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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
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Historical Events Of 1966
- January 21, 1966 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Horse in Chinese astrology.
- April 26, 1966 – An earthquake of magnitude 7.5 destroys Tashkent.
- May 6, 1966 – Myra Hindley and Ian Brady are sentenced to life imprisonment for the Moors murders in England.
- July 8, 1966 – King Mwambutsa IV Bangiriceng of Burundi is deposed by his son Prince Charles Ndizi.
- August 26, 1966 – The Namibian War of Independence starts with the battle at Omugulugwombashe.
- September 6, 1966 – In Cape Town, South Africa, the architect of Apartheid, Prime Minister Dr. Hendrik Verwoerd, is stabbed to death during a parliamentary meeting.
- September 30, 1966 – The British protectorate of Bechuanaland declares its independence, and becomes the Republic of Botswana. Seretse Khama takes office as the first President.
- October 17, 1966 – Botswana and Lesotho join the United Nations.
- November 8, 1966 – Former Massachusetts Attorney General Edward Brooke becomes the first African American elected to the United States Senate since Reconstruction.
- November 15, 1966 – Project Gemini: Gemini 12 completes the program’s final mission, when it splashes down safely in the Atlantic Ocean.
Who Were Born On 1966?
- January 27, 1966 – Tamlyn Tomita, Japanese-American actress and singer
- February 25, 1966 – Téa Leoni, American actress and producer
- March 10, 1966 – Stephen Mailer, American actor
- April 1, 1966 – Mehmet Özdilek, Turkish footballer and manager
- May 20, 1966 – Mindy Cohn, American actress
- June 15, 1966 – Raimonds Vējonis, Latvian politician, 9th President of Latvia
- August 17, 1966 – Maysa Leak, American singer and producer (Incognito)
- August 23, 1966 – Charley Boorman, English actor and producer
- October 15, 1966 – Dave Stead, English drummer (The Beautiful South)
- November 8, 1966 – Gordon Ramsay, Scottish chef and television host