What Happened In April 1966 In History

Historical Events for April, 1966

• 21st » Rastafari movement: Haile Selassie of Ethiopia visits Jamaica, an event now celebrated as Grounation Day.
• 25th » The city of Tashkent is destroyed by a huge earthquake.
• 26th » An earthquake of magnitude 7.5 destroys Tashkent.
• 26th » A new government is formed in the Republic of Congo, led by Ambroise Noumazalaye.
• 30th » The Church of Satan is established at the Black House in San Francisco.

Famous Birthdays on April in 1966

• 1st » Chris Evans (presenter) called Chris Evans, English radio and television host
• 1st » Sharon Hodgson, English politician
• 1st » Craig Kelly (snowboarder) or Craig Kelly, American snowboarder (d. 2003)
• 2nd » Bill Romanowski, American football player
• 2nd » Teddy Sheringham, English footballer
• 2nd » Garnett Silk, Jamaican singer (d. 1994)
• 3rd » John de Vries, Australian race car driver
• 3rd » Lambis Livieratos, Greek singer
• 3rd » Michael Mittermeier, German comedian and actor
• 3rd » Miina Tominaga, Japanese voice actress
• 4th » Nancy McKeon, American actor
• 4th » Mike Starr (musician) named Mike Starr, American bass player (Alice in Chains, Sun Red Sun, and Days of the New) (d. 2011)
• 4th » Christos Tsekos (basketball) known as Christos Tsekos Greek basketball player
• 5th » Mike McCready, American guitarist and songwriter (Pearl Jam, Temple of the Dog, Mad Season (band) known as Mad Season, and The Rockfords)
• 6th » Vince Flynn, American author (d. 2013)
• 6th » Young Man Kang, South Korean-American director and producer
• 7th » Gary Wilkinson, English snooker player
• 8th » Mazinho, Brazilian footballer, coach, and manager
• 8th » Iveta Bartošová, Czech singer and actress (d. 2014)
• 8th » Mark Blundell, English race car driver
• 8th » Charlotte Dawson, New Zealand-Australian television host (d. 2014)
• 8th » Dalton Grant, English high jumper
• 8th » Bobby Ologun, Nigerian-Japanese mixed martial artist
• 8th » Harri Rovanperä, Finnish race car driver
• 8th » Evripidis Stylianidis, Greek politician
• 8th » Robin Wright, American actress
• 9th » Cynthia Nixon, American actress
• 10th » Steve Claridge, English footballer, manager, and sportscaster
• 11th » Steve Scarsone, American baseball player
• 11th » Lisa Stansfield, English singer-songwriter (Blue Zone (band) known as Blue Zone)
• 13th » Mando (singer) or Mando, Greek singer-songwriter
• 13th » Ali Boumnijel, Tunisian footballer
• 13th » Marc Ford, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (The Black Crowes and Burning Tree)
• 14th » André Boisclair, Canadian politician
• 14th » David Justice, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 14th » Greg Maddux, American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 15th » Samantha Fox, English singer and actress
• 15th » Mott Green, American businessman, founded the Grenada Chocolate Company (d. 2013)
• 17th » Vikram (actor) called Vikram, Indian actor, singer, and producer
• 18th » Camille Coduri, English actress
• 18th » Trine Hattestad, Norwegian javelin thrower
• 18th » Valeri Kamensky, Russian ice hockey player
• 19th » Véronique Gens, French soprano
• 19th » Brett J. Gladman, Canadian astronomer and academic
• 19th » David La Haye, Canadian actor
• 19th » Julia Neigel, Russian-German singer-songwriter and producer
• 19th » El Samurai, Japanese wrestler
• 20th » David Chalmers, Australian philosopher
• 20th » David Filo, American businessman, co-founded Yahoo!
• 20th » Vincent Riendeau, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 22nd » Dana Barron, American actress
• 22nd » Kimberley Dahme, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Boston (band) or Boston)
• 22nd » Fletcher Dragge, American guitarist and producer (Pennywise (band) named Pennywise)
• 22nd » Mariana Levy, Mexican actress and singer (d. 2005)
• 22nd » Mickey Morandini, American baseball player and manager
• 22nd » Jeffrey Dean Morgan, American actor
• 23rd » Matt Freeman, American bass player (Operation Ivy (band) Operation Ivy, Rancid (band) Rancid, Social Distortion, Basic Radio, Downfall (band) Downfall, and Devils Brigade)
• 23rd » Lembit Oll, Estonian chess player (d. 1999)
• 23rd » Jim Stynes, Irish-Australian footballer (d. 2012)
• 24th » Pierre Brassard, Canadian comedian and actor
• 24th » Alessandro Costacurta, Italian footballer, coach, and manager
• 24th » David Usher, English-Canadian singer-songwriter (Moist (Canadian band) named Moist)
• 25th » Man Arenas, Belgian-Spanish production designer and illustrator
• 25th » James Stacy Barbour, American actor and singer
• 25th » Diego Domínguez, Argentinian-Italian rugby player
• 25th » Femke Halsema, Dutch politician
• 25th » Darren Holmes (baseball) known as Darren Holmes, American baseball player
• 25th » Erik Pappas, American baseball player and coach
• 25th » Rubén Sosa, Uruguayan footballer and coach
• 27th » Vyacheslav Oliynyk, Ukrainian wrestler
• 27th » Matt Reeves, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 27th » Yoshihiro Togashi, Japanese illustrator
• 28th » John Daly (golfer) known as John Daly, American golfer
• 28th » Too Short, American rapper, producer, and actor
• 29th » Marie Plourde, Canadian journalist
• 29th » Phil Tufnell, English cricketer and radio host
• 30th » Jeff Brown (ice hockey b. 1966) or Jeff Brown, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 30th » Dave Meggett, American football player

Famous Deaths for April 1966

• 2nd » C. S. Forester, Egyptian-American author (b. 1899)
• 10th » Evelyn Waugh, English soldier, author, and educator (b. 1903)
• 13th » Abdul Salam Arif, Iraqi colonel and politician, 2nd President of Iraq (b. 1921)
• 13th » Carlo Carrà, Italian painter (b. 1881)
• 13th » Georges Duhamel, French author (b. 1884)
• 16th » Eric Lambert, Australian author (b. 1918)
• 19th » Eduards Smiļģis, Latvian actor and director (b. 1886)
• 19th » Javier Solís, Mexican singer and actor (b. 1931)
• 24th » Simon Chikovani, Georgian poet (b. 1902)
• 29th » William Eccles, English physicist and engineer (b. 1875)
• 30th » Richard Fariña, American author and singer (b. 1937)

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