WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO AUGUST 1966
Find out what all happened February to August 1966

The French military explodes a nuclear test bomb codenamed Aldébaran in Mururoa, their first nuclear test in the Pacific. (2. July 1966)

Apollo Program: Launch of AS-201, the first flight of the Saturn IB rocket (26. February 1966)

Labor movements NFWA and AWOC merge to become the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC), predecessor of the United Farm Workers. (22. August 1966)

The first color television transmission in Canada takes place from Toronto. (1. July 1966)

After a policy dispute, Prime Minister Nguyen Cao Ky of South Vietnam's ruling junta launches a military attack on the forces of General Ton That Dinh, forcing him to abandon his command. (15. May 1966)

Explorer program: Explorer 32 launches. (25. May 1966)

The former Congolese Prime Minister, Évariste Kimba, and several other politicians are publicly executed in Kinshasa on the orders of President Joseph Mobutu. (30. May 1966)

BOAC Flight 911 crashes on Mount Fuji, Japan, killing 124. (5. March 1966)

Topeka, Kansas, is devastated by a tornado that registers as an "F5" on the Fujita Scale: the first to exceed US$100 million in damages. Sixteen people are killed, hundreds more injured, and thousands of homes damaged or destroyed. (8. June 1966)

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

A bomb planted by Irish Republicans destroys Nelson's Pillar in Dublin. (8. March 1966)

The Chicago Freedom Movement, led by Martin Luther King, Jr., holds a rally at Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois. As many as 60,000 people come to hear Dr. King as well as Mahalia Jackson, Stevie Wonder, and Peter Paul and Mary. (10. July 1966)

A plane crash at Connellsville, Pennsylvania kills the Pennsylvania Attorney General, his wife, and other state officials. (8. May 1966)

British Guiana gains independence, becoming Guyana. (26. May 1966)

Vietnam War: The House Un-American Activities Committee begins investigations of Americans who have aided the Viet Cong. The committee intends to introduce legislation making these activities illegal. Anti-war demonstrators disrupt the meeting and 50 people are arrested. (16. August 1966)

King Mwambutsa IV Bangiriceng of Burundi is deposed by his son Prince Charles Ndizi. (8. July 1966)

The city of Tashkent is destroyed by a huge earthquake. (25. April 1966)

Shiv Sena a political party in India is founded in Mumbai. (19. June 1966)

Vietnam War: The United States and South Vietnam begin Operation Hastings to push the North Vietnamese out of the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone. (15. July 1966)

All Nippon Airways Flight 60 plunges into Tokyo Bay, killing 133. (4. February 1966)