September 1966 calendar

Events

• 01 Sep 1966 KIFW (now KTNL) TV channel 13 in Sitka, AK (CBS) begins broadcasting
• 03 Sep 1966 24th World SF Convention honors Gene Roddenberry
• 04 Sep 1966 Jim Hogan wins Europe marathon
• 05 Sep 1966 WRLK TV channel 35 in Columbia, SC (PBS) begins broadcasting
• 06 Sep 1966 Race riot in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
• 07 Sep 1966 KTNE TV channel 13 in Alliance, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting
• 08 Sep 1966 That Girl starring Marlo Thomas premieres on ABC-TV
• 09 Sep 1966 The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act is signed into law by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson.
• 10 Sep 1966 Muhammad Ali TKOs Karl Mildenberger in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
• 11 Sep 1966 80th US Womens Tennis: M Esther Bueno-Fraiser beats N Richey
• 12 Sep 1966 Monkees premieres on NBC-TV
• 13 Sep 1966 Johannes Balthazar Vorster sworn in as Premier of South Africa
• 15 Sep 1966 1st British nuclear sub HMS Resolution launched
• 16 Sep 1966 Metropolitan Opera opens at New York's Lincoln Center.
• 17 Sep 1966 Cleveland pitchers set AL record striking out 19 batters in 1st 9 innings
• 18 Sep 1966 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Shirley Englehorn Golf Invitational
• 19 Sep 1966 Mike Burke is named New York Yankees president.
• 20 Sep 1966 Passenger ship Queen Elizabeth II launched
• 21 Sep 1966 5 of rain falls on New York City
• 22 Sep 1966 KMEB TV channel 10 in Wailuku, HI (PBS) begins broadcasting
• 25 Sep 1966 12th LPGA Championship won by Gloria Ehret
• 26 Sep 1966 Staten Island, 1st icebreaker to enter SF bay
• 29 Sep 1966 Bechuanaland gains independence from England, becomes Botswana
• 30 Sep 1966 Botswana (Bechuanaland) gains independence from Britain

Famous Birthday

• Salma Hayek

  Mexican actress.

• Adam Sandler

  American actor and comedian.

• Erdogan Atalay
• United States Constitution
• Stéphane Rousseau

  Canadian humourist and film actor, widely known for his role in "The Barbarian Invasions".

• Lisa Raye
• Riss (cartoonist)
• Toledo (Ohio)
• Cris Campion
• Princess Akishino
• Lynda Lacoste
• Nuno Bettencourt

  Azores -- Rock guitarist (Extreme-More Than Words).

• Malu Mader

  Brazilian actress in films and TV; the star of "The Justice Seeker," 1997, a new form of reality soap opera deemed "poli-novella.

• Stéphane Traineau
• Ralf Bauer
• Sean O'Farrell
• David Bennent

  Lausanne, Switzerland -- Actor (Tin Drum, Legend).

• Carola Häggkvist

  Swedish singer-songwriter.

• Jason Flemyng

  English actor and singer.

• Biréli Lagrène

  French guitarist and bassist.

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Famous Deaths

• Hendrik Verwoerd

  Dutch-South African politician, the Prime Minister of South Africa 1950-58.

• Fritz Wunderlich

  German operatic tenor who studied and made his debut in Freiburg in 1954.

• Eric Fleming

  Actor (Gil-Rawhide), dies at 41.

• Charlie Cantor

  Actor (Artie-Ray Bolger Show), dies at 68.

• Lucky Millinder

  Bandleader / singer.

• Maurits H E Uyldert

  Dutch Poet / writer (Motion), dies at 75.

• Antonio Massana

  Composer, dies at 76.

• Leon de Smet

  Flemish painter, dies at 85.

• Nikolai Cherkasov

  Actor (Ivan the Terrible), dies at 63.

• Fernand Lamy

  Composer, dies at 85.

• Jeno Vecsey

  Composer, dies at 57.

• Hendrik F Verwoerd

  South African Prime Minister (1958-66), assassinated at 64.

• Emil Gumbel

  German mathematician and pacifist (Born 1891).

• C E Woolman

  American businessman (Born 1889).

• Dezso Lauber

  Hungarian athlete (Born 1879).

• Paul Reynaud

  French politician, a deputy from Brasses-Alpes, 1919, Minister of Finance from 1930 and advocate of the military innovations proposed by De...

• Margaret Sanger

  American nurse and feminine activist who was jailed for advocating birth control.

• Andre Breton

  French poet (Born 1896).

• Gertrude Berg

  American actress screenwriter and producer (d. 1966).

• Helen Kane

  Actress (Heads Up, Pointed Heels), dies of cancer at 62.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Donovan - Sunshine Superman
2. The Supremes - You Can't Hurry Love
3. The Association - Cherish
4. The Lovin' Spoonful - Summer In The City
5. The Beatles - Yellow Submarine

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. The Small Faces - All Or Nothing
2. Jim Reeves - Distant Drums
3. Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich - Bend It!
4. The Beatles - Yellow Submarine / Eleanor Rigby
5. The Four Tops - Reach Out I'll Be There