What Happened In February 1966 In History

Historical Events for February, 1966

• 2nd » Pakistan suggests a six-point agenda with Kashmir after the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
• 3rd » The unmanned Soviet Union or Soviet Luna 9 spacecraft makes the first controlled rocket-assisted landing on the Moon.
• 4th » All Nippon Airways Flight 60 plunges into Tokyo Bay, killing 133.
• 14th » Australian currency is decimalisation named decimalised.
• 26th » Apollo program: Launch of AS-201, the first flight of the Saturn IB rocket
• 26th » Vietnam War: The ROK Capital Division of the South Korean Army Go Dai massacre e.g massacres 380 unarmed civilians in South Vietnam.

Famous Birthdays on February in 1966

• 1st » Michelle Akers, American soccer player
• 1st » Vasilis Dimitriadis, Greek footballer
• 1st » Donna Edmondson, American model
• 1st » Rob Lee, English footballer
• 2nd » Andrei Chesnokov, Russian tennis player
• 2nd » Robert DeLeo, American bass player, songwriter, and producer (Stone Temple Pilots, Army of Anyone, and Talk Show (band) known as Talk Show)
• 2nd » Michael Misick, Caicos Islander politician, Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands
• 3rd » Frank Coraci, American director and screenwriter
• 3rd » Kostas Patavoukas, Greek basketball player
• 4th » Viatcheslav Ekimov, Russian cyclist
• 4th » Kyōko Koizumi, Japanese actress and singer
• 5th » Nicklas Kroon, Swedish tennis player
• 5th » Jonathan Morgan (director) named Jonathan Morgan, American porn actor and director
• 5th » Dean Nalder, Australian politician
• 5th » Apostolos Nanos, Greek archer
• 5th » José María Olazábal, Spanish golfer
• 5th » Rok Petrovič, Slovenian skier (d. 1993)
• 5th » Vincent Tulli, French sound designer and actor
• 6th » Rick Astley, English singer-songwriter
• 7th » Kristin Otto, German swimmer
• 8th » Ulrich Hesse-Lichtenberger, German author
• 8th » Bruno Labbadia, German footballer
• 8th » Sarah Montague, English journalist and radio host
• 8th » Kirk Muller, Canadian ice hockey player
• 8th » Hristo Stoichkov, Bulgarian footballer
• 9th » Harald Eia, Norwegian comedian and actor
• 9th » Ellen van Langen, Dutch runner
• 10th » Natalie Bennett, Australian-English journalist and politician
• 10th » Daryl Johnston, American football player
• 10th » Ioannis Kalitzakis, Greek footballer
• 10th » Ji Suk-jin, South Korean comedian, actor, and singer
• 11th » Margit Mutso, Estonian architect
• 12th » Paul Crook, American guitarist (Anthrax (American band) named Anthrax)
• 13th » Jeff Waters, Canadian guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Annihilator (band) named Annihilator)
• 13th » Neal McDonough, American actor
• 14th » Petr Svoboda, Czech ice hockey player
• 16th » Martin Perscheid, German cartoonist
• 17th » Quorthon, Swedish guitarist and songwriter (Bathory (band) or Bathory) (d. 2004)
• 17th » Michael Lepond, American bass player (Symphony X and Seven Witches)
• 17th » Robert Reid (co-driver) called Robert Reid, Scottish race car driver
• 17th » Luc Robitaille, Canadian ice hockey player
• 18th » Phillip DeFreitas, Dominican-English cricketer
• 18th » Guy Ferland, American director and producer
• 19th » Justine Bateman, American actress and producer
• 19th » Paul Haarhuis, Dutch tennis player
• 19th » Enzo Scifo, Belgian footballer
• 19th » Eduardo Xol, American designer and author
• 20th » Cindy Crawford, American model and actress
• 21st » Nikki Charm, American porn actress
• 22nd » Rachel Dratch, American actress
• 22nd » Brian Greig, Australian politician
• 22nd » Mark David Hall, American political scientist
• 22nd » Thorsten Kaye, German actor
• 22nd » Aiden Shaw, English porn actor
• 23rd » Mark Abrahamian, American guitarist (Starship (band) named Starship) (d. 2012)
• 24th » René Arocha, Cuban baseball player
• 24th » Ben Miller, English comedian, actor, and director
• 24th » Billy Zane, American actor and producer
• 25th » Alexis Denisof, American actor
• 25th » Andrew Feldman, Baron Feldman of Elstree, English lawyer and businessman
• 25th » Samson Kitur, Kenyan runner (d. 2003)
• 25th » Téa Leoni, American actress
• 25th » Sam Phillips (model) known as Sam Phillips, American model and actress
• 26th » Garry Conille, Haitian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Haiti
• 26th » Marc Fortier, Canadian ice hockey player
• 26th » Najwa Karam, Lebanese singer-songwriter and producer
• 27th » Donal Logue, Canadian actor and director
• 27th » Baltasar Kormákur, Icelandic actor, director, and producer
• 28th » Vincent Askew, American basketball player
• 28th » Paulo Futre, Portuguese footballer
• 28th » Archbishop Jovan VI of Ohrid

Famous Deaths for February 1966

• 1st » Hedda Hopper, American actress and columnist (b. 1885)
• 1st » Buster Keaton, American actor (b. 1895)
• 4th » Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor, Turkish-American journalist (b. 1875)
• 6th » Narcisa de Leon, Filipino film producer (b. 1877)
• 9th » Sophie Tucker, Russian-American actress and singer (b. 1884)
• 10th » Billy Rose, American composer and songwriter (b. 1899)
• 15th » Gerard Antoni Ciołek, Polish architect and historian (b. 1909)
• 15th » Camilo Torres Restrepo, Colombian priest and theologian (b. 1929)
• 18th » Robert Rossen, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1908)
• 21st » Paul Comtois, Canadian politician, 21st Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1895)
• 25th » James D. Norris, American businessman (b. 1906)
• 26th » Mientje Kling, Dutch actress (b. 1894)
• 26th » Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Indian poet and politician (b. 1883)
• 28th » Jonathan Hale, Canadian-American actor (b. 1891)

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