The temperature on May 30, 1966 was between 2.5 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 13.0 hours of sunshine (80%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
February 26 » Apollo program: Launch of AS-201, the first flight of the Saturn IB rocket
April 26 » The magnitude 5.1 Tashkent earthquake affects the largest city in Soviet Central Asia with a maximum MSK intensity of VII (Very strong). Tashkent is mostly destroyed and 15–200 are killed.
July 8 » King Mwambutsa IV Bangiriceng of Burundi is deposed by his son Prince Charles Ndizi.
July 24 » Michael Pelkey makes the first BASE jump from El Capitan along with Brian Schubert. Both came out with broken bones. BASE jumping has now been banned from El Cap.
August 29 » The Beatles perform their last concert before paying fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.
October 22 » The Supremes become the first all-female music group to attain a No. 1 selling album (The Supremes A' Go-Go).
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