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What Happened In March 1966 In History

Historical Events for March, 1966

  • 4th » A Canadian Pacific Air Lines Douglas DC-8 known as DC-8-43 Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 402 named explodes on landing at Tokyo International Airport, killing 64 people.
  • 5th » BOAC Flight 911 crashes on Mount Fuji, Japan, killing 124.
  • 10th » Military Prime Minister of South Vietnam Nguyễn Cao Kỳ sacked rival General Nguyễn Chánh Thi, precipitating Buddhist Uprising named large-scale civil and military dissension in parts of the nation.
  • 16th » Launch of Gemini 8, the 12th manned United States or American space flight and first space docking with the Agena Target Vehicle.
  • 17th » Off the coast of Spain in the Mediterranean, the Ship called DSV or Alvin submarine finds a missing American hydrogen bomb.
  • 19th » University of Texas at El Paso or Texas Western becomes the first college basketball team to win the Final Four with an all-African-American named black starting lineup.
  • 31st » The Soviet Union launches Luna 10 which later becomes the first space probe to enter orbit around the Moon.

Famous Birthdays on March in 1966

  • 1st » Susan Auch, Canadian speed skater
  • 1st » JD Cullum, American actor
  • 1st » Zack Snyder, American director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 2nd » Simon Reevell, English lawyer and politician
  • 3rd » Sophia Aliberti, Greek actress and television host
  • 3rd » Fernando Colunga, Mexican actor
  • 3rd » Tone Lōc, American rapper, producer, and actor
  • 3rd » Timo Tolkki, Finnish guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Stratovarius, Revolution Renaissance, and Symfonia)
  • 3rd » Heidi Swedberg, American actress and singer
  • 4th » Daniela Amavia, American actress and model
  • 4th » Steve Bastoni, Italian-Australian actor
  • 4th » Emese Hunyady, Hungarian speed skater
  • 4th » Kevin Johnson, American basketball player and politician, 55th Mayor of Sacramento
  • 4th » Fiona Ma, American politician
  • 4th » Dav Pilkey, American author
  • 4th » Grand Puba, American rapper (Brand Nubian)
  • 4th » Nick Scandone, American sailor (d. 2009)
  • 4th » Mike Small (golfer) called Mike Small, American golfer
  • 4th » Wash West, English director and screenwriter
  • 5th » Mark Z. Danielewski, American author
  • 5th » Oh Eun-sun, South-Korean mountaineer
  • 5th » Bob Halkidis, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 5th » Michael Irvin, American football player
  • 5th » Aasif Mandvi, Indian-American actor and comedian
  • 6th » Alan Davies, English comedian and actor
  • 7th » Terry Carkner, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 7th » Ludwig Kögl, German footballer
  • 7th » Atsushi Sakurai, Japanese singer-songwriter (Buck-Tick and Schwein)
  • 7th » Alex Sanders (pornographic actor) named Alex Sanders, American pornographic film actor
  • 7th » Joy Tanner, American-Canadian actress
  • 8th » Gregory Barker, English politician
  • 9th » Brendan Canty, American drummer and songwriter (Fugazi (band) known as Fugazi)
  • 9th » Tony Lockett, Australian footballer
  • 9th » Michael Patrick MacDonald, Irish-American author and activist
  • 10th » Edie Brickell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Heavy Circles and Edie Brickell & New Bohemians)
  • 10th » Stephen Mailer, American actor
  • 10th » Gráinne Mulvey, Irish Composer
  • 10th » Mike Timlin, American baseball player
  • 10th » Andres Võsand, Estonian tennis player
  • 10th » Phil X, Canadian guitarist (Triumph (band) known as Triumph)
  • 11th » Robbie Brookside, English wrestler
  • 11th » Joe Hachem, Lebanese-Australian poker player
  • 11th » John Thompson III, American basketball player and coach
  • 11th » Ilias Zouros, Greek basketball player and coach
  • 12th » Grant Long, American basketball player
  • 12th » Akemi Okamura, Japanese voice actress
  • 14th » Jonas Elmer, Danish actor, director, and screenwriter
  • 14th » Elise Neal, American actress
  • 14th » Gary Anthony Williams, American actor
  • 16th » H.P. Baxxter, German singer-songwriter (Scooter (band) called Scooter and Celebrate the Nun)
  • 17th » Andrew Rosindell, English politician
  • 17th » Jeremy Sheffield, English actor and dancer
  • 18th » Jerry Cantrell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Alice in Chains)
  • 18th » Peter Jones (entrepreneur) e.g Peter Jones, English businessman
  • 18th » Daniel S. Nevins, American rabbi
  • 19th » Michael Crockart, Scottish police officer and politician
  • 19th » Andy Sinton, English footballer and manager
  • 19th » Debbie Rush, English actress
  • 20th » Alka Yagnik, Indian singer
  • 21st » Benito Archundia, Mexican footballer, referee, lawyer, and economist
  • 21st » Matthew Maynard, English cricketer
  • 21st » DJ Premier, American DJ and producer (Gang Starr)
  • 22nd » Todd Ewen, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 22nd » Artis Pabriks, Latvian politician, 11th Minister for Defence of Latvia
  • 22nd » Brian Shaw, American basketball player and coach
  • 22nd » Pia Cayetano, Filipino politician and lawyer
  • 23rd » Beverly Hills (actress) known as Beverly Hills, English actress
  • 23rd » Marin Hinkle, Tanzanian-American actress
  • 23rd » Vasilis Vouzas, Greek footballer and manager
  • 25th » Frank Ferrer, American musician (Guns and Roses)
  • 25th » Tom Glavine, American baseball player
  • 25th » Humberto González, Mexican boxer
  • 25th » Jeff Healey, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Jeff Healey Band) (d. 2008)
  • 25th » Tatjana Patitz, German model and actress
  • 25th » Chana Porpaoin, Thai boxer
  • 25th » Anton Rogan, Irish footballer
  • 26th » Lilian Greenwood, English politician
  • 26th » Michael Imperioli, American actor and screenwriter
  • 26th » Nick Wirth, English engineer, founded Wirth Research
  • 27th » Ramiro Castillo, Bolivian footballer (d. 1997)
  • 27th » Arthur H, French singer-songwriter and pianist
  • 27th » Žarko Paspalj, Serbian basketball player
  • 27th » Paula Trickey, American actress
  • 27th » Haruto Umezawa, Japanese illustrator
  • 28th » Cheryl James, American rapper and actress (Salt-n-Pepa)
  • 29th » Eric Gunderson, American baseball player
  • 30th » Joey Castillo, American drummer and songwriter (Queens of the Stone Age, Eagles of Death Metal, Danzig (band) or Danzig, Sugartooth, and Zilch (band) or Zilch)
  • 30th » Efstratios Grivas, Greek chess player and author
  • 31st » Roger Black, English runner
  • 31st » Nick Firestone, American race car driver

Famous Deaths for March 1966

  • 1st » Fritz Houtermans, Polish-German physicist and academic (b. 1903)
  • 3rd » Joseph Fields, American playwright, director, and producer (b. 1895)
  • 3rd » William Frawley, American actor (b. 1887)
  • 3rd » Alice Pearce, American actress (b. 1917)
  • 5th » Anna Akhmatova, Russian poet (b. 1889)
  • 9th » Pablo Birger, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1924)
  • 10th » Frits Zernike, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physics known as Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
  • 15th » Abe Saperstein, American basketball player and coach (b. 1902)
  • 22nd » John Harlin, American mountaineer and pilot (b. 1935)
  • 26th » Victor Hochepied, French swimmer (b. 1883)
  • 30th » Newbold Morris, American lawyer and politician (b. 1902)
  • 30th » Maxfield Parrish, American painter and illustrator (b. 1870)
  • 30th » Erwin Piscator, German director and producer (b. 1893)

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