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1966 ( MCMLXVI) 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.
1st millennium. Centuries : 1st century BC. 2nd century. Decades : 40s. 50s. 60s. 70s. 80s. Years : 63. 64. 65. AD 66. 67. 68. 69. The Jewish Revolt (66–73 AD) AD 66 ( LXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
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January 8 – Shindig! airs for the last time on ABC, with musical guests the Kinks and the Who.January 12 – Batman debuts on ABC (1966-1968).February 23 – Television is first broadcast in Greece when ERTwent on the air.April 5 – The Money Programme debuts on BBC2(1966-present).February 6 – Rick Astley, British singerMarch 10 – Omer Tarin, Pakistani poet, scholar and mysticApril 8 – Robin Wright, American actressApril 15 – Samantha Fox, British supermodel & singerJanuary
1. January 1 – Vincent Auriol, President of France (b. 1884) 2. January 11 – Alberto Giacometti, Swiss sculptor (b. 1901) 3. January 11 – Hannes Kolehmainen, Finnish runner (b. 1889) 4. January 11 – Lal Bahadur Shastri, Prime Minister of India (b. 1904) 5. January 14 – Sergei Korolev, Soviet rocket engineer and spacecraft designer (b. 1907) 6. January 22 – Herbert Marshall, English actor (b. 1890)
February
1. February 1 – Buster Keaton, American actor (b. 1895) 2. February 1 - Hedda Hopper, American actress and columnist (b. 1885)
March
1. March 3 – William Frawley, American actor (b. 1887)
The 1966 Nobel Prize in Literature was won by Shmuel Yosef Agnon and Nelly Sachs.The 1966 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was won by Peyton Rous and Charles Brenton Huggins.The 1966 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was won by Robert S. Mulliken.The 1966 Nobel Prize in Physics was won by Alfred Kastler.1966 (MCMLXVI) 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.
Dec 12, 2016 · A 1966 ad shows kitchen appliances. The average cost of a new house that year was about $14,200. Paul Walters Worldwide Photography Ltd/Heritage Images/Getty Images
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Mar 23, 2016 · Read more. The American Nazi Party leader George Lincoln Rockwell carries placards as he picketed a building in Dallas on January 29, 1966, to test a city law against picketing by groups such as...
Dec 28, 2019 · This 1966 timeline lists events that you may have not known about, such as John Lennon stating the Beatles were more famous than Jesus, the introduction of a hazardous warning on cigarette packs and multiple space launches from both the USSR and US.
