What Happened In January 1966 In History

Historical Events for January, 1966

• 1st » A twelve-day 1966 New York City transit strike called New York City transit strike begins.
• 4th » A military coup takes place in French Upper Volta named Upper Volta (later Burkina Faso), dissolving the National Parliament and leading to a new national constitution.
• 12th » Lyndon B. Johnson states that the United States should stay in South Vietnam until Communism named Communist aggression there is ended.
• 13th » Robert C. Weaver becomes the first African American Cabinet member when he is appointed United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
• 17th » 1966 Palomares B-52 crash Palomares incident: A B-52 Stratofortress B-52 bomber collides with a KC-135 Stratotanker over Spain, killing seven airmen, and dropping three 70-kiloton B28 nuclear bomb nuclear bombs near the town of Palomares, Almería Palomare
• 26th » The Beaumont children disappearance e.g Beaumont Children go missing from Glenelg, South Australia named Glenelg Beach near Adelaide, South Australia.
• 31st » The Soviet Union launches the unmanned Luna 9 spacecraft as part of the Luna programme known as Luna program.

Famous Birthdays on January in 1966

• 1st » Anna Burke, Australian politician, 28th Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives
• 1st » Ivica Dačić, Serbian politician, 95th Prime Minister of Serbia
• 2nd » Kate Hodge, American actress and producer
• 4th » Deana Carter, American singer-songwriter
• 4th » La Parka II, Mexican wrestler
• 5th » Kate Schellenbach, American drummer (Luscious Jackson and Beastie Boys)
• 5th » Steve Tuttle, Canadian ice hockey player
• 6th » Ipče Ahmedovski, Macedonian singer (d. 1994)
• 6th » Fernando Carrillo, Venezuelan actor
• 6th » Sharon Cuneta, Filipino singer and actress
• 6th » A. R. Rahman, Indian singer-songwriter, producer, and composer (SuperHeavy)
• 7th » Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, American publicist (d. 1999)
• 7th » Corrie Sanders, South African boxer (d. 2012)
• 7th » Ehab Tawfik, Egyptian singer-songwriter
• 8th » Igor Vyazmikin, Russian ice hockey player (d. 2009)
• 8th » Andrew Wood (singer) e.g Andrew Wood, American singer-songwriter (Mother Love Bone and Malfunkshun) (d. 1990)
• 9th » Jan Johansen (singer) known as Jan Johansen, Swedish singer
• 9th » Stephen Metcalfe, English politician
• 9th » Candi Milo, American voice actress and singer
• 10th » Robert Jürjendal, Estonian guitarist and composer
• 10th » Steve Kramer (politician) e.g Steve Kramer, American politician
• 10th » Murali Nair, Indian director and screenwriter
• 10th » Jeremy Sims, Australian actor and director
• 11th » Marc Acito, American author
• 11th » Kelley Law, Canadian curler
• 11th » Tao Wei (football commentator) or Tao Wei, Chinese footballer and sportscaster (d. 2012)
• 12th » Olivier Martinez, French actor
• 13th » Patrick Dempsey, American actor and race car driver
• 13th » Shelagh Fogarty, English journalist
• 13th » Leo Visser, Dutch speed skater
• 14th » DJ Paul Elstak, Dutch DJ and producer
• 14th » Robert Flello, English politician
• 14th » Marco Hietala, Finnish singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (Nightwish, Tarot (band) named Tarot, Northern Kings, and Sinergy)
• 14th » Rene Simpson, Canadian-American tennis player (d. 2013)
• 15th » Lisa Lisa, American singer (Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam)
• 17th » Joshua Malina, American actor
• 17th » Stephin Merritt, American singer-songwriter (The Magnetic Fields, The 6ths, Future Bible Heroes, and The Gothic Archies)
• 17th » Shabba Ranks, Jamaican singer
• 17th » António Zeferino, Cape Verdean runner
• 19th » Floris Jan Bovelander, Dutch field hockey player
• 19th » Sylvain Côté, Canadian ice hockey player
• 19th » Stefan Edberg, Swedish tennis player
• 19th » Lena Philipsson, Swedish singer
• 20th » Stacey Dash, American actress
• 20th » Tracii Guns, American guitarist and songwriter (L.A. Guns, Brides of Destruction, Hollywood Rose, and Contraband (band) called Contraband)
• 20th » Rainn Wilson, American actor
• 21st » Robert Del Naja, English singer-songwriter and DJ (Massive Attack and The Wild Bunch (sound system) named The Wild Bunch)
• 23rd » Haywoode Workman, American basketball player
• 24th » Jimeoin, Irish comedian and actor
• 25th » Chet Culver, American politician, 41st Governor of Iowa
• 25th » Yiannos Ioannou, Cypriot footballer
• 27th » Tamlyn Tomita, Japanese actress
• 28th » Seiji Mizushima, Japanese anime director
• 29th » Romário, Brazilian footballer
• 30th » Neal Chase, American educator
• 30th » Danielle Goyette, Canadian ice hockey player
• 31st » Umar Alisha, Indian journalist and philanthropist
• 31st » Dexter Fletcher, English actor
• 31st » Jorge González (wrestler) named Jorge González, Argentinian basketball player and wrestler (d. 2010)
• 31st » JJ Lehto, Finnish race car driver

Famous Deaths for January 1966

• 1st » Vincent Auriol, French politician, 16th President of the French Republic (b. 1884)
• 6th » Jean Lurçat, French painter (b. 1892)
• 7th » Allan Chapman (politician) known as Allan Chapman, Scottish politician (b. 1897)
• 14th » Bill Carr, American runner (b. 1909)
• 14th » Sergei Korolev, Ukrainian-Russian engineer (b. 1906)
• 18th » Kathleen Norris, American author (b. 1880)
• 22nd » Herbert Marshall, English-American actor and singer (b. 1890)
• 23rd » T. M. Sabaratnam, Sri Lankan politician (d. 1895)
• 24th » Homi J. Bhabha, Indian physicist (b. 1909)
• 25th » Saul Adler, Russian-English parasitologist (b. 1895)
• 29th » Pierre Mercure, Canadian composer (b. 1927)
• 30th » Jaan Hargel, Estonian flute player, conductor, and educator (b. 1912)
• 31st » Arthur Percival, English general (b. 1887)

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