February 1966 calendar

Events

• 01 Feb 1966 West Germany procures some 2,600 political prisoners from East Germany.
• 03 Feb 1966 1st soft landing on Moon (Soviet Luna 9)
• 04 Feb 1966 All-Nippon Airways 727 crashes off Haneda Airport, Japan; kills 133.
• 05 Feb 1966 BBC opens a relay radio station on Ascension Island.
• 07 Feb 1966 KWCM TV channel 10 in Appleton, MN (PBS) begins broadcasting
• 08 Feb 1966 The National Hockey League expands to twelve teams.
• 09 Feb 1966 Dow-Jones Index hits record 995 points
• 10 Feb 1966 Harmel government in Belgium resigns.
• 11 Feb 1966 The Belgian government resigns.
• 12 Feb 1966 Tay Vinh massacre: Vietnam War.
• 14 Feb 1966 Australia introduces 1st decimal currency postage stamps
• 15 Feb 1966 Kees Verkerk becomes world champion all-round skater.
• 16 Feb 1966 Bob Cowper makes 307 versus England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, 727 minute s, 20 fours.
• 17 Feb 1966 French satellite Diapason D-1A launch into Earth orbit
• 19 Feb 1966 The naval minister of the United Kingdom, Christopher Mayhew, resigns.
• 20 Feb 1966 Author Valery Tarsis banished in the USSR
• 22 Feb 1966 Soviets launch Kosmos 110 with Veterok and Ugolek, 1st 2-dog crew
• 23 Feb 1966 Premier Obote grabs power in Uganda.
• 24 Feb 1966 Coup ousts President Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana.
• 25 Feb 1966 Syrian military coup under Hafiz al-Assad
• 26 Feb 1966 KBIM TV channel 10 in Roswell, NM (CBS) begins broadcasting
• 27 Feb 1966 Ice Dance Championship at Davos won by Diane Towler/Bernard Ford (Great Britain).
• 28 Feb 1966 Cavern Club (Beatles hangout) in Liverpool closes

Famous Birthday

• Cindy Crawford

  American model.

• Dieudonné (comedian)
• Tea Leoni

  American actress.

• Billy Zane

  American actor.

• Hermine de Clermont-Tonnerre
• Olivia Adriaco
• Jeanne Savary
• Najwa Karam

  World Music Singer.

• Guy Lagache

  French journalist and television personality who since October 2013 has presented the programmes "En quête d'actualité" and "Histoire...

• Kool Shen

  French rapper, producer, break dancer and graffiti artist, with Portuguese origins.

• Rick Astley

  Pop Singer.

• Justine Bateman

  American actress and producer.

• Jennifer Grant

  American actress and noted family, the daughter of actress Dyan Cannon and her husband, actor Cary Grant, the only child resulting from her...

• Alexis Denisof

  American actor.

• José-Maria Olazabal
• Valéry Zeitoun
• Ryan John Cassidy
• Gary McKinnon

  Scottish systems administrator and hacker who was accused in 2002 of perpetrating the "biggest military computer hack of all time," although...

• Donal Logue

  Canadian actor.

• Laurence Côte
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Famous Deaths

• Elio Vittorini

  Italian writer and novelist.

• Robert Rossen

  American film director, screenwriter and producer (d. 1966).

• Hedda Hopper

  American journalist and Hollywood gossip columnist who was both on radio and in syndication.

• Sophie Tucker

  Slavic-American actress, a star of the stage for 60 years, known for her big voice and flamboyant dress and jewels.

• Frank Pettingell

  Actor (Becket, Up the Creek), dies at 75.

• June Walker

  Actress (War Nurses), dies at 65.

• Minerva Urecal

  Actress (Peter Gunn, Adventures of Tugboat Annie), dies at 71.

• Vinayak Damodar Savarkar

  Indian freedom fighter and writer (Born 1883).

• Nicholas Piantanida

  sets balloon flight record and dies in descent.

• Gilbert H Grosvenor

  president of National Geographic Society, dies at age 90.

• Camillo Torres

  Colombian priest/guerrilla fighter, dies.

• Hendrik W Tilanus

  artillery officer/leader (CHU 1939-63), dies at age 81.

• Anne Anema

  Dutch lawyer/journalist/politician (ARP), dies at age 94.

• Grigori Grigoyevich Nelyubov

  Russian cosmonaut, dies at age 31.

• Chester W Nimitz

  US Admiral (WWII), dies at age 80.

• Johan Algot Haquinius

  Composer, dies at 79.

• Charles A Bassett II

  astronaut, dies in a crash of T-38 jet at age 34.

• Elliot McKay See Jr

  astronaut, dies in T-38 jet crash at age 38.

• Camilo Torres Restrepo

  Colombian Roman Catholic priest, member of the National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrilla group (Born 1929).

• James D Norris

  American sports businessman (Born 1906).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Petula Clark - My Love
2. Lou Christie - Lightnin' Strikes
3. Nancy Sinatra - These Boots Are Made For Walkin'
4. Barry Sadler - The Ballad Of The Green Berets
5. The Beach Boys - Barbara Ann

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Nancy Sinatra - These Boots Are Made For Walkin'
2. The Walker Brothers - The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore
3. The Overlanders - Michelle
4. The Hollies - I Can't Let Go
5. Crispian St Peters - You Were On My Mind