January 30 » The first Anglo-Japanese Alliance is signed in London.
March 6 » Real Madrid CF is founded.
April 18 » The 7.5 Mw Guatemala earthquake shakes Guatemala with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing between 800–2,000.
May 17 » Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer.
July 17 » Willis Carrier creates the first air conditioner in Buffalo, New York.
August 22 » Cadillac Motor Company is founded.
Day of death March 23, 1966
The temperature on March 23, 1966 was between 4.3 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (10%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 31 » The Soviet Union launches the unmanned Luna 9 spacecraft as part of the Luna program.
March 8 » Nelson's Pillar in Dublin, Ireland, destroyed by a bomb.
May 21 » The Ulster Volunteer Force declares war on the Irish Republican Army in Northern Ireland.
August 29 » The Beatles perform their last concert before paying fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.
October 9 » Vietnam War: South Korean troops commit the Binh Tai Massacre.
October 14 » The city of Montreal begins the operation of its underground Montreal Metro rapid transit system.
Day of burial March 26, 1966
The temperature on March 26, 1966 was between -1.0 °C and 6.6 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 15 » The First Nigerian Republic, led by Abubakar Tafawa Balewa is overthrown in a military coup d'état.
February 2 » Pakistan suggests a six-point agenda with Kashmir after the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
May 15 » After a policy dispute, Prime Minister Nguyễn Cao Kỳ of South Vietnam's ruling junta launches a military attack on the forces of General Tôn Thất Đính, forcing him to abandon his command.
August 1 » Charles Whitman kills 16 people at the University of Texas at Austin before being killed by the police.
December 5 » The musical I Do! I Do!, starring Mary Martin and Robert Preston opens at the 46th Street Theatre, in New York City, and closes on June 15, 1968, after 560 performances.
December 8 » The Greek ship SSHeraklion sinks in a storm in the Aegean Sea, killing over 200.
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