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March 12, 1966 (Saturday) Bobby Hull of the Chicago Black Hawks broke the National Hockey League record for most goals in a season as he scored his 51st goal, breaking the mark of 50 that he and Bernie Geoffrion had shared; Hull would finish the season with 54 altogether, as well as a record 97 scoring points.
1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1966th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 966th year of the 2nd millennium, the 66th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1960s decade.
August 1 – Sniper Charles Whitman kills 13 people and wounds 31 from atop the University of Texas at Austin Main Building tower, after earlier killing his wife and mother. August 5. Groundbreaking takes place for the World Trade Center in New York City. Martin Luther King Jr. leads a civil rights march in Chicago, during which he is struck by ...
The Selma to Montgomery marches were three protest marches, held in 1965, along the 54-mile (87 km) highway from Selma, Alabama, to the state capital of Montgomery. The marches were organized by nonviolent activists to demonstrate the desire of African-American citizens to exercise their constitutional right to vote, in defiance of ...
25 February to 24 March. Operation Garfield was conducted by the 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division in Darlac Province. The operation resulted in 124 PAVN/VC and 17 U.S. killed. [19] 26 February - 3 March. Operation New York was a sweep operation conducted by the U.S. 3rd Marine Division northwest and east of Phu Bai Combat Base. The operation ...
The year 1966 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below. ... March 12 – Sydney Camm (born 1893), English aircraft designer.
The March Against Fear was a major 1966 demonstration in the Civil Rights Movement in the South. Activist James Meredith launched the event on June 5, 1966, [1] intending to make a solitary walk from Memphis, Tennessee, to Jackson, Mississippi via the Mississippi Delta, starting at Memphis's Peabody Hotel and proceeding to the Mississippi state line, then continuing through, respectively, the ...
Between August and November 1966, eight mass rallies were held, drawing in 12 million people, most of whom were Red Guards. [6]: 106 The government bore the travel expenses of Red Guards. [6]: 110 At the rallies, Lin called for the destruction of the "Four Olds"; namely, old customs, culture, habits, and ideas.