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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 21, 1966 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Horse in Chinese astrology.
• May 15, 1966 – After a policy dispute, Prime Minister Nguyễn Cao Kỳ of South Vietnam’s ruling junta launches a military attack on the forces of General Tôn Thất Đính, forcing him to abandon his command.
• June 30, 1966 – The National Organization for Women, the United States’ largest feminist organization, is founded.
• July 1, 1966 – The first color television transmission in Canada takes place from Toronto.
• July 8, 1966 – King Mwambutsa IV Bangiriceng of Burundi is deposed by his son Prince Charles Ndizi.
• July 30, 1966 – England defeats West Germany to win the 1966 FIFA World Cup at Wembley after extra time.
• August 22, 1966 – Labor movements NFWA and AWOC merge to become the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC), predecessor of the United Farm Workers.
• November 24, 1966 – Bulgarian TABSO Flight 101 crashes near Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, killing all 82 people on board.
• December 8, 1966 – The Greek ship SS Heraklion sinks in a storm in the Aegean Sea, killing over 200.
• December 24, 1966 – A Canadair CL-44 chartered by the United States military crashes into a small village in South Vietnam, killing 129.

Who Were Born On 1966?

• February 26, 1966 – Marc Fortier, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• April 22, 1966 – Dana Barron, American actress and producer
• May 24, 1966 – Eric Cantona, French footballer, manager, and actor
• May 30, 1966 – Thomas Häßler, German footballer and manager
• July 12, 1966 – Annabel Croft, English tennis player and sportscaster
• September 21, 1966 – Kerrin Lee-Gartner, Canadian skier and journalist
• October 1, 1966 – George Weah, Liberian footballer and politician
• November 16, 1966 – Dave Kushner, American guitarist (Velvet Revolver, Electric Love Hogs, Loaded, and DKFXP)
• December 13, 1966 – Mike Tirico, American sportscaster
• December 15, 1966 – Manos Papayiannis, Greek model and actor