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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.
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.
December 15, 1966: Walt Disney dies of lung cancer December 26, 1966: Kwanzaa celebration first observed (pictured: Kwanzaa inventor Maulana Karenga) December 25, 1966: Former Chinese Defense Minister Peng Dehuai sentenced to life in prison December 1, 1966: Kiesinger elected West German Chancellor. The following events occurred in December 1966:
The 1966 FIFA World Cup began in England, with England and Uruguay playing to a 0-0 tie at Wembley in front of 75,000 people, "much less than had been expected". [72] The other 14 nations competing were Mexico, France, West Germany, Argentina, Spain, Switzerland, Portugal, Hungary, Brazil, Bulgaria, the Soviet Union, North Korea, Italy and Chile.
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 ...
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In 1966, at age 19, he was the second-youngest major league player, and when he finished in 1993 at age 46, he was the oldest. [68] Giacomo Agostini won the first of 15 Grand Prix motorcycle racing world championships, including seven consecutive 500 cc motorcycle world titles. [69] Died:
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).