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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 ...
Toggle Events subsection. 1.1 January. 1.2 February. 1.3 March. ... 1966 was a common year ... led by Major General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, ...
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)
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.
1966 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. ... Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers is the Major League Baseball Cy Young Award;
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.
The year 1966 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.