October 1966 calendar

October 1966
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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in October 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 October 1966: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of October 1966?

Events

01 Oct 1966 Newspaper magnate Thomson purchases The Times
02 Oct 1966 LA Dodgers Sandy Koufax clinches 3rd LA pennant in 4 years
03 Oct 1966 Marshal Arturo da Costa e Silva elected President
04 Oct 1966 Dutch Cardinal Alfrink presents New Catechism
05 Oct 1966 Near Detroit, Michigan, there is a partial core meltdown at the Enrico Fermi demonstration nuclear breeder reactor.
06 Oct 1966 Oriole Jim Palmer, 20, is youngest to pitch a World Series shutout
07 Oct 1966 The Soviet Union declares that all Chinese students must leave the country before the end of October.
09 Oct 1966 John Lennon meets Yoko Ono at a London art gallery
11 Oct 1966 France and the Soviet Union sign a treaty for cooperation in nuclear research.
12 Oct 1966 Jimi Henrix Experience fors with Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell
13 Oct 1966 Vice Admiral Rufus L Taylor, USN, becomes Deputy Director of CIA
14 Oct 1966 Dutch government of Cals falls by motion of Schmelzer
15 Oct 1966 LBJ signs a bill creating Department of Transportation
16 Oct 1966 Joean Baez and 123 other ani-draft protestors arrested in Oakland
17 Oct 1966 A fire at a building in New York, New York kills 12 firefighters, the New York City Fire Department's deadliest day until the September 11, 2001 attacks.
18 Oct 1966 Apple Tree opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 463 performances
19 Oct 1966 Yardbird 1st US tour
21 Oct 1966 144 die as a coal waste landslide engulfed a school in Aberfan S Wales
22 Oct 1966 USSR launches Luna 12 for orbit around Moon
23 Oct 1966 Sandra Spuzich / Jack Rule wins Haig and Haig Scotch Mixed Foursome Golf
24 Oct 1966 Negotiations about the Vietnam War begin in Manila, Philippines.
25 Oct 1966 6 youths sentenced in Johnson murderer! in Amsterdam
26 Oct 1966 US aircraft carrier Oriskany catches fire at Gulf on Tonken, 43 die
27 Oct 1966 UN deprives South Africa of Namibia
29 Oct 1966 National Organization For Women is founded.
30 Oct 1966 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Las Cruces Ladies Golf Open
05 Oct 1966 A reactor at the Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station near Detroit suffers a partial meltdown.