The temperature on July 5, 1966 was between 14.2 °C and 21.6 °C and averaged 17.7 °C. There was 10.0 hours of sunshine (60%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
March 5 » BOAC Flight 911, a Boeing 707 aircraft, breaks apart in mid-air due to clear-air turbulence and crashes into Mount Fuji, Japan, killing all 124 people on board.
August 1 » Purges of intellectuals and imperialists becomes official China policy at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.
August 26 » The South African Border War starts with the battle at Omugulugwombashe.
August 29 » Leading Egyptian thinker Sayyid Qutb is executed for plotting the assassination of President Gamal Abdel Nasser.
October 22 » The Supremes become the first all-female music group to attain a No. 1 selling album (The Supremes A' Go-Go).
December 27 » The Cave of Swallows, the largest known cave shaft in the world, is discovered in Aquismón, San Luis Potosí, Mexico.
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