WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO MAY 1966
Find out what all happened April to May 1966

A new government is formed in the Republic of Congo, led by Ambroise Noumazalaye. (26. April 1966)

Rastafari movement: Haile Selassie of Ethiopia visits Jamaica, an event now celebrated as Grounation Day. (21. April 1966)

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

The first prominent dàzìbào during the Cultural Revolution in China is posted at Peking University. (25. May 1966)

The Communist Party of China issues the "May 16 Notice", marking the beginning of the Cultural Revolution. (16. May 1966)

The Ulster Volunteer Force declares war on the Irish Republican Army in Northern Ireland. (21. May 1966)

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

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

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

Launch of Surveyor 1 the first US spacecraft to land on an extraterrestrial body. (30. May 1966)

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

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

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