WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO OCTOBER 1966
Find out what all happened January to October 1966

Gemini 11, the penultimate mission of NASA's Gemini program, and the current human altitude record holder (except for the Apollo lunar missions) (12. September 1966)

A Canadian Pacific Air Lines DC-8-43 explodes on landing at Tokyo International Airport, killing 64 people. (4. March 1966)

The Ba'ath Party takes power in Syria. (1. March 1966)

The Church of Satan is established at the Black House in San Francisco, California. (30. April 1966)

The National Organization for Women, the United States' largest feminist organization, is founded. (30. June 1966)

The Nigerian First Republic, led by Abubakar Tafawa Balewa is overthrown in a military coup d'état. (15. January 1966)

The British protectorate of Bechuanaland declares its independence, and becomes the Republic of Botswana. Seretse Khama takes office as the first President. (30. September 1966)

Lunar Orbiter 1 takes the first photograph of Earth from orbit around the Moon. (23. August 1966)

Botswana and Lesotho join the United Nations. (17. October 1966)

An earthquake of magnitude 7.5 destroys Tashkent. (26. April 1966)

The Metropolitan Opera House opens at Lincoln Center in New York City with the world premiere of Samuel Barber's opera, Antony and Cleopatra. (16. September 1966)

The United States Supreme Court rules in Miranda v. Arizona that the police must inform suspects of their rights before questioning them. (13. June 1966)

Myra Hindley and Ian Brady are sentenced to life imprisonment for the Moors murders in England. (6. May 1966)

The Soviet Union launches Luna 10 which later becomes the first space probe to enter orbit around the Moon. (31. March 1966)

A fire at a building in New York City kills 12 firefighters, the fire department's deadliest day until the September 11, 2001 attacks. (17. October 1966)

The Supremes become the first all-female music group to attain a No. 1 selling album (The Supremes A' Go-Go). (22. October 1966)

The first Star Trek series premieres on NBC. (8. September 1966)

U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson, responding to a sniper attack at the University of Texas at Austin, writes a letter to Congress urging the enactment of gun control legislation. (15. September 1966)

In Cape Town, South Africa, the architect of Apartheid, Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd, is stabbed to death during a parliamentary meeting. (6. September 1966)

An F-104 Starfighter collides with XB-70 Valkyrie prototype no. 2, destroying both planes during a photo shoot near Edwards Air Force Base. Joseph A. Walker, a NASA pilot, and Carl Cross, a United States Air Force test pilot, are both killed. (8. June 1966)