]] formally leaves [[NATO]]. |
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** The [[National Organization for Women]] (NOW) is founded in [[Washington, DC]]. |
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** President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] signs the [[Freedom of Information Act (United States)|Freedom of Information Act]] into law. The act goes into effect the following year. |
** President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] signs the [[Freedom of Information Act (United States)|Freedom of Information Act]] into law. The act goes into effect the following year. |
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* [[July 6]] - [[Malawi]] becomes a republic. |
* [[July 6]] - [[Malawi]] becomes a republic. |
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* [[July 7]] - A |
* [[July 7]] - A [[Warsaw Pact]] conference ends with a promise to support North Vietnam. |
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* [[July 11]] - The [[1966 FIFA World Cup]] begins in [[England]]. |
* [[July 11]] - The [[1966 FIFA World Cup]] begins in [[England]]. |
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* [[July 12]] |
* [[July 12]] |
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** [[Richard Speck]] murders 8 student nurses in their [[Chicago, Illinois]] dormitory. |
** [[Richard Speck]] murders 8 student nurses in their [[Chicago, Illinois]] dormitory. |
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** [[Gwynfor Evans]] becomes member of Parliament for [[Carmarthen]], the first [[Plaid Cymru]] MP in the [[United Kingdom|UK]]. |
** [[Gwynfor Evans]] becomes member of Parliament for [[Carmarthen]], the first [[Plaid Cymru]] MP in the [[United Kingdom|UK]]. |
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* [[July 16]] - British Prime Minister [[Harold Wilson]] flies to Moscow to try to start peace negotiations about [[Vietnam War]] |
* [[July 16]] - British Prime Minister [[Harold Wilson]] flies to Moscow to try to start peace negotiations about the [[Vietnam War]] (the Soviet government refutes his ideas). |
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* [[July 17]] - [[Richard Speck]] is arrested; he tries to commit suicide but fails. |
* [[July 17]] - [[Richard Speck]] is arrested; he tries to commit suicide but fails. |
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* [[July 18]] |
* [[July 18]] |
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* [[July 19]] - A Chinese delegate in the [[Netherlands]], Liu en-Tsiu, is declared [[persona non grata]] because of the death of a Chinese engineer in unclear circumstances; there are claims that he was kidnapped and taken to the delegate's office. |
* [[July 19]] - A Chinese delegate in the [[Netherlands]], Liu en-Tsiu, is declared [[persona non grata]] because of the death of a Chinese engineer in unclear circumstances; there are claims that he was kidnapped and taken to the delegate's office. |
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* [[July 22]] - The Chinese government declares Dutch delegate G. J. Jongejans [[persona non grata]], but tells him not to leave the country before a group of Chinese engineers has left the [[Netherlands]]. |
* [[July 22]] - The Chinese government declares Dutch delegate G. J. Jongejans [[persona non grata]], but tells him not to leave the country before a group of Chinese engineers has left the [[Netherlands]]. |
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** Actor [[Montgomery Clift]] dies. |
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* [[July 24]] - U.N. Secretary General [[U Thant]] visits Moscow. |
* [[July 24]] - U.N. Secretary General [[U Thant]] visits Moscow. |
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* [[July 26]] - Lord Gardiner issues the [[Practice Statement]] in the [[House of Lords]], stating that the House is not bound to follow its own previous [[precedent]]. |
* [[July 26]] - Lord Gardiner issues the [[Practice Statement]] in the [[House of Lords]], stating that the House is not bound to follow its own previous [[precedent]]. |
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* [[July 28]] - The U.S. announces that a [[Lockheed U-2|U-2]] reconnaissance plane has disappeared over Cuba. |
* [[July 28]] - The U.S. announces that a [[Lockheed U-2|U-2]] reconnaissance plane has disappeared over Cuba. |
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* [[July 29]] - The [[Nigeria]]n army rebels and executes head of state [[Ironsi|General Aguiyi-Ironsi]]. |
* [[July 29]] - The [[Nigeria]]n army rebels and executes head of state [[Ironsi|General Aguiyi-Ironsi]]. |
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* [[July 30]] - [[England national football team|England]] |
* [[July 30]] - [[England national football team|England]] beats [[West Germany national football team|West Germany]] 4-2 to win the [[1966 FIFA World Cup]] at [[Wembley Stadium|Wembley]] after [[Extra time|extra time]]. |
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* [[August 1]] |
* [[August 1]] |
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** Sniper [[Charles Whitman]] kills 13 from the [[University of Texas at Austin]] Main Building. |
** Sniper [[Charles Whitman]] kills 13 from the [[University of Texas at Austin]] Main Building. |
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** A [[military coup]] occurs in [[Nigeria]] |
** A [[military coup]] occurs in [[Nigeria]]; General [[Yakubu Gowon]] takes over. |
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* [[August 2]] - The Spanish government forbids overflights of British military aircraft. |
* [[August 2]] - The Spanish government forbids overflights of British military aircraft. |
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* [[August 5]] |
* [[August 5]] |
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** [[Lunar Orbiter 1]], the first U.S. spacecraft to orbit another world, is launched. |
** [[Lunar Orbiter 1]], the first U.S. spacecraft to orbit another world, is launched. |
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* [[August 11]] - [[The Beatles]] hold a press conference in [[Chicago]], during which [[John Lennon]] apologizes for his "more popular than Jesus" remark, saying, "I didn't mean it as a lousy anti-religious thing." |
* [[August 11]] - [[The Beatles]] hold a press conference in [[Chicago]], during which [[John Lennon]] apologizes for his "more popular than Jesus" remark, saying, "I didn't mean it as a lousy anti-religious thing." |
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* [[August 12]] - In the [[Massacre of Braybrook Street]], Harry Roberts, John Duddy and Jack Witney shoot dead |
* [[August 12]] - In the [[Massacre of Braybrook Street]], Harry Roberts, John Duddy and Jack Witney shoot dead 3 plain clothes policemen in [[London]]; they are later sentenced to life imprisonment. |
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* [[August 13]] |
* [[August 13]] |
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** China begins the [[Cultural Revolution]]. |
** China begins the [[Cultural Revolution]]. |
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* [[August 22]] - The United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC), predecessor of the [[United Farm Workers|United Farm Workers of America]] ([[UFW]]), is formed. |
* [[August 22]] - The United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC), predecessor of the [[United Farm Workers|United Farm Workers of America]] ([[UFW]]), is formed. |
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* [[August 26]] - Riots occur in [[French Somaliland]]. |
* [[August 26]] - Riots occur in [[French Somaliland]]. |
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* [[August 29]] - [[The Beatles]] play their very last concert at [[Candlestick Park]] in [[San Francisco, California]]. |
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* [[August 30]] - [[France]] offers independence to French Somaliland. |
* [[August 30]] - [[France]] offers independence to French Somaliland. |
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* [[September 6]] - In [[Cape Town]], the [[South Africa]]n architect of [[Apartheid]], Prime Minister [[Hendrik Verwoerd]], is stabbed to death by [[Dimitri Tsafendas]] during a parliamentary meeting. |
* [[September 6]] - In [[Cape Town]], the [[South Africa]]n architect of [[Apartheid]], Prime Minister [[Hendrik Verwoerd]], is stabbed to death by [[Dimitri Tsafendas]] during a parliamentary meeting. |
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* [[September 7]] - The final new episode of ''[[The Dick Van Dyke Show]]'' airs (the first episode aired on [[October 3]], [[1961]]). |
* [[September 7]] - The final new episode of ''[[The Dick Van Dyke Show]]'' airs (the first episode aired on [[October 3]], [[1961]]). |
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* [[September 8]] - ''[[Star Trek]]'', the classic science fiction television series, debuts |
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with its first episode, "[[The Man Trap]]". |
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* [[September 9]] - [[NATO]] decides to move [[SHAPE]] headquarters to [[Belgium]]. |
* [[September 9]] - [[NATO]] decides to move [[SHAPE]] headquarters to [[Belgium]]. |
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* [[September 12]] - [[September 15]] - ''[[Gemini 11]]'' ([[Richard Gordon]], [[Pete Conrad]]) docks with an [[Agena]] target vehicle. |
* [[September 12]] - [[September 15]] - ''[[Gemini 11]]'' ([[Richard Gordon]], [[Pete Conrad]]) docks with an [[Agena]] target vehicle. |
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* [[September 13]] |
* [[September 13]] |
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** [[Balthazar Johannes Vorster]] becomes the new South African Prime Minister. |
** [[Balthazar Johannes Vorster]] becomes the new South African Prime Minister. |
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** [[TASS (USSR)|TASS]] reports on clashes between |
** [[TASS (USSR)|TASS]] reports on clashes between the Chinese Communist Party and the Red Guards. |
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* [[September 16]] |
* [[September 16]] |
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** In South Vietnam, Thich Tri Quang begins a 100-day hunger strike. |
** In South Vietnam, Thich Tri Quang begins a 100-day hunger strike. |
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* [[October 22]] |
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** British spy [[George Blake]] escapes from [[Wormwood Scrubs (HM Prison)|Wormwood Scrubs]] prison; he is next seen in [[Moscow]]. |
** British spy [[George Blake]] escapes from [[Wormwood Scrubs (HM Prison)|Wormwood Scrubs]] prison; he is next seen in [[Moscow]]. |
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** [[Spain]] demands that the [[United Kingdom]] stop military flights to [[Gibraltar]]; Britain |
** [[Spain]] demands that the [[United Kingdom]] stop military flights to [[Gibraltar]]; Britain refuses the next day. |
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* [[October 24]] - Negotiations about the [[Vietnam War]] begin in [[Manila]], [[Philippines]]. |
* [[October 24]] - Negotiations about the [[Vietnam War]] begin in [[Manila]], [[Philippines]]. |
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* [[October 25]] |
* [[October 25]] |
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** A military court in [[Jakarta]] sentences ex-foreign minister Subandrio to death. |
** A military court in [[Jakarta]] sentences ex-foreign minister Subandrio to death. |
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** Spain closes its [[Gibraltar]] border |
** Spain closes its [[Gibraltar]] border to non-[[pedestrian]] traffic. |
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* [[October 26]] - [[NATO]] moves its HQ from [[Paris]] to [[Brussels]]. |
* [[October 26]] - [[NATO]] moves its HQ from [[Paris]] to [[Brussels]]. |
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* [[October 27]] - The [[United Nations]] takes [[Namibia]] from [[South Africa]]. |
* [[October 27]] - The [[United Nations]] takes [[Namibia]] from [[South Africa]]. |
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* [[November 11]] |
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** A mine kills 3 [[Israeli]] paratroopers on the [[West Bank]] border. |
** A mine kills 3 [[Israeli]] paratroopers on the [[West Bank]] border. |
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** [[Spain]] declares general amnesty for crimes committed during the [[Spanish Civil War]] ( |
** [[Spain]] declares general amnesty for crimes committed during the [[Spanish Civil War]] (effective only for the [[Falangists]]' side). |
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* [[November 15]] |
* [[November 15]] |
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** ''[[Gemini 12]]'' ([[James A. Lovell]], [[Buzz Aldrin]]), splashes down safely in the [[Atlantic Ocean]], 600 km east of the [[Bahamas]]. |
** ''[[Gemini 12]]'' ([[James A. Lovell]], [[Buzz Aldrin]]), splashes down safely in the [[Atlantic Ocean]], 600 km east of the [[Bahamas]]. |
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** [[Harry Maurice Roberts]], who |
** [[Harry Maurice Roberts]], who killed 3 policemen in August, is caught near [[London]]. |
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* [[November 16]] - U.S. doctor [[Sam Sheppard|Samuel Sheppard]] is acquitted in his second trial for the murder of his pregnant wife in [[1954]]. |
* [[November 16]] - U.S. doctor [[Sam Sheppard|Samuel Sheppard]] is acquitted in his second trial for the murder of his pregnant wife in [[1954]]. |
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* [[November 17]] |
* [[November 17]] |
Revision as of 04:51, 15 November 2006
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Gregorian calendar | 1966 MCMLXVI |
Ab urbe condita | 2719 |
Armenian calendar | 1415 ԹՎ ՌՆԺԵ |
Assyrian calendar | 6716 |
Baháʼí calendar | 122–123 |
Balinese saka calendar | 1887–1888 |
Bengali calendar | 1373 |
Berber calendar | 2916 |
British Regnal year | 14 Eliz. 2 – 15 Eliz. 2 |
Buddhist calendar | 2510 |
Burmese calendar | 1328 |
Byzantine calendar | 7474–7475 |
Chinese calendar | 乙巳年 (Wood Snake) 4663 or 4456 — to — 丙午年 (Fire Horse) 4664 or 4457 |
Coptic calendar | 1682–1683 |
Discordian calendar | 3132 |
Ethiopian calendar | 1958–1959 |
Hebrew calendar | 5726–5727 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 2022–2023 |
- Shaka Samvat | 1887–1888 |
- Kali Yuga | 5066–5067 |
Holocene calendar | 11966 |
Igbo calendar | 966–967 |
Iranian calendar | 1344–1345 |
Islamic calendar | 1385–1386 |
Japanese calendar | Shōwa 41 (昭和41年) |
Javanese calendar | 1897–1898 |
Juche calendar | 55 |
Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 13 days |
Korean calendar | 4299 |
Minguo calendar | ROC 55 民國55年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | 498 |
Thai solar calendar | 2509 |
Tibetan calendar | 阴木蛇年 (female Wood-Snake) 2092 or 1711 or 939 — to — 阳火马年 (male Fire-Horse) 2093 or 1712 or 940 |
Gregorian calendar | 1966 MCMLXVI |
Ab urbe condita | 2719 |
Armenian calendar | 1415 ԹՎ ՌՆԺԵ |
Assyrian calendar | 6716 |
Baháʼí calendar | 122–123 |
Balinese saka calendar | 1887–1888 |
Bengali calendar | 1373 |
Berber calendar | 2916 |
British Regnal year | 14 Eliz. 2 – 15 Eliz. 2 |
Buddhist calendar | 2510 |
Burmese calendar | 1328 |
Byzantine calendar | 7474–7475 |
Chinese calendar | 乙巳年 (Wood Snake) 4663 or 4456 — to — 丙午年 (Fire Horse) 4664 or 4457 |
Coptic calendar | 1682–1683 |
Discordian calendar | 3132 |
Ethiopian calendar | 1958–1959 |
Hebrew calendar | 5726–5727 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 2022–2023 |
- Shaka Samvat | 1887–1888 |
- Kali Yuga | 5066–5067 |
Holocene calendar | 11966 |
Igbo calendar | 966–967 |
Iranian calendar | 1344–1345 |
Islamic calendar | 1385–1386 |
Japanese calendar | Shōwa 41 (昭和41年) |
Javanese calendar | 1897–1898 |
Juche calendar | 55 |
Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 13 days |
Korean calendar | 4299 |
Minguo calendar | ROC 55 民國55年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | 498 |
Thai solar calendar | 2509 |
Tibetan calendar | 阴木蛇年 (female Wood-Snake) 2092 or 1711 or 939 — to — 阳火马年 (male Fire-Horse) 2093 or 1712 or 940 |
1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar).
Events
January
- January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts President David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic.
- January 2 - A strike of public transportation workers in New York City begins (it will end January 13).
- January 3 - The first Acid Test is conducted at the Fillmore, San Francisco.
- January 4
- A military coup occurs in Upper Volta (later Burkina Faso).
- The prime ministers of India and Pakistan meet in Moscow.
- Fire breaks out due to a gas leak, at the Feyzin oil refinery near Lyon, France (18 dead, 84 injured).
- January 10
- Pakistani-Indian peace negotiations end successfully in Moscow.
- The French paper L'Express publishes a story of Georges Figon, who took part in the kidnapping of Mehdi Ben Barka.
- January 11
- A conference about the situation in Rhodesia begins in Lagos, Nigeria.
- Indian prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri dies.
- January 12 - Lyndon Johnson states that the United States should stay in South Vietnam until Communist aggression there is ended.
- January 13 - Robert C. Weaver becomes the first African American Cabinet member, by being appointed United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
- January 15
- A violent military coup is staged in Nigeria.
- Moscow announces the death of rocket designer Sergei Korolev.
- January 17
- The Nigerian coup is overturned.
- A B-52 bomber collides with a KC-135 jet tanker over Spain, dropping three 70-kiloton hydrogen bombs near the town of Palomares, and 1 into the sea.
- Carl Brashear, the first African American United States Navy diver, is involved in an accident on a routine mission which amputates his leg.
- January 18
- French police announce that Georges Figon committed suicide, just before his arrest in the kidnapping of Mehdi Ben Barka.
- About 8,000 U.S. soldiers land in South Vietnam - U.S. troops now total 190,000.
- January 19
- Indira Gandhi is elected Prime Minister of India - she is sworn in January 24.
- Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies resigns.
- January 20 - Demonstrations occur against high food prices in Hungary.
- January 21 - Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro resigns due to a power struggle in his party.
- January 22
- The military government of Nigeria announces that ex-prime minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa was killed during the coup.
- The Chadian Muslim insurgent group FROLINAT is founded in Sudan, starting the Chadian Civil War.
- January 26
- Harold Holt becomes Prime Minister of Australia when Robert Menzies retires.
- Beaumont children disappearance: Three children disappear on their way to Glenelg Beach, South Australia, never to be seen again.
- January 27 - The British government promises the U.S. that British troops in Malaysia will stay until more peaceful conditions occur in the region.
- January 29 - The first of 608 performances of Sweet Charity opens at the Palace Theatre in New York City.
- January 31 - The United Kingdom ceases all trade with Rhodesia.
- January - The first SR-71 spy plane goes into service.
February
- February 1 - West Germany procures some 2,600 political prisoners from East Germany.
- February 3 - The unmanned Soviet Luna 9 spacecraft makes the first controlled rocket-assisted landing on the Moon.
- February 4 - A Japanese passenger jet crashes into Tokyo Bay (133 dead).
- February 6 - Fidel Castro blames China for spreading anti-Soviet propaganda among Cuban soldiers.
- February 10 - Soviet writers Yuli Daniel and Andrei Sinyavsky are sentenced to 5 and 7 years, respectively, for 'anti-Soviet' writings.
- February 11 - The Belgian government resigns.
- February 14 - The Australian dollar is introduced at a rate of 2 dollars per pound, or 10 shillings per dollar.
- February 19 - The naval minister of the United Kingdom, Christopher Mayhew, resigns.
- February 20 - While Soviet author and translator Valeri Tarsis is abroad, the Soviet Union negates his citizenship.
- February 23 - A military coup in Syria replaces the previous government with a Ba'athist regime.
- February 24 - A military coup in Ghana raises sacked General Ankrah to power while president Kwame Nkrumah is abroad.
- February 26 - A curfew is declared in Jakarta, Indonesia.
- February 28 - U.S. astronauts Charles Bassett and Elliott See are killed in an aircraft accident in St. Louis, Missouri.
March
- March 1
- Soviet space probe Venera 3 crashes on Venus, becoming the first spacecraft to land on another planet's surface.
- The Ba'ath Party takes power in Syria.
- March 2 - Kwame Nkrumah arrives in Guinea and is granted asylum.
- March 4 - The Beatles: In an interview published in The London Evening Standard, John Lennon comments, "We're more popular than Jesus now," eventually sparking a controversy in the United States.
- March 5
- A massive theft of nuclear materials is revealed in Brazil.
- Merci Chérie by Udo Jürgens (music by Udo Jürgens, text by Udo Jürgens and Thomas Hörbiger) wins the Eurovision Song Contest 1966 for Austria.
- March 7 - Charles De Gaulle asks U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson for negotiations about the state of NATO equipment in France.
- March 8
- Anti-communist demonstrations occur at the Indonesian Foreign Ministry.
- Ronald Kray, one of the Kray twins, shoots rival gangster George Cornell; the incident leads to the brother's incarceration.
- Vietnam War: Australia announces it will substantially increase its number of troops in Vietnam.
- An IRA bomb destroys Nelson's Pillar in Dublin.
- March 10 - Crown Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands marries Claus von Amsberg. Some spectators demonstrate against the groom because he is German.
- March 11
- Indonesian President Sukarno gives all executive powers to General Suharto.
- French President Charles De Gaulle states that French troops will be taken out of NATO and that all French NATO bases and HQ's must be closed within a year.
- March 16 - Gemini 8 (David Scott, Neil Armstrong) docks with an Agena target satellite.
- March 17
- More anti-communist demonstrations occur in Indonesia.
- Off the coast of Spain in the Mediterranean, the Alvin submarine finds a missing American hydrogen bomb.
- March 19 - The Texas Western Miners defeat the Kentucky Wildcats with 5 black starters, ushering in desegregation in athletic recruiting.
- March 22 - In Washington, DC, General Motors President James M. Roche appears before a Senate subcommittee, and apologizes to consumer advocate Ralph Nader for the company's intimidation and harassment campaign against him.
- March 23 - Pope Paul VI and Arthur Michael Ramsey, the Archbishop of Canterbury, meet in Rome - the first official meeting for 400 years between the Roman Catholic and Anglican Churches.
- March 26 - Demonstrations are held across the United States against the Vietnam War.
- March 27 - In South Vietnam, 20,000 Buddhists march in demonstrations against the policies of the military government.
- March 28 - Indira Gandhi visits Washington, DC.
- March 29 - The 23rd Communist Party Conference is held in the Soviet Union - Leonid Brezhnev demands that U.S. troops leave Vietnam, and announces that Chinese-Soviet relations are not satisfying.
- March 31
- The Labour Party under Harold Wilson wins the British General Election.
- The Soviet Union launches Luna 10, which later becomes the first space probe to enter orbit around the Moon.
- Chatham High School is opened in Taree, New South Wales.
April
- April 2 - The Indonesian army demands that the country rejoin the United Nations.
- April 4 - Luna 10 enters orbit around the Moon.
- April 7 - The United Kingdom asks the UN Security Council for authority to use force to stop oil tankers that violate the embargo against Rhodesia. Authority is given April 10.
- April 8 - Buddhists in South Vietnam protest against the fact that the new government has not set a date for free elections.
- April 9 - Norwich City FC captain Barry Butler is killed in a car accident.
- April 14 - The South Vietnamese government promises free elections in 3-5 months.
- April 15 - An anti-Nasser conspiracy is exposed in Egypt.
- April 18 - China declares that it will stop economic aid to Indonesia.
- April 21
- An artificial heart is installed in the chest of Marcel DeRudder in a Houston hospital.
- The opening of Parliament of the United Kingdom is televised for the first time.
- Haile Selassie visits Jamaica for the first time, meeting with Rastafarian leaders.
- Ian Brady and Myra Hindley go on trial at Chester Crown Court, charged with the murders of 3 children who vanished between November 1963 and October 1965.
- April 27 - Pope Paul VI and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko meet in the Vatican (the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic Church and the Soviet Union).
- April 28 - In Rhodesia, security forces kill 7 ZANLA men in combat; Chimurenga, the ZANU rebellion, begins.
- April 29 - U.S. troops in Vietnam total 250,000.
- April 30
- Regular hovercraft service begins over the English Channel (discontinued in 2000 due to the Channel Tunnel).
- The Church of Satan is formed by Anton Szandor LaVey in San Francisco.
May
- May 1 - Floods occur on the Finnish coast.
- May 3 - Swinging Radio England and Britain Radio commence broadcasting on AM, with a combined potential 100,000 watts, from the same ship anchored off the south coast of England in international waters.
- May 4 - Fiat signs a contract with the Soviet government to build a car factory in theSoviet Union.
- May 6 - The Moors Murderers trial at Chester Crown Court ends with Ian Brady being found guilty on all 3 counts of murder. He is sentenced to 3 concurrent terms of life imprisonment. Myra Hindley is convicted on 2 counts of murder and cleared on a third charge, but is guilty of being an accessory in the third murder committed by Brady. She receives 2 concurrent terms of life imprisonment for murder and a 7-year fixed term for being an accessory.
- May 12
- African members of the UN Security Council say that the British army should blockade Rhodesia.
- Busch Memorial Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri opens.
- Radio Peking claims that U.S. planes have shot down a Chinese plane over Yunnan (the U.S. denies the story the next day).
- May 14 - Turkey and Greece intend to start negotiations about the situation in Cyprus.
- May 15
- Indonesia asks Malaysia for peace negotiations.
- The South Vietnamese army besieges Da Nang.
- Tens of thousands of anti-war demonstrators again picket the White House, then rally at the Washington Monument.
- May 16
- A seamen's strike is called in Britain.
- The legendary album Pet Sounds by the Beach Boys is released.
- In New York City, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. makes his first public speech on the Vietnam War.
- May 24
- Ugandan army troops arrest Mutesa II of Buganda and occupy his palace.
- The Nigerian government forbids all political activity in the country (until January 17, 1969).
- May 25
- Explorer program: Explorer 32 is launched.
- In St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. Vice-President Hubert Humphrey and U.S. Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall dedicate the Gateway Arch, as part of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial.
- May 26 - Guyana achieves independence.
- May 28
- Fidel Castro delcares martial law in Cuba due to a possible U.S. attack.
- The Indonesian and Malayan governments declare that the Indonesian Confrontation is over (a treaty is signed on August 11).
- May 31 - The Philippines reestablishes diplomatic relations with Malaysia.
June
- June 2
- Eamon de Valera is re-elected as Irish president.
- Surveyor program: Surveyor 1 lands in Oceanus Procellarum on the Moon, becoming the first spacecraft to soft land on another world.
- Four former cabinet ministers are executed in Zaire, for alleged involvement in a plot to kill Mobutu Sese Seko.
- June 3 - Joaquín Balaguer is elected president of the Dominican Republic.
- June 5 - Gemini 9: Gene Cernan completes the second U.S. spacewalk (2 hours, 7 minutes).
- June 6 - James Meredith, civil rights activist, is shot while trying to march across Mississippi.
- June 8
- An XB-70 Valkyrie prototype is destroyed in a mid-air collision with a F-104 Starfighter chase plane during a photo shoot. NASA pilot Joseph A. Walker and USAF test pilot Carl Cross are both killed.
- Topeka, Kansas is devastated by a tornado that registers as an "F5" on the Fujita Scale: the first to exceed US $100 million in damages. Sixteen people are killed, hundreds more injured, and thousands of homes damaged or destroyed. [1]
- June 13 - The U.S. Supreme Court rules (Miranda v. Arizona) that the police must inform suspects of their rights before questioning them.
- June 14 - The Vatican abolishes the Index Librorum Prohibitorum (index of banned books).
- June 17 - An Air France personnel strike begins.
- June 18 - CIA chief William F. Raborn resigns - Richard Helms becomes his successor.
- June 20-July 1 - French President Charles De Gaulle visits the Soviet Union.
- June 21- Opposition leader Arthur Calwell is shot after attending a political meeting in Mosman, Sydney, Australia.
- June 28 - In Argentina, a junta deposes president Arturo Umberto Illia in a coup, and appoints General Juan Carlos Ongania to lead.
- June 29
- A sailors' strike, organised by the National Union of Seamen, ends in the United Kingdom.
- Vietnam War: U.S. planes begin bombing Hanoi and Haiphong.
- June 30
- France formally leaves NATO.
- The National Organization for Women (NOW) is founded in Washington, DC.
July
- July 1 - Joaquin Balaguer becomes president of the Dominican Republic.
- July 3 - Rene Barrientos is elected president of Bolivia.
- July 4
- North Vietnam declares general mobilization.
- President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Freedom of Information Act into law. The act goes into effect the following year.
- July 6 - Malawi becomes a republic.
- July 7 - A Warsaw Pact conference ends with a promise to support North Vietnam.
- July 11 - The 1966 FIFA World Cup begins in England.
- July 12
- Indira Gandhi visits Moscow.
- Zambia threatens to leave the Commonwealth of Nations because of British peace overtures to Rhodesia.
- U.S. Lieutenant Major W.H. Whalen is arrested for spying.
- July 14
- Israeli and Syrian jet fighters clash over the Jordan River.
- Richard Speck murders 8 student nurses in their Chicago, Illinois dormitory.
- Gwynfor Evans becomes member of Parliament for Carmarthen, the first Plaid Cymru MP in the UK.
- July 16 - British Prime Minister Harold Wilson flies to Moscow to try to start peace negotiations about the Vietnam War (the Soviet government refutes his ideas).
- July 17 - Richard Speck is arrested; he tries to commit suicide but fails.
- July 18
- Gemini 10 (John Young, Michael Collins) lifts off to set a world altitude record of 474 miles.
- The Hough Riots break out in Cleveland, Ohio, the city's first race riot.
- July 19 - A Chinese delegate in the Netherlands, Liu en-Tsiu, is declared persona non grata because of the death of a Chinese engineer in unclear circumstances; there are claims that he was kidnapped and taken to the delegate's office.
- July 22 - The Chinese government declares Dutch delegate G. J. Jongejans persona non grata, but tells him not to leave the country before a group of Chinese engineers has left the Netherlands.
- July 23 - Katangese troops in Stanleyville, Congo, revolt in support of the exiled minister Moise Tshombe. The mutiny lasts several weeks.
- July 24 - U.N. Secretary General U Thant visits Moscow.
- July 26 - Lord Gardiner issues the Practice Statement in the House of Lords, stating that the House is not bound to follow its own previous precedent.
- July 28 - The U.S. announces that a U-2 reconnaissance plane has disappeared over Cuba.
- July 29 - The Nigerian army rebels and executes head of state General Aguiyi-Ironsi.
- July 30 - England beats West Germany 4-2 to win the 1966 FIFA World Cup at Wembley after extra time.
August
- August 1
- Sniper Charles Whitman kills 13 from the University of Texas at Austin Main Building.
- A military coup occurs in Nigeria; General Yakubu Gowon takes over.
- August 2 - The Spanish government forbids overflights of British military aircraft.
- August 5
- Martin Luther King Jr. leads a civil rights march in Chicago, during which he is struck by a rock thrown from an angry white mob.
- The Beatles release Revolver (album) in the United Kingdom.[2]
- August 6
- Braniff Airlines Flight 250 crashes in Falls City, Nebraska, killing all 42 on board.
- Rene Barrientos takes office as the president of Bolivia.
- The Tagus River Bridge opens in Lisbon, Portugal.
- August 7 - Race riots occur in Lansing, Michigan.
- August 8 - The Beatles release Revolver (album) in the United States.[3]
- August 10
- An East German court sentences Günter Laudahn to life imprisonment for spying for the United States.
- Lunar Orbiter 1, the first U.S. spacecraft to orbit another world, is launched.
- August 11 - The Beatles hold a press conference in Chicago, during which John Lennon apologizes for his "more popular than Jesus" remark, saying, "I didn't mean it as a lousy anti-religious thing."
- August 12 - In the Massacre of Braybrook Street, Harry Roberts, John Duddy and Jack Witney shoot dead 3 plain clothes policemen in London; they are later sentenced to life imprisonment.
- August 13
- China begins the Cultural Revolution.
- An earthquake in Turkey kills 2,394 and injures 10,000.
- August 15
- Syrian and Israeli troops clash over Lake Genesaret for 3 hours.
- The New York Herald Tribune stops publication.
- August 16 - Vietnam War: The House Un-American Activities Committee begins investigations of Americans who have aided the Viet Cong, with the intent to introduce legislation making these activities illegal. Anti-war demonstrators disrupt the meeting and 50 are arrested.
- August 17 - Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Republic begin negotiations in Kuwait to end the war in Yemen.
- August 18 - Vietnam War: D Company, 6th Battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment, meets and defeats a Viet Cong force estimated to be 4 times larger, at the Battle of Long Tan in Phuoc Tuy Province, Republic of Vietnam.
- August 19 - An earthquake in eastern Turkey destroys whole cities.
- August 21 - Seven men are sentenced to death in Egypt, for anti-Nasser agitation.
- August 22 - The United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC), predecessor of the United Farm Workers of America (UFW), is formed.
- August 26 - Riots occur in French Somaliland.
- August 29 - The Beatles play their very last concert at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, California.
- August 30 - France offers independence to French Somaliland.
September
- September 1 - United Nations Secretary-General U Thant declares that he will not seek re-election, because U.N. efforts in Vietnam have failed.
- September 6 - In Cape Town, the South African architect of Apartheid, Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd, is stabbed to death by Dimitri Tsafendas during a parliamentary meeting.
- September 7 - The final new episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show airs (the first episode aired on October 3, 1961).
- September 8 - Star Trek, the classic science fiction television series, debuts
with its first episode, "The Man Trap".
- September 9 - NATO decides to move SHAPE headquarters to Belgium.
- September 12 - September 15 - Gemini 11 (Richard Gordon, Pete Conrad) docks with an Agena target vehicle.
- September 13
- Balthazar Johannes Vorster becomes the new South African Prime Minister.
- TASS reports on clashes between the Chinese Communist Party and the Red Guards.
- September 16
- In South Vietnam, Thich Tri Quang begins a 100-day hunger strike.
- The Metropolitan Opera House opens at Lincoln Center in New York City to the world premiere of Samuel Barber's opera, Antony and Cleopatra.
- September 18 - Valerie Percy, the 21-year-old daughter of Senator Charles H. Percy, is stabbed and bludgeoned to death in the family mansion on Chicago's North Shore.
- September 19 - Scotland Yard arrests Ronald Edwards, suspected of involvement in the Great Train Robbery.
- September 30 - October 1 (midnight) - Baldur von Schirach and Albert Speer are released from Spandau Prison.
- September 30 - Botswana achieves independence.
October
- October - Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton found the Black Panther Party.
- October 3 - Tunisia severs diplomatic relations with the United Arab Republic.
- October 4
- Israel applies for the outer membership of the EEC.
- Basutoland becomes independent and takes the name Lesotho.
- October 5 - UNESCO signs the Recommendation Concerning the Status of Teachers. This event is now celebrated as World Teachers' Day.
- October 7 - The Soviet Union declares that all Chinese students must leave the country before the end of October.
- October 11 - France and the Soviet Union sign a treaty for cooperation in nuclear research.
- October 14 - The city of Montreal inaugurates its metro system (see Montreal Metro).
- October 15 - U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs a bill creating the United States Department of Transportation.
- October 16 - Grace Slick performs live for the first time with Jefferson Airplane.
- October 17 - Lesotho and Botswana are admitted to the United Nations.
- October 21 - The Aberfan disaster occurs in South Wales, United Kingdom.
- October 22
- British spy George Blake escapes from Wormwood Scrubs prison; he is next seen in Moscow.
- Spain demands that the United Kingdom stop military flights to Gibraltar; Britain refuses the next day.
- October 24 - Negotiations about the Vietnam War begin in Manila, Philippines.
- October 25
- A military court in Jakarta sentences ex-foreign minister Subandrio to death.
- Spain closes its Gibraltar border to non-pedestrian traffic.
- October 26 - NATO moves its HQ from Paris to Brussels.
- October 27 - The United Nations takes Namibia from South Africa.
- October 29 - The Guinean delegation to the OAU meeting in Ethiopia, become hostages of the Ghanaian government in Accra.
November
- November 2 - The Cuban Adjustment Act comes into force, allowing 123,000 Cubans the opportunity to apply for permanent residence in the United States.
- November 4 - The Arno river floods Florence, damaging many art treasures.
- November 5 - Thirty-eight African states demand that the United Kingdom use force against the Rhodesian government.
- November 6 - Lunar Orbiter 2 is launched.
- November 8
- Former Massachusetts Attorney General Edward Brooke becomes the first African American elected to the United States Senate since Reconstruction.
- Actor Ronald Reagan, a Republican, is elected Governor of California.
- November 11
- A mine kills 3 Israeli paratroopers on the West Bank border.
- Spain declares general amnesty for crimes committed during the Spanish Civil War (effective only for the Falangists' side).
- November 15
- Gemini 12 (James A. Lovell, Buzz Aldrin), splashes down safely in the Atlantic Ocean, 600 km east of the Bahamas.
- Harry Maurice Roberts, who killed 3 policemen in August, is caught near London.
- November 16 - U.S. doctor Samuel Sheppard is acquitted in his second trial for the murder of his pregnant wife in 1954.
- November 17
- The U.N. General Assembly decides to found the United Nations Industrial Development Organization.
- A spectacular Leonid meteor shower passes over Arizona, at the rate of 2,300 a minute for 20 minutes.
- November 21 - The army crushes an attempted coup in Togo.
- November 28 - Truman Capote's Black and White Ball (dubbed 'The Party of the Century') is held in New York City.
- November 30 - Barbados achieves independence.
December
- December 1
- Kurt Georg Kiesinger is elected Chancellor of West Germany.
- British Prime Minister Harold Wilson and Rhodesian Prime minister Ian Smith negotiate on HMS Tiger in the Mediterranean.
- December 2 - U Thant agrees to serve a second term as U.N. Secretary General.
- December 3 - Anti-Portuguese demonstrations occur in Macau; a curfew is declared the next day.
- December 7
- Syria offers weapons to rebels in Jordan.
- Barbados is admitted to the United Nations.
- December 8 - The Typaldos Line's ferry Heraklion sinks in rough seas, in the Aegean Sea near Crete - 217 dead.
- December 15 - In Los Angeles, Walt Disney dies of lung cancer at age 65.
- December 16 - The U.N. Security Council approves an oil embargo against Rhodesia.
- December 17 - South Africa does not join the trade embargo against Rhodesia.
- December 20 - Harold Wilson withdraws all his previous offers to the Rhodesian government, and announces that he will agree to independence only after the founding of a Black majority government
- December 22 - Prime Minister Ian Smith declares that Rhodesia is already a republic.
- December 23 - How the Grinch Stole Christmas (television special), narrated by Boris Karloff, is shown for the first time on CBS. It will become an annual Christmas tradition, and the best-loved film ever based on a Dr. Seuss book.
- December 26 - The first Kwanzaa is celebrated by Maulana Karenga, the chair of Black Studies, at California State University, Long Beach.
- December 31
- East German Premier Walter Ulbricht discusses negotiations about German unification.
- Thieves steal millions worth of paintings from the Dulwich Art Gallery in London.
- The Congolese government takes over the Union Minière du Haut Katanga.
Unknown dates
- In Burundi, King Mwambutsa IV is deposed by his son Ntare V, who is in turn deposed by prime minister Michel Micombero.
- Konstantin Chernenko, later leader of Soviet Union, becomes candidate member of the Central Committee.
- Surrealist Movement in the United States founded by Franklin and Penelope Rosemont.
- Lise Meitner and Otto Hahn are awarded the Fermi Prize.
- Congress of the United States creates National Council for Marine Resources and Engineering Development.
- Will Lang Jr. begins Life (magazine)'s investigation into the assassination of John F. Kennedy and the Warren Commission. Will Lang Jr. is stopped by Holland McCombs a few months later.
- Martin Richards designs the BCPL programming language.
- The DKW automobile goes out of production.
- World Buddhist Sangha Council convened by Theravadins in Sri Lanka with the hope of bridging differences and working together.
- Long-term potentiation (LTP), the putative cellular mechanism of learning and memory, is first observed by Terje Lømo in Oslo, Norway.
- Actress Saira Banu marries actor Dilip Kumar.
- Kwanzaa was created by Dr. Maulana Karenga.
Births
January
- January 1
- Anna Burke, Australian politician and member for Chisholm in the House of Representatives
- Crazy Legs, Puerto Rican Breakdancer, President of Rock Steady Crew
- Michael Imperioli, American actor
- January 3 - Martin Galway, Northern Irish composer
- January 7 - Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, American actress and model, wife of John F. Kennedy, Jr. (died 1999)
- January 12 - Rob Zombie, American musician, artist, and writer
- January 13 - Patrick Dempsey, American actor
- January 17 - Shabba Ranks, Jamaican singer
- January 19 - Stefan Edberg, Swedish tennis player
- January 19 - Floris Jan Bovelander, Dutch field hockey player
- January 20 - Tracii Guns, American guitarist
- January 24 - Jimeoin, Northern Irish-Australian comedian and actor
- January 29 - Romário, Brazilian footballer
- January 30 - Hans Tutschku, German composer
February
- February 1 - Michelle Akers, American soccer player
- February 4 - Kyoko Koizumi, Japanese actress and singer
- February 6 - Rick Astley, British singer
- February 9 - Ellen van Langen, Dutch athlete
- February 11 - Stephen Gregory, American actor
- February 11 - Anthony Parker, American football player
- February 20 - Cindy Crawford, American model
- February 22 - Brian Greig, Australian statesman
- February 24 - Billy Zane, American actor
- February 25 - Samson Kitur, Kenyan athlete
March
- March 3 - Tone-Loc, American musician
- March 4 - Kevin Johnson, American basketball player
- March 4 - Grand Puba (Brand Nubian), American rapper
- March 4 - Dav Pilkey, American author and illustrator
- March 4 - Patrick Hannan, English pop drummer (The Sundays)
- March 6 - Yahya Ayyash, Palestinian terrorist (died 1996)
- March 10 - Edie Brickell, American singer
- March 10 - Mike Timlin, baseball player
- March 25 - Tom Glavine, baseball player
- March 25 - Tatjana Patitz, model
- March 25 - Anton Rogan, Northern Irish footballer
- March 31 - Roger Black, British athlete
April
- April 1 - Chris Evans, British radio disc-jockey
- April 2 - Teddy Sheringham, British footballer
- April 3 - Miina Tominaga, Japanese seiyu (voice actress)
- April 4 - Riduan Isamuddin, Bali bombing suspects
- April 8 - Robin Wright Penn, American actress
- April 8 - Bobby Ologun, Nigerian television personality and martial artist
- April 11 - Lisa Stansfield, British soul singer
- April 14 - Greg Maddux, American baseball player
- April 15 - Samantha Fox, British model and singer
- April 18 - Trine Hattestad, Norwegian athlete
- April 21 - Bubba the Love Sponge, American radio personality
- April 28 - John Daly, American golfer
- April 29 - Phil Tufnell, British cricketer
May
- May 8 - Kamil Kašťák, Czechoslovakian ice hockey player
- May 8 - Cláudio Taffarel, Brazilian goalkeeper
- May 8 - Marta Sánchez, Spanish female vocalist, entertainer
- May 10 - Jonathan Edwards, British athlete
- May 11 - Christoph Schneider, German musician (Rammstein)
- May 12 - Stephen Baldwin, American actor
- May 13 - Darius Rucker, American singer (Hootie & the Blowfish)
- May 16 - Janet Jackson, American singer
- May 16 - Thurman Thomas, American football player
- May 24 - Éric Cantona, French footballer
- May 26 - Helena Bonham Carter, English actress
- May 26 - Zola Budd, South African athlete
- May 30 - Stephen Malkmus, American singer (Pavement),(Stephen Malkmus)
June
- June 4 - Cecilia Bartoli, Italian mezzo-soprano
- June 4 - Tiffany Million, American actress
- June 6 - Murdoc Niccals, Member of Gorillaz, Damien Thorn The Awnser to Armegeddon
- June 8 - Julianna Margulies, American actress
- June 8 - Jens Kidman, Swedish Musician
- June 18 - Kurt Browning, Canadian figure skater
- June 21 - Rudi Bakhtiar, American journalist
- June 22 - Michael Park, British rally co-driver (died 2005)
- June 25 - Dikembe Mutombo, Congolese basketball player
- June 27 - J.J. Abrams, American television writer and producer
- June 28 - John Cusack, American actor
- June 30 - Mike Tyson, American boxer
July
- July 3 - Moises Alou, baseball player
- July 5 - Gianfranco Zola, Italian football (soccer) player
- July 7 - Gundula Krause, German violinist
- July 13 - Gerald Levert, American singer
- July 14 - Matthew Fox, American actor
- July 15 - Irène Jacob, French-born actress
- July 29 - Martina McBride, American singer
- July 29 - Richard Steven Horvitz, American voice actor
- July 31 - Dean Cain, American actor
August
- August 7 - Jimmy Wales, American founder of Wikipedia
- August 11 - Juan Maria Solare, Argentine composer
- August 14 - Halle Berry, American actress
- August 17 - William E. Dudley, American poet and Rodney Mullen famous flatland skateboarder
- August 19 - Lee Ann Womack, American musician
- August 20 - Dimebag Darrell, Guitarist for Pantera and Damageplan
- August 23 - Rik Smits, Dutch basketball player
- August 26 - Jacques Brinkman, Dutch field hockey player
- August 26 - Shirley Manson, Scottish musician and Garbage frontwoman
September
- September 2 - Salma Hayek, Mexican-born actress
- September 3 - Yaxeni Oriquen, American bodybuilder
- September 4 - Yanka Dyagileva, Russian singer
- September 9 - Georg Hackl, German luger
- September 9 - Adam Sandler, American actor and comedian
- September 22 - Moustafa amar, Egyptian Pop star
- September 24 - Michael J. Varhola, American author and publisher.
October
- October 1 - George Weah, Liberian politician and football player
- October 2 - Rodney Anoai, WWF Champion, Yokozuna (died 2000)
- October 3 - Rabbi Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane, Israeli settler leader (died 2000)
- October 8 - Aaron Callaghan, Irish football club executive
- October 8 - Teddy Riley, American R&B and hip-hop singer
- October 9 - David Cameron, British politician
- October 10 - Tony Adams, English footballer
- October 11 - Stephen Williams, British politician
- October 12 - Brian Kennedy, Irish musician and author
- October 24 - Roman Abramovich, Russian oil magnate
- October 26 - Steve Valentine, British actor
- October 26 - Jeanne Zelasko, FOX baseball host
- October 27 - Matt Drudge, American Internet journalist
- October 28 - Steve Atwater, American football player
November
- November 6 - Peter DeLuise, American actor
- November 7 - Lin Xiaochieh, Burmese leader
- November 12 - David Schwimmer, American actor
- November 14 - Curt Schilling, baseball player
- November 16 - Christian Lorenz, German musician (Rammstein)
- November 17 - Jeff Buckley, American singer (died 1997)
- November 17 - Sophie Marceau, French actress
- November 20 - Kevin Gilbert, American singer, composer, and instrumentalist
- November 21 - Troy Aikman, American football player
December
- December 1 - Larry Walker, Canadian Major League Baseball player
- December 7 - C. Thomas Howell, American actor
- December 7 - Linn Ullmann, Norwegian journalist and author
- December 8 - Sinéad O'Connor, Irish pop singer.
- December 14 - Bill Ranford, Canadian hockey player
- December 20 - Ed de Goeij, Dutch footballer
- December 20 - Chris Robinson, American singer (Black Crowes)
- December 21 - Kiefer Sutherland, Canadian actor
- December 22 - Dmitry Bilozerchev, Soviet gymnast
- December 27 - Wendy Coakley-Thompson author
- December 27 - Bill Goldberg, American professional wrestler
- December 27 - John Harrington photographer and author
Deaths
January-March
- January 1 - Vincent Auriol, President of France (born 1884)
- January 11 - Alberto Giacometti, Swiss sculptor (born 1901)
- January 11 - Hannes Kolehmainen, Finnish runner (born 1889)
- January 14 - Barry Fitzgerald, Irish actor (born 1888)
- January 14 - Bill Carr, American athlete (born 1909)
- January 15 - Sergei Korolev, Russian space scientist (born 1906)
- January 18 - Kathleen Norris, American writer (born 1880)
- February 1 - Buster Keaton, American actor and film director (born 1895)
- February 1 - Hedda Hopper, American gossip columnist (born 1885)
- February 10 - Billy Rose, American composer and band leader (born 1899)
- February 10 - Lal Bahadur Shastri, Prime Minister of India (born 1904)
- February 15 - Gerard Ciołek, Polish architect and historian of gardens (born 1909)
- February 20 - Chester Nimitz, American admiral (born 1885)
- March 1 - Fritz Houtermans, German physicist (born 1903)
- March 3 - Maxfield Parrish, American artist (born 1870)
- March 3 - William Frawley, American actor (born 1887)
- March 5 - Anna Akhmatova, Russian poet (born 1889)
- March 8 - William Waldorf Astor, 3rd Viscount Astor, British politican (born 1907)
- March 10 - Frits Zernike, Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1888)
April-June
- April 1 - Flann O'Brien, Irish humorist (born 1911)
- April 2 - C.S. Forester, English author (born 1899)
- April 3 - Battista Pininfarina, Italian car designer (born 1893)
- April 10 - Evelyn Waugh, English author (born 1903)
- April 11 - Maximiliano Hernández Martínez, military dictator of El Salvador (assassinated) (born 1882)
- April 13 - Georges Duhamel, French author (born 1884)
- April 13 - Abdul Salam Arif, President of Iraq (born 1921)
- April 23 - Georges Ohsawa, Japanese diet founder (born 1893)
- May 22 - Tom Goddard, English cricketer (born 1900)
- May 23 - Demchugdongrub, Mongolian politician (born 1902)
- June 1 - Papa Jack Laine, American jazz musician (born 1873)
- June 7 - Jean Arp, Alsatian sculptor, painter, and poet (born 1887)
- June 8 - Anton Melik, Slovenian geographer (born 1890)
- June 11 - Delmore Schwartz, American poet (born 1913)
- June 12 - Hermann Scherchen, Austrian conductor (born 1891)
- June 19 - Ed Wynn, American actor (born 1886)
- June 30 - Giuseppe Farina, Italian race car driver (born 1906)
July-September
- July 2 - Jan Brzechwa, Polish poet (born 1900)
- July 5 - George de Hevesy, Hungarian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1885)
- July 6 - Sad Sam Jones, baseball player (born 1892)
- July 24 - Montgomery Clift, American actor (born 1920)
- August 3 - Lenny Bruce, American comedian (born 1925)
- August 6 - Cordwainer Smith, American author (born 1913)
- September 5 - Dezső Lauber, Hungarian sportsman and architect (born 1879)
- September 6 - Margaret Sanger, American birth control advocate (born 1879)
- September 6 - Hendrik Verwoerd, Dutch-born Prime Minister of South Africa (born 1901)
- September 11 - C. E. Woolman, American Airlines founder (born 1889)
- September 14 - Gertrude Berg, American Actress (b. 1899)
- September 17 - Fritz Wunderlich, German tenor (born 1930)
- September 28 - Andre Breton, French writer (born 1896)
- September Hiram Wesley Evans, American leader of the Ku Klux Klan (born 1881)
October-December
- October 7 - Smiley Lewis, American R&B musician (born 1913)
- October 16 - George O'Hara, American actor (born 1899)
- October 18 - Elizabeth Arden, Canadian-born beautician and cosmetics entrepreneur (born 1878)
- October 26 - Alma Cogan, English singer (born 1932)
- November 2 - Peter Debye, Dutch chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1884)
- November 2 - Mississippi John Hurt, American singer and guitarist (born 1893)
- November 23 - Sean T. O'Kelly, second President of Ireland (born 1882)
- December 15 - Walt Disney, American animated film producer (born 1901)