1966 in the United States

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1966
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This is a list of notable events that took place in 1966 in the United States.

Incumbents

Federal government

Governors and lieutenant governors

Governors

Lieutenant governors

Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

August 1: University of Texas at Austin Main Building tower, where Charles Whitman committed his shooting rampage

September

  • September 1 – While waiting at a bus stop Ralph Baer, an inventor with Sanders Associates, writes a four-page document that lays out the basic principles for creating a video game to be played on a television: the beginning of a multibillion-dollar industry.
  • September 7 – The ocean liner SS Hanseatic catches fire and burns in New York Harbor.
  • September 8–10 – State visit to the U.S. by the dictator General Ne Win, Chairman of the Revolutionary Council of the Union of Burma. He is honored by a 21-gun salute and given the key to the city of Washington D.C., "a long-standing American tradition of welcome". He holds talks with President Lyndon Johnson and with the highest ranking U.S. officials at the State Department who reaffirm support for Burmese neutrality. Further talks are held with George Ball, acting Secretary of State, and with Averell Harriman, U.S. Ambassador at Large.[6][7] Talks included an exchange of views on world issues and Burmese-American relations, and were officially described as "cordial", and the U.S. president and the General expressed mutual regard, according to a communiqué composed before the visit.[8] The General also visits Williamsburg in Virginia, the United Nations in New York City (where he is greeted by the Burmese Secretary General U Thant) and Hawaii.[9]
  • September 8 – The classic science fiction series Star Trek premieres on NBC with its first episode, titled "The Man Trap".
  • September 12The Monkees television series premieres on NBC.
  • September 16 – The Metropolitan Opera House opens at Lincoln Center in New York City to the world premiere of Samuel Barber's opera, Antony and Cleopatra.
  • September 18
    • Valerie Percy, the 21-year-old daughter of Illinois Republican senatorial candidate Charles H. Percy, is stabbed and bludgeoned to death in the family mansion on Chicago's North Shore. The crime remains unsolved.
    • Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum opens to the public in California.
  • September 19Timothy Leary forms the spiritual group League for Spiritual Discovery (LSD).
  • September 29Chevrolet Camaro car is introduced.

October

November

December

Undated

Ongoing

Births

Deaths

See also

References

  1. ^ Harper v. Virginia State Board of Elections, 383 U.S. 663 (1966).
  2. ^ Dyar, Ken (1966-05-08). "Dream Realized: Hidden Valley Oasis Opens". The Wichita Eagle. p. 9A. Retrieved 2023-08-10 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Sylvia Likens: The 1965 torture and murder of the 16-year-old girl
  4. ^ "The Topeka Tornado - June 8, 1966 - NWS Topeka, KS". Archived from the original on 2006-04-23.
  5. ^ "On This Day", New York Times, retrieved 25 August 2016
  6. ^ Joint Statement Following Discussions With General Ne Win of Burma The American Presidency Project, 1966-09-09.
  7. ^ American Welcome The United States Information Agency. Retrieved: 2013-05-27.
  8. ^ Memorandum From Secretary of State Rusk to President Johnson Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State, 1966-09-03.
  9. ^ Visits By Foreign Leaders of Burma Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State. Retrieved: 2013-05-27.
  10. ^ Aircraft Accident Report. West Coast Airlines, Inc DC-9 N9101. Near Wemme, Oregon Archived 2008-02-16 at the Wayback Machine, Adopted: 11 December 1967
  11. ^ "Top celebrity birthdays for January 14, 2015 include LL Cool J, Dave Grohl". The Plain Dealer. Cleveland. January 14, 2015.
  12. ^ "Deborah OCHS - Olympic Archery | United States of America". International Olympic Committee. 14 June 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  13. ^ Bharath, Deepa (May 18, 2024). "Alice Stewart, CNN political commentator and veteran political adviser, dies at 58". ABC News. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
  14. ^ "Today in History". Philadelphia Tribune. March 14, 2010.
  15. ^ California Births, 1905 – 1995, Michael A. Ines (Birth Date: May 14, 1966, County of Birth: Los Angeles)
  16. ^ "Janet Jackson | Biography, Songs, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  17. ^ "UPI Almanac for Sunday, July 14, 2020". United Press International. July 14, 2020. Retrieved May 21, 2021.
  18. ^ Dan O'Brien at World Athletics
  19. ^ "James Gunn biography and filmography | James Gunn movies". Tribute. Retrieved 2022-01-30.
  20. ^ "Halle Berry | Biography, Movies, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  21. ^ Legendary DJ Mister Cee Has Passed Away
  22. ^ "Remembering the man, my father Lance Blanks". ESPN.com. 2023-05-09. Retrieved 2024-02-02.
  23. ^ "Soledad O Obrien – United States Public Records". FamilySearch. June 1, 2001.
  24. ^ Matthew Andrew Wasniewski (2006). Women in Congress, 1917-2006. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 934. ISBN 978-0-16-076753-1.
  25. ^ Lee Ellis (2004). Who's who of NASA Astronauts. Americana Group Publishing. p. 193. ISBN 978-0-9667961-4-8.
  26. ^ "Press release: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2022" (Press release). The Nobel Prize. 2022-10-05. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
  27. ^ Boteach, Shmuel (February 20, 2005). An Intelligent Person's Guide to Judaism. Duckworth Overlook. ISBN 9780715631904 – via Google Books.
  28. ^ "Gail Devers". IOC. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
  29. ^ Amy L. Unterburger (1994). Who's who Among Asian Americans, 1994-95. Gale Research. p. 334. ISBN 978-0-8103-9433-9.
  30. ^ Williams, Michael K. Finding Your Roots, January 15, 2019.
  31. ^ "Match maddens Hopper's in-law". Austin American-Statesman. 27 June 1989. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  32. ^ "Margaret Sanger | Biography, Birth Control, & Significance | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  33. ^ "Gertrude Berg | American actress, producer, and screenwriter". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  34. ^ Collins, Bud (2016). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (3rd ed.). New York: New Chapter Press. p. 496. ISBN 978-1-937559-38-0.
  35. ^ Quincy Porter
  36. ^ Ryan, James Gilbert; Schlup, Leonard C. (26 March 2015). Historical Dictionary of the 1940s. Routledge. p. 107. ISBN 978-1-317-46865-3.

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