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
May 6 » Myra Hindley and Ian Brady are sentenced to life imprisonment for the Moors murders in England.
June 14 » The Vatican announces the abolition of the Index Librorum Prohibitorum ("index of prohibited books"), which was originally instituted in 1557.
July 15 » Vietnam War: The United States and South Vietnam begin Operation Hastings to push the North Vietnamese out of the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone.
September 12 » Gemini 11, the penultimate mission of NASA's Gemini program, and the current human altitude record holder (except for the Apollo lunar missions).
October 22 » The Soviet Union launches Luna 12.
December 8 » The Greek ship SSHeraklion sinks in a storm in the Aegean Sea, killing over 200.
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