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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.
November 27 – The Washington Redskins defeat the New York Giants 72–41 in the highest scoring game in National Football League history. November 28 – Truman Capote 's Black and White Ball ('The Party of the Century') is held in New York City.
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April 18, 1966: Cultural Revolution proclaimed in China (image from a 1972 play) Chinese Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong, who ordered the Cultural Revolution April 3, 1966: USSR's Luna 10 becomes first Earth object to orbit the Moon April 8, 1966: U.S. launches first astronomical observatory to orbit the Earth
In the most expensive art theft in history up to that time, thieves stole eight paintings from London's Dulwich Art Gallery, the oldest art museum in the United Kingdom, and demanded a ransom of 100,000 pounds sterling (worth, at the time, $280,000) for their safe return. The paintings themselves were considered worth more than $20,000,000.
US Billboard 1966 #91, Hot100 #13 for 1 weeks, 13 total weeks, 57 points, Top Soul Singles 1966 #1, Hot Soul Singles #1 for 8 weeks, 17 total weeks, 313 points, from Gettin' Ready - Gordy 918 2 Wilson Pickett