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September 1 – While waiting at a bus stop Ralph Baer, an inventor with Sanders Associates, writes a four-page document that lays out the basic principles for creating a video game to be played on a television: the beginning of a multibillion-dollar industry. September 7 – The ocean liner SS Hanseatic catches fire and burns in New York Harbor.
1966 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1966th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 966th year of the 2nd millennium, the 66th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1960s decade.
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1966 events in the United States by month (12 C) / 1966 disestablishments in the United States (48 C, 9 P) 1966 establishments in the United States (59 C, 59 P) A.
The next day, troops moved to the nearby village of An Phuoc, 4 miles (6.4 km) away, and murdered its inhabitants. [30] [31] According to a 2000 Associated Press story, however, a commemorative monument in Bình Hòa says that the massacres took place from October 22 to October 26, 1966. The event was first reported in the late 1980s. [32] [33]
January 14, 1966: U.S. soldier burns Viet Cong building during Operation Crimp. Operation Crimp, the joint U.S. and Australian operation in the Vietnam War, ended six days after its January 8 start, with 190 Viet Cong killed and a network of infiltration tunnels destroyed, at a loss of 22 allied lives (14 American, 8 Australaian). [83]
On the day of the 1966 race, Gibb dressed in a hooded sweatshirt and sweatpants, hid near the starting line, then jumped in with the other runners as the race began in Hopkinton. [127] Unofficially, Gibb (whose married name was Mrs. Roberta Bingay) finished in 124th place in the field of more than 500 contestants, completing the course in 3 ...
August 6, 1966: Luci Baines Johnson marries to Patrick J. Nugent. Luci Baines Johnson, daughter of U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson, was married to Patrick J. Nugent in the most important social event of the year in Washington, D.C., with a ceremony at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception and a post-wedding reception at the White ...