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1966 Calendar Trivia

The next time you can reuse this calendar will be on year 2033. Both calendars will be exactly the same! This is assuming you are not interested in the dates for Easter and other irregular holidays that are based on a solar cycle.

April 4 (4/4), June 6 (6/6), August 8 (8/8), October 10 (10/10), December 12 (12/12), and the last day of February always fall on the same day of the week in any given year. This is called the ‘Doomsday rule’. Check these dates using the full 12-month calendar below to verify.

1966 Calendar

Historical Events Of 1966

• January 1, 1966 – A twelve-day New York City transit strike begins.
• January 21, 1966 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Horse in Chinese astrology.
• February 3, 1966 – The unmanned Soviet Luna 9 spacecraft makes the first controlled rocket-assisted landing on the Moon.
• March 16, 1966 – Launch of Gemini 8, the 12th manned American space flight and first space docking with the Agena target vehicle.
• May 16, 1966 – The Communist Party of China issues the “May 16 Notice”, marking the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.
• May 25, 1966 – The first prominent dàzìbào during the Cultural Revolution in China is posted at Peking University.
• August 23, 1966 – Lunar Orbiter 1 takes the first photograph of Earth from orbit around the Moon.
• September 29, 1966 – The Chevrolet Camaro, originally named Panther, is introduced.
• October 9, 1966 – Vietnam War: Diên Niên – Phước Bình massacre
• November 2, 1966 – The Cuban Adjustment Act comes into force, allowing 123,000 Cubans the opportunity to apply for permanent residence in the United States.

Who Were Born On 1966?

• March 7, 1966 – Terry Carkner, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• March 14, 1966 – Jonas Elmer, Danish actor, director, and screenwriter
• April 12, 1966 – Nils-Olav Johansen, Norwegian guitarist and singer (Farmers Market)
• April 29, 1966 – Marie Plourde, Canadian journalist
• May 19, 1966 – Jodi Picoult, American author and educator
• May 30, 1966 – Stephen Malkmus, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Pavement, Silver Jews, and Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks)
• June 26, 1966 – Yūko Minaguchi, Japanese voice actress
• August 5, 1966 – Jonathan Silverman, American actor and producer
• November 14, 1966 – Curt Schilling, American baseball player and sportscaster
• November 26, 1966 – Garcelle Beauvais, Haitian-American actress and singer