The temperature on May 16, 1966 was between 10.9 °C and 23.2 °C and averaged 17.6 °C. There was 12.4 hours of sunshine (79%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
March 31 » The Soviet Union launches Luna 10 which later becomes the first space probe to enter orbit around the Moon.
May 26 » British Guiana gains independence, becoming Guyana.
July 15 » Vietnam War: The United States and South Vietnam begin Operation Hastings to push the North Vietnamese out of the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone.
October 14 » The city of Montreal begins the operation of its underground Montreal Metro rapid transit system.
November 8 » U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs into law an antitrust exemption allowing the National Football League to merge with the upstart American Football League.
December 26 » The first Kwanzaa is celebrated by Maulana Karenga, the chair of Black Studies at California State University, Long Beach.
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