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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 afternoon of 12 January 1966, the body of Diana Tift was found by a man hunting rabbits. She lay half-concealed in undergrowth aside a water-logged ditch at Mansty Gulley on Cannock Chase in Staffordshire, between the villages of Penkridge and Littleton. [26] This location was a seldom-used farm track just half a mile from the A34.
Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1966 (25 P) Pages in category "1966 deaths" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 4,823 total.
On Saturday 29 January 1966, a 56-year old cleaning lady named Wilhelmina Kruger was killed in the Piccadilly Centre on Crown Street in Wollongong. [24] Her bloodied body was discovered around 5:45 a.m. at the foot of the basement-level stairs by a butcher who had arrived for work.
January 18 – About 8,000 U.S. soldiers land in South Vietnam; U.S. troops now total 190,000. 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 ...
Deaths: 11: Non-fatal injuries: 66: The Paramount Hotel explosion occurred on January 28, 1966, in Boston, Massachusetts. A series of explosions under the hotel and ...
More than 800 people have lost their lives in jail since July 13, 2015 but few details are publicly released. Huffington Post is compiling a database of every person who died until July 13, 2016 to shed light on how they passed.
A witness saw her struggling to escape and tried to help, but the flames engulfed the car and she burned to death. Ibrahim Dossey: 1972 2008 36 years Ghanaian footballer car Breaza, Romania The crash occurred on September 13, 2008, putting him in a coma until his death three months later. Dee Dowis: 1968 2016 48 years American football car