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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.
January 17 – 1966 Palomares B-52 crash: A USAF B-52 bomber collides with a KC-135 Stratotanker over Spain, dropping three 70-kiloton hydrogen bombs near the town of Palomares, and one into the sea. Carl Brashear , the first African American United States Navy diver, is involved in an accident during the recovery of the latter which results in ...
October 1966 events in the United States (1 C, 4 P) November 1966 events in the United States (2 C, 46 P) December 1966 events in the United States (1 C, 3 P)
December 1966 events in North America (4 C) C. 1966 events in Canada by month (10 C) M. 1966 events in Mexico by month (3 C) U. 1966 events in the United States by ...
1966 events in South America by month (8 C) * 1966 sports events by month (12 C) 0–9. January 1966 events (3 C, 1 P) February 1966 events (3 C, 4 P) March 1966 ...
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.
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 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).