January 10 » The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.
February 2 » Funeral of Queen Victoria.
June 11 » The boundaries of the Colony of New Zealand are extended by the UK to include the Cook Islands.
August 10 » The U.S. Steel recognition strike by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers begins.
September 14 » U.S. President William McKinley dies after being mortally wounded on September 6 by anarchist Leon Czolgosz and is succeeded by Vice President Theodore Roosevelt.
November 27 » The U.S. Army War College is established.
Day of death December 6, 1966
The temperature on December 6, 1966 was between 0.4 °C and 2.8 °C and averaged 1.1 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain during 6.4 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
June 8 » An F-104 Starfighter collides with XB-70 Valkyrie prototype no. 2, destroying both aircraft during a photo shoot near Edwards Air Force Base. Joseph A. Walker, a NASA test pilot, and Carl Cross, a United States Air Force test pilot, are both killed.
July 2 » France conducts its first nuclear weapon test in the Pacific, on Moruroa Atoll.
July 18 » A racially charged incident in a bar sparks the six-day Hough riots in Cleveland, Ohio; 1,700 Ohio National Guard troops intervene to restore order.
October 9 » Vietnam War: South Korean troops commit the Binh Tai Massacre.
October 17 » The 23rd Street Fire in New York City kills 12 firefighters.
November 4 » The Arno River floods Florence, Italy, to a maximum depth of 6.7m (22ft), leaving thousands homeless and destroying millions of masterpieces of art and rare books. Also Venice was submerged on the same day at its record all-time acqua alta of 194cm (76in).
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