What Happened In November 1966 In History

Historical Events for November, 1966

• 2nd » The Cuban Adjustment Act comes into force, allowing 123,000 Cubans the opportunity to apply for permanent residence in the United States.
• 4th » The Arno Arno River 1966 Flood of the Arno River floods Florence, Italy, to a maximum depth of convert 6.7 m ft abbr=on, leaving thousands homeless and destroying millions of masterpieces of art and rare books. Also Venice was submerged on the same day at
• 8th » Former Massachusetts Attorney General Edward Brooke becomes the first African American elected to the United States Senate since Reconstruction Era called Reconstruction.
• 8th » U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs into law an antitrust exemption allowing the National Football League to merge with the upstart American Football League.
• 11th » NASA launches Gemini 12.
• 13th » In response to Fatah raids against Israelis near the West Bank border, Israel Samu Incident e.g launches an attack on the village of As-Samu.
• 15th » A Boeing 727 carrying Pan Am Flight 708 crashes near Berlin, Germany, killing all three people on board.
• 24th » Bulgarian TABSO Flight 101 crashes near Bratislava, Czechoslovak Socialist Republic or Czechoslovakia, killing all 82 people on board.
• 28th » Michel Micombero overthrows the monarchy of Burundi and makes himself the List of Presidents of Burundi or first president.
• 30th » Barbados becomes independent from the United Kingdom.

Famous Birthdays on November in 1966

• 1st » Barbara Becker, German actress and model
• 1st » Willie D, American rapper and producer (The Geto Boys)
• 1st » Mary Hansen, Australian singer and guitarist (Stereolab) (d. 2002)
• 1st » Gary Howell, American businessman and politician
• 1st » Jeremy Hunt (politician) or Jeremy Hunt, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Health
• 2nd » Sean Kanan, American actor and producer
• 2nd » Tim Kirkman, American director and screenwriter
• 2nd » Khaled Abol Naga, Egyptian actor, director, and producer
• 2nd » Yoshinari Ogawa, Japanese wrestler
• 2nd » David Schwimmer, American actor, director, and producer
• 5th » Nayim, Spanish footballer
• 5th » James Allen (journalist) known as James Allen, English journalist
• 5th » Georgia Apostolou, Greek model and actress
• 5th » Urmas Kirs, Estonian footballer and manager
• 6th » Peter DeLuise, American actor and director
• 6th » Paul Gilbert, American guitarist and singer (Mr. Big (American band) or Mr. Big, Racer X (band) known as Racer X, and Yellow Matter Custard)
• 7th » Calvin Borel, American jockey
• 8th » Toralf Arndt, German footballer
• 8th » Gordon Ramsay, Scottish chef and television host
• 8th » Urmas Välbe, Estonian skier
• 10th » Vanessa Angel, English model and actress
• 10th » Bill DeMott, American wrestler and agent
• 11th » Alison Doody, Irish model and actress
• 14th » Charles Hazlewood, English conductor
• 14th » Petra Rossner, German cyclist
• 14th » Curt Schilling, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 15th » Rachel True, American actress
• 16th » Joey Cape, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Lagwagon, Bad Astronaut, The Playing Favorites, and Scorpios (band) called Scorpios)
• 16th » Dave Kushner, American guitarist (Velvet Revolver, Electric Love Hogs, Loaded (band) or Loaded, and DKFXP)
• 16th » Christian Lorenz, German keyboard player (Rammstein and Feeling B)
• 16th » Dean McDermott, Canadian-American actor and producer
• 16th » Tahir Shah, English journalist, author, and explorer
• 17th » Ben Allison, American bassist and composer
• 17th » Jeff Buckley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Gods and Monsters (band) called Gods and Monsters) (d. 1997)
• 17th » Daisy Fuentes, Cuban-American model and actress
• 17th » Sophie Marceau, French actress, director, and screenwriter
• 19th » Shmuley Boteach, American rabbi and author
• 19th » Gail Devers, American sprinter and hurdler
• 19th » Rocco DiSpirito, American chef and author
• 19th » Kakhaber Kacharava, Georgian footballer and manager
• 19th » Jason Scott Lee, American actor and martial artist
• 20th » Kevin Gilbert, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1996)
• 20th » Jill Thompson, American author and illustrator
• 21st » Troy Aikman, American football player and sportscaster
• 21st » Evgeny Bareev, Russian chess player
• 21st » Andrew Caddick, New Zealand-English cricketer
• 21st » Thanasis Kolitsidakis, Greek footballer
• 22nd » Ed Ferrara, American wrestler and manager
• 22nd » Mark Pritchard (politician) known as Mark Pritchard, English politician
• 22nd » Richard Stanley (film director) known as Richard Stanley, South African director, producer, and screenwriter
• 22nd » Michael K. Williams, American actor
• 23rd » Vincent Cassel, French actor and producer
• 23rd » Kevin Gallacher, Scottish footballer and sportscaster
• 23rd » Jerry Kelly, American golfer
• 23rd » Russell Watson, English tenor
• 25th » Tim Armstrong, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Rancid (band) or Rancid, The Transplants, Devils Brigade, Operation Ivy (band) called Operation Ivy, Dance Hall Crashers)
• 25th » Billy Burke (actor) known as Billy Burke, American actor
• 26th » Garcelle Beauvais, Haitian-American actress and singer
• 26th » Fahed Dermech, Tunisian footballer
• 27th » Andy Merrill, American voice actor and producer
• 28th » Dominic Chappell, English race car driver
• 28th » Helen Fospero, English journalist
• 28th » Sam Seder, American actor, director, and producer
• 29th » John Layfield, American wrestler and sportscaster
• 30th » Nigel Adams, English politician
• 30th » David Berkoff, American swimmer
• 30th » John Bishop (comedian) known as John Bishop, English comedian and actor
• 30th » Wil Mara, American author
• 30th » David Nicholls (writer) e.g David Nicholls, English author and screenwriter
• 30th » Mika Salo, Finnish race car driver

Famous Deaths for November 1966

• 2nd » Peter Debye, Dutch-American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry or Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1884)
• 2nd » Mississippi John Hurt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1892)
• 7th » Rube Bressler, American baseball player (b. 1894)
• 8th » Bernhard Zondek, German-Israeli gynecologist and academic (b. 1891)
• 15th » Dimitrios Tofalos, Greek weightlifter (b. 1877)
• 16th » Alfred Neuland, Estonian weightlifter (b. 1895)
• 30th » Salah Suheimat, Jordanian politician (b. 1914)

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