The temperature on March 3, 1966 was between 6.0 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 5.3 mm of rain during 10.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
March 1 » Venera 3 Soviet space probe crashes on Venus becoming the first spacecraft to land on another planet's surface.
March 8 » Nelson's Pillar in Dublin, Ireland, destroyed by a bomb.
March 19 » 1965–66 Texas Western Miners men's basketball team wins the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament.
June 13 » The United States Supreme Court rules in Miranda v. Arizona that the police must inform suspects of their rights before questioning them.
July 1 » The first color television transmission in Canada takes place from Toronto.
August 22 » Labor movements NFWA and AWOC merge to become the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC), predecessor of the United Farm Workers.
Day of burial March 5, 1966
The temperature on March 5, 1966 was between 1.6 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (8%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
January 13 » Robert C. Weaver becomes the first African American Cabinet member when he is appointed United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
January 31 » The Soviet Union launches the unmanned Luna 9 spacecraft as part of the Luna program.
February 14 » Australian currency is decimalized.
July 1 » The first color television transmission in Canada takes place from Toronto.
November 15 » Project Gemini: Gemini 12 completes the program's final mission, when it splashes down safely in the Atlantic Ocean.
December 18 » Saturn's moon Epimetheus is discovered by astronomer Richard Walker.
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