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This is a list of notable events that took place in 1966 in the United States ... York Giants 72–41 in the highest scoring game in National Football League history.
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.
The 1966 FIFA World Cup competition, staged in England, begins. British Motor Corporation and Jaguar Cars announce plans to merge as British Motor Holdings . Scotsman Angus Barbieri ends a 382-day fast , during which he consumed only water, vitamins, salts, yeast and a small amount of milk and sugar, and achieved his aim of losing 276 lb (125 kg).
1965 – The Watts riots in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, lasts six days and is the first of several major urban riots due to racial issues. 1966 – Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) established; 1966 – Department of Transportation created; 1966 – National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act; 1966 – Miranda v.
The following lists events that happened during 1966 in ... and is returned to power with the largest majority in the federal parliament's 65-year history. ...
The 1960s (pronounced "nineteen-sixties", shortened to the "' 60s" or the "Sixties") was a decade that began on January 1, 1960, and ended on December 31, 1969. [1]While the achievements of humans being launched into space, orbiting Earth, perform spacewalk and walking on the Moon extended exploration, the Sixties are known as the "countercultural decade" in the United States and other Western ...
List of notable events in music that took place in the year 1966. ... the boos culminating in the famous "Judas" shout. ... 13 total weeks, 57 points, Top Soul ...
Current events; Random article; ... View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. ... 1966 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.