The temperature on March 16, 1966 was between -0.2 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
July 2 » France conducts its first nuclear weapon test in the Pacific, on Moruroa Atoll.
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 9 » The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act is signed into law by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson.
September 30 » Bechuanaland declares its independence, and becomes the Republic of Botswana.
October 21 » A colliery spoil tip collapses on the village of Aberfan in Wales, killing 144 people, mostly schoolchildren.
November 24 » Bulgarian TABSO Flight 101 crashes near Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, killing all 82 people on board.
Day of death March 17, 1966
The temperature on March 17, 1966 was between 6.2 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 26 » Apollo program: Launch of AS-201, the first flight of the Saturn IB rocket
March 16 » Launch of Gemini 8, the 12th manned American space flight and first space docking with an Agena Target Vehicle.
May 30 » Former Congolese Prime Minister, Évariste Kimba, and several other politicians are publicly executed in Kinshasa on the orders of President Joseph Mobutu.
October 5 » A reactor at the Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station near Detroit suffers a partial meltdown.
October 9 » Vietnam War: South Korean troops commit the Binh Tai Massacre.
November 28 » Michel Micombero overthrows the monarchy of Burundi and makes himself the first president.
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