April 1966 calendar

Events

• 01 Apr 1966 China premier Tsjoe en-Lai starts "Cultural revolution".
• 02 Apr 1966 WJET TV channel 24 in Erie, PA (ABC) begins broadcasting
• 03 Apr 1966 Luna 10 orbits Moon
• 04 Apr 1966 Pirate Radio Scotland changes name to Radio Ireland
• 05 Apr 1966 WTVX TV channel 34 in Ft Pierce-Vero Beach, Florida (IND) 1st broadcast
• 06 Apr 1966 Mihir Sen swims the Palk Strait between Sri Lanka and India.
• 07 Apr 1966 US recovers lost H-bomb from Mediterranean floor
• 08 Apr 1966 OAO 1, 1st orbiting astronomical observatory, launched
• 09 Apr 1966 Sophia Loren marries married Carlo Ponti in Paris
• 11 Apr 1966 Emmett Ashford becomes 1st black major league umpire
• 12 Apr 1966 Rocker Jan Berry crashes his corvette into a parked truck
• 13 Apr 1966 Pan Am places US$525 million order for 25 Boeing 747s.
• 14 Apr 1966 The South Vietnamese government promises free elections in 3–5 months.
• 15 Apr 1966 KHET TV channel 11 in Honolulu, HI (PBS) begins broadcasting
• 16 Apr 1966 Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith breaks diplomatic relations with Britain.
• 17 Apr 1966 Carol Mann wins LPGA Raleigh Ladies Golf Invitational.
• 18 Apr 1966 Bill Russell became 1st black coach in NBA history (Boston Celtics)
• 19 Apr 1966 Roberta Bignay becomes 1st woman to run in the Boston Marathon
• 20 Apr 1966 WDCA TV channel 20 in Washington, DC (IND) begins broadcasting
• 21 Apr 1966 Rastafari movement: Haile Selassie of Ethiopia visits Jamaica, an event now celebrated as Grounation Day.
• 22 Apr 1966 Atlanta Braves win their first game, beating New York Mets 8-4.
• 24 Apr 1966 Carol Mann wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Invitational.
• 25 Apr 1966 Drunk driver kills ten children in Asse, Belgium.
• 26 Apr 1966 An earthquake of magnitude 7.5 destroys Tashkent.
• 27 Apr 1966 Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 2nd cello concert
• 28 Apr 1966 38th Academy Awards - The Sound of Music, Julie Christie and Lee Marvin win.
• 29 Apr 1966 U.S. troops in Vietnam total 250,000.
• 30 Apr 1966 The Church of Satan is established at the Black House in San Francisco, California.

Famous Birthday

• Robin Wright (actress)
• Samantha Fox

  British singer and hot pin-up girl, coming as a strong No.

• Jeffrey Dean Morgan

  American actor.

• Cynthia Nixon

  TV Actress.

• Lisa Stansfield

  English singer-songwriter and actress (Blue Zone).

• Nancy McKeon

  American actress director and producer.

• Mike McCready

  American guitarist and songwriter (Pearl Jam Temple of the Dog Mad Season and The Rockfords).

• Véronique Gens

  French soprano and actress.

• Didier Gustin

  French impersonator, mime, humorist.

• Isabelle Pasco

  French model and actress, she was directed by Jean-Jacques Beinex.

• Jean-Luc Crétier

  French skier, winner of Gold Medal in the Downhill in Nagano.

• Luc de Larochelliere
• John Daly

  American golfer, a member of the PGA Tour.

• Andrea Temesvári
• David Filo

  American businessman co-founded Yahoo!.

• David Justice

  baseball player (Atlanta Braves) / husband of Halle Barry.

• Margherita Zalaffi

  Italian fencer, the winner of a Silver Medal at the Atlanta Olympics in the team epée with Chiesa and Uga on 7/24/1996, and a Gold Medal in...

• Bill Romanowski

  American football player, a linebacker for the Denver Broncos.

• Olivia Giacobetti
• Jean-Paul Leconte

  French criminal, a repeat offender.

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Famous Deaths

• Evelyn Waugh

  British writer, a novelist best known for "Decline and Fall," published in September 1928, a book that made his name.

• Flann O'Brien

  Irish humorist (Born 1911).

• Sven Fleuron

  Writer, dies at 91.

• Sumokil

  President of Republic South Moluccas, executed.

• Ralph Bunker

  Actor (Ghost Goes West), dies of a stroke at 77.

• Julia Faye

  Actress (10 Commandments.

• Abdul Salam Arif

  Iraqi politician (Born 1921).

• Karl B Adam

  German theologist (Jesus Christ), dies at age 89.

• George Creten

  Belgian sculptor/painter, dies at age 79.

• Sutan Sjahrir

  premier of Indonesia (1945-47), dies at age 57.

• Cecil Scott Forester

  English Author (Horatio Hornblower), dies at 66.

• Richard Farina

  rocker, dies on his birthday in a motorcycle accident.

• C S Forester

  English author (Born 1899).

• Javier Solis

  Mexican singer (Born 1931).

• Simon Chikovani

  Georgian poet (Born 1902).

• Georges Duhamel

  French physician, writer and poet.

• Maurice Roelants

  Flemish novelist and poet.

• William Eccles

  British physicist and radio pioneer (Born 1875).

• Joseph Crehan

  Dies of a stroke at 81.

• Christian J Modeste

  Dutch king of gypsies, dies at age 71.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Barry Sadler - The Ballad Of The Green Berets
2. The Righteous Brothers - (You're My) Soul And Inspiration
3. Young Rascals - Good Lovin'
4. The Rolling Stones - 19th Nervous Breakdown
5. The Lovin' Spoonful - Daydream

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. The Spencer Davis Group - Somebody Help Me
2. Manfred Mann - Pretty Flamingo
3. The Walker Brothers - The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore
4. The Beach Boys - Sloop John B
5. Dusty Springfield - You Don't Have To Say You Love Me