The Year 1966
History and Politics
De Gaulle inaugurated for his 2nd seven year term as President of France;
visits USSR; requests removal of NATO forces from France.
Mrs. Indira Gandhi, Nehru's daughter, becomes Prime Minister of India.
International Days of Protest (against US policy in Vietnam)
Abdul Rachman Arif elected President of Iraq.
Economic and technical pact signed by Italy and USSR.
Meeting between Pope Paul VI and Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko.
2,000 Madrid University students battle with police in demonstrations.
H. Kamuzu Banda inaugurated as President of Malawi.
Btri. Prime Minister Wilson announces "standstill" in wages and prices.
Red Guard demonstrates in China against Western influences.
B J Vorster named Prime Minister of S. Africa.
Nkrumah government in Ghana is removed by military coup; Nkrumah goes into exile.
Pope Paul VI issues encyclical on Vietnamese war.
Nazi ministers Albert Speer and Baldur von Schirach released after 20 yr imprisonment.
President Johnson goes on Far East tour.
Isreali and Jordanian forces fight battle in Hebron area.
Kurt Georg Keisinger elected W. Germany Chancellor.
Wilson and Smith agree to a partial settlement of the Rhodesian question
at a conference aboard HMS "Tiger"; settlement later withdrawn.
48-hour Christmas truce observed in Vietnam.
British Guiana becomes the independent nation of Guyana.
Chester W. Nimitz, US admiral dies.
Science, Technology, Growth
Michael E. DeBakey implants plastic arteries leading to an artificial heart which
function throughout 3.5-hour valve replacement operation on a 37 yr. old woman.
Fourth World Congress of Physciatry held in Madrid.
Soviet spacecraft Luna 9 makes successful soft landing on the moon.
US spacecraft Surveyor I makes soft landing on moon and transmits
more than 11,000 TV images of the terrain.
Two male dogs sent into orbit aboard Soviet satellite Cosmos 110.
Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr (US) steps out of Gemini 12 spacecraft for 129 minutes.
Otto Hahn, Lise Mietner, and Fritz Strassmann awarded the Enrico Fermi Prize.
Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology: C B Huggins (US) for his study of hormonal
treatment of cancer of the prostrate and F P Rous for his discovery of a cancer virus.
Salazar Suspension Bridge, 5th longest in the world (3,323 ft) opens in Lisbon.
A US B-52 crashes near coast of Spain and 4 unarmed hydrogen bombs are
dropped-3 on land and 1 in the sea; last is recovered after 3 months.
Daily Life
In London Cassius Clay wins 2 title fights against Brit. and Empire Champion Henry Cooper.
Italian Bridge team wins world championship for 8th successive time at St. Vincent.
Floods ravage northern Italy; thousands of art treasures ruined at Venice and Florence.
W. Germany autobahn system totals more than 2,000 miles.
Miniskirts come into fashion.
Elizabeth Arden dies.
England defeats W. Germany to win the soccer World Cup.
"Buckpasser" a 3 yr. ols thoroughbred, is the sensation of the US turf season.
Margaret Sanger, vigorous Amer. advocate of birth control dies.
Jack Brabham (Au) becomes the first man to win world driving championship in a car of his own construction.
Ivanitski (USSR) wins world heavyweight wrestling championship.
The Salvation Army (approx. 27,000 members) celebrates its centenary.
US car registrations total 78 million passenger cars and 16 million trucks and buses.
Color TV becomes popular.
US population totals 195,827,000.
Princess Beatrix marries Ber, diplomat Claus von Amsberg.
Dick Weber wins his 54th open US Bowling championship.
Jim Ryun, Amer. college student, sets world record for mile run of 3 minutes 51.3 seconds.
Baltimore (AL) defeats Los Angeles (NL) in World Series, 4-0.
UCLA defeats Michigan State in Rose Bowl, 14-12.
"Kauai King" D. Brumfield up, wins Preakness and Kentucky Derby.
Jack Nicklaus wins Masters 2nd year in a row.
Billy Casper wins US Open making him the biggest money winner for the year.
Australia tennis team wins the Davis Cup defeating India.
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