May 1966 calendar

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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in May 1966.
The US president was Lyndon B. Johnson (Democrat), the UK Prime Minister was Harold Wilson (Labour), Pope St Paul VI was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on May 1966: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of May 1966?

Events

01 May 1966 US troops shooting targets in Cambodia.
02 May 1966 Pulitzer prize awarded Arthur M Schlesinger Jr (Thousand Days)
03 May 1966 WDHO (now WNWO) TV channel 24 in Toledo, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting
04 May 1966 Soviet government signs accord about building Fiat factory in the USSR
05 May 1966 Borussia Dortmund wins 6th Europe Cup II.
06 May 1966 Canadian Minister of Finance announces a $20 Centennial gold coin
07 May 1966 92nd Kentucky Derby: Donald Brumfield aboard Kauai King wins in 2:02.
08 May 1966 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Tall City Golf Open.
09 May 1966 1st black member of Federal Reserve Board (A F Brimmer)
11 May 1966 Real Madrid wins 11th Europe Cup I.
13 May 1966 US Federal education funding is denied to 12 school districts in the South because of violations of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
14 May 1966 1st reported monitoring of pirate radio station WBBH (NJ)
15 May 1966 Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Invitational.
16 May 1966 Stokely Carmichael named Chairman of Student Nonviolent Coordinating
17 May 1966 KFDO (now KVIJ) TV channel 8 in Sayre, OK (ABC) begins broadcasting
19 May 1966 Gertrude Baniszewski is found guilty of murdering and torturing Sylvia Likens and is sentenced to life in prison. (she is released on parole in December 1985).
21 May 1966 Downtown by Mrs Miller hits #82
22 May 1966 18th Emmy Awards: Fugitive, Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore
23 May 1966 Beatles release Paperback Writer
24 May 1966 Mame opens at Winter Garden Theater in New York City for 1508 performances.
25 May 1966 Peru and Argentina soccer fans fight in Lima, Peru; 248 die.
26 May 1966 Buddhist sets self on fire at US consulate in HuT South-Vietnam.
27 May 1966 55th German F-16 Starfighter crashes.
28 May 1966 Ballad Of Irving by Frank Gallop hits #34
29 May 1966 Carol Mann wins LPGA Baton Rouge Ladies Golf Invitational.
30 May 1966 US launches Surveyor 1 to the Moon.
31 May 1966 The Philippines reestablishes diplomatic relations with Malaysia.

Famous Birthday

Janet Jackson
American recording artist and actress.
Helena Bonham Carter
English actress.
Eric Cantona
French soccer player, one of the most talented athletes of his generation; played for numerous teams in France during the late 1980s and...
Estelle Lefébure
French top model, married to David Hallayday on 9/15/1989.
Lisa Edelstein
American actor, plays Dr. Lisa Cuddy, the hospital head in Fox TV's "House" Her father was a physician.
Greg Wise
Alison Goldfrapp
English musician.
Stephen Baldwin
American actor.
Thomas Hugues
French journalist, producer and television host, who has presented news on TF1, I>Télé, the 13th Street channel, and the public channel...
Polly Walker
English actress.
Christoph Schneider
German drummer (Rammstein and Feeling B).
Imelda Chiappa
Italian professional cyclist who won the Silver Medal in the Atlanta Olympics 7/21/1996 in the road race.
Hill Harper
American actor.
Marianne Denicourt
French actress director and screenwriter.
Agnès Desarthe
José Mesa
Dominican-American baseball player.
Zola Budd
South African-British athlete called the world's fastest woman.
Natalie Nougayrède
French journalist, director of the journal "Le Monde" since March 2013.
Raphael Saadiq
American singer-songwriter guitarist and producer (Tony! Toni! Toné! and Lucy Pearl).
Johnny Gill
R&B Singer.
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Famous Deaths

Randy Turpin
British black boxer who became the first World Heavyweight Championship holder since 1891 by defeating Sugar Ray Robinson on 7/10/1951.
Alfred Mendelsohn
Composer, dies at 56.
Henk [Hendrik M] of Randwijk
Poet / editor in chief (illegal).
Georgia BD Camp Johnson
US Poet / playwright, dies at 88.
Paul Althaus
German Theologist (That Christian Wahrheit), dies at 78.
Ruth Gates of Denton
Texas, actress (Aunt Jenny - Mama), dies at age 79.
Don Castle
Actor (Motor Patrol, Born to Speed), dies at 47.
Neal Dodd
Actor (Only Women, You Belong to Me), dies at 86.
Juan Maria Thomas Sabater
Composer, dies at 69.
Wilhelmus M Bekkers
bishop of Dukeenbosch, dies.
Megan Lloyd George
English politician, dies at age 64.
Randolph Turpin
boxer, shot dead in his home.
Felix Martin Julius Steiner
German Heer and Waffen-SS officer (Born 1896).
Demchugdongrub
Mongolian politician (Born 1902).
Elizabeth Dilling
American author and activist (Born 1894).
Alfred Wintle
British WW1 & WW2 soldier; author of ''The Last Englishman'' (Born 1897).
Wylie Watson
Dies at 77.
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