What Happened In October 1966 In History

Historical Events for October, 1966

• 1st » West Coast Airlines Flight 956 crashes with eighteen fatalities and no survivors 5.5 miles south of Wemme, Oregon. This accident marks the first loss of a DC-9.
• 4th » Basutoland becomes independent from the United Kingdom and is renamed Lesotho.
• 5th » Near Detroit called Detroit, Michigan, there is a partial core meltdown at the Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station called Enrico Fermi demonstration nuclear breeder reactor.
• 9th » Vietnam War: Binh Tai Massacre
• 9th » Vietnam War: Diên Niên - Phước Bình massacre
• 14th » The city of Montreal, Quebec, begins the operation of its underground Montreal Metro rapid-transit e.g rapid-transit system.
• 15th » Black Panther Party is created by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale.
• 17th » Botswana and Lesotho join the United Nations.
• 21st » Aberfan disaster: A slag heap collapses on the village of Aberfan in Wales, killing 144 people, mostly schoolchildren.
• 22nd » The Soviet Union launches Luna 12.

Famous Birthdays on October in 1966

• 1st » George Weah, Liberian footballer and politician
• 1st » José Ángel Ziganda, Spanish footballer and manager
• 2nd » Yokozuna (wrestler) e.g Yokozuna, American wrestler (d. 2000)
• 3rd » Darrin Fletcher, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 5th » Dennis Byrd, American football player
• 5th » Sean M. Carroll, American cosmologist
• 5th » Terri Runnels, American wrestler and manager
• 5th » Jan Verhaas, Dutch snooker player and referee
• 6th » Jacqueline Obradors, American actress
• 6th » Niall Quinn, Irish footballer and manager
• 7th » Sherman Alexie, American author, screenwriter, and producer
• 7th » Marco Beltrami, Italian-American composer
• 7th » Janet Shaw, Australian cyclist and author (d. 2012)
• 8th » Art Barr, American wrestler (d. 1994)
• 8th » Felipe Camiroaga, Chilean television host and actor (d. 2011)
• 8th » Karyn Parsons, American actress and producer
• 9th » David Cameron, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
• 9th » Christopher Östlund, Swedish publisher, founded 'Plaza Magazine'
• 10th » Tony Adams (footballer) or Tony Adams, English footballer and manager
• 10th » Mohamed Elmoutaoikil, Moroccan activist
• 10th » Bai Ling, Chinese-American model, actress, and producer
• 10th » Derrick McKey, American basketball player
• 11th » Todd Snider, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 12th » Brenda Brathwaite, American game designer
• 12th » Jonathan Crombie, Canadian actor
• 12th » Wim Jonk, Dutch footballer
• 12th » Brian Kennedy (singer) named Brian Kennedy, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 13th » Larry Collmus, American sportscaster
• 14th » Mark Nyman, English Scrabble player
• 15th » Jorge Campos, Mexican footballer and manager
• 15th » Bill Charlap, American pianist (The Blue Note 7)
• 15th » Ilse Huizinga, Dutch singer
• 15th » Dave Stead, English drummer (The Beautiful South)
• 16th » Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, American voice actress
• 17th » Danny Ferry, American basketball player and manager
• 17th » Mark Gatiss, English actor, screenwriter, and author
• 17th » Tommy Kendall, American race car driver
• 18th » Dave Price, American journalist
• 18th » Slavi Trifonov, Bulgarian actor and singer
• 18th » Angela Visser, Dutch model and actress, Miss Universe 1989
• 19th » Roger Cross, Jamaican-Canadian actor
• 19th » Jon Favreau, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 19th » Dimitris Lyacos, Greek poet and playwright
• 20th » Fred Coury, American drummer (Cinderella (band) Cinderella, London (heavy metal band) London, and Arcade (band) Arcade)
• 20th » Allan Donald, South African cricketer and coach
• 20th » Stefan Raab, German comedian, singer-songwriter, producer, and television host
• 20th » Patrick Volkerding, American computer scientist, founded Slackware
• 21st » Igor Prins, Estonian footballer and manager
• 21st » Arne Sandstø, Norwegian footballer and manager
• 22nd » Yuri Arbachakov, Russian-Japanese boxer
• 22nd » Valeria Golino, Italian actress, singer, and producer
• 23rd » Alex Zanardi, Italian race car driver and cyclist
• 24th » Roman Abramovich, Russian businessman and politician
• 25th » Wendel Clark, Canadian ice hockey player
• 25th » Perry Saturn, American wrestler
• 25th » Keisha (pornographic actress) e.g Keisha, American erotic dancer and pornographic actress
• 26th » Jane Hajduk, American actress
• 26th » Masaharu Iwata, Japanese composer
• 26th » Steve Valentine, Scottish actor
• 26th » Jeanne Zelasko, American journalist and sportscaster
• 27th » Matt Drudge, American blogger, founded the 'Drudge Report'
• 27th » Hege Nerland, Norwegian politician (d. 2007)
• 28th » Steve Atwater, American football player
• 28th » Andy Richter, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 28th » Aris Spiliotopoulos, Greek politician
• 30th » Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Jordanian terrorist (d. 2006)
• 30th » Scott Innes, American voice actor and songwriter
• 31st » Ad-Rock, American rapper, producer, and actor (Beastie Boys and BS 2000)
• 31st » Joseph Boyden, Canadian-American author
• 31st » Koji Kanemoto, Japanese wrestler
• 31st » Annabella Lwin, Burmese singer-songwriter and producer (Bow Wow Wow)
• 31st » Jon Wurster, American drummer and radio host (Superchunk and The Mountain Goats)

Famous Deaths for October 1966

• 3rd » Rolf Maximilian Sievert, Swedish physicist (b. 1896)
• 7th » Grigoris Asikis, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1890)
• 7th » Smiley Lewis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1913)
• 10th » Charlotte Cooper (tennis) or Charlotte Cooper, English tennis player (b. 1870)
• 13th » Clifton Webb, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1889)
• 15th » Frederick Montague, 1st Baron Amwell, English lieutenant and politician (b. 1876)
• 17th » Sidney Hatch, American runner (b. 1883)
• 17th » Wieland Wagner, German director and manager (b. 1917)
• 18th » Elizabeth Arden, Canadian-American businesswoman, founded Elizabeth Arden, Inc. (b. 1878)
• 18th » S. S. Kresge, American businessman, founded Kmart (b. 1867)
• 24th » Sofya Yanovskaya, Russian mathematician and historian (b. 1896)
• 26th » Alma Cogan, English singer (b. 1932)
• 30th » Yórgos Theotokás, Greek author and playwright (b. 1906)

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