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July 11 – The 1966 FIFA World Cup begins in England. July 12 – Zambia threatens to leave the Commonwealth of Nations because of British peace overtures to Rhodesia. July 13 – In Chicago, United States, Richard Speck breaks into a nurses' dormitory and murders eight of the nine student nurses who live there. [30] [31] July 14
October 9 – The Baltimore Orioles defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 4 of the World Series in baseball, 1–0, to sweep the series for their first World Championship; Frank Robinson wins the Triple Crown. October 15. U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs a bill creating the United States Department of Transportation.
1966 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. Years in sports: ← 1963; 1964; 1965 ... World Cup – England defeats Germany to win the 1966 World Cup ...
The 1966 FIFA World Cup was the eighth FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was played in England from 11 to 30 July 1966. England defeated West Germany 4–2 in the final to win their first ever World Cup tit
November 1966 events by country (5 C) December 1966 events by country (5 C) This page was last edited on 19 September 2022, at 06:18 (UTC). Text is available under ...
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]
The 41-47's innovative polypropylene plastic casing is the first use of this material anywhere in the world in consumer electronics. [ 62 ] 24 November – Australia's first satellite communications earth station opens at Carnarvon, Western Australia .
In fiction, August 19, 1966, is the date of a nuclear war in the 1960 film The Time Machine, an adaptation of the 1895 novel of the same name by H. G. Wells. Remaining in London, the film's hero (played by Rod Taylor ) departs from December 31, 1899, witnessing future wars as he stops at September 13, 1917, then June 19, 1940, until getting ...