WHAT ALL HAPPENED AUGUST TO DECEMBER 1966
Find out what all happened August to December 1966

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

Former Massachusetts Attorney General Edward Brooke becomes the first African American elected to the United States Senate since Reconstruction. (8. November 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)

Vietnam War: the Battle of Long Tan ensues after a patrol from the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment clashes with a Viet Cong force in Phước Tuy Province. (18. August 1966)

U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs into law an antitrust exemption allowing the National Football League to merge with the upstart American Football League. (8. November 1966)

Project Gemini: Gemini 12 completes the program's final mission, when it splashes down safely in the Atlantic Ocean. (15. November 1966)

Charles Whitman kills 16 people at the University of Texas at Austin before being killed by the police. (1. August 1966)

The Chevrolet Camaro, originally named Panther, is introduced. (29. September 1966)

The Severn Bridge is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II. (8. September 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 National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act is signed into law by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson. (9. September 1966)

NASA launches Gemini 12. (11. November 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 Supremes become the first all-female music group to attain a No. 1 selling album (The Supremes A' Go-Go). (22. October 1966)

Saturn's moon Epimetheus is discovered by Richard L. Walker. (18. December 1966)

The Namibian War of Independence starts with the battle at Omugulugwombashe. (26. August 1966)

West Coast Airlines Flight 956 crashes with eighteen fatalities and no survivors 5.5 miles south of Wemme, Oregon. This accident marks the first loss of a DC-9. (1. October 1966)

The city of Montreal, Quebec, begins the operation of its underground Montreal Metro rapid-transit system. (14. October 1966)

The Arno River floods Florence, Italy, to a maximum depth of 6.7 m (22 ft), leaving thousands homeless and destroying millions of masterpieces of art and rare books. Also Venice was submerged on the same day at its record all-time acqua alta of 194 cm. (4. November 1966)