WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO MAY 1966
Find out what all happened January to May 1966

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

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

A military coup takes place in Upper Volta (later Burkina Faso), dissolving the National Parliament and leading to a new national constitution. (4. January 1966)

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

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

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

Launch of Gemini 8, the 12th manned American space flight and first space docking with the Agena Target Vehicle. (16. March 1966)

The Beaumont Children go missing from Glenelg Beach near Adelaide, South Australia. (26. January 1966)

The unmanned Soviet Luna 9 spacecraft makes the first controlled rocket-assisted landing on the Moon. (3. February 1966)

Vietnam War: The ROK Capital Division of the South Korean Army massacres 380 unarmed civilians in South Vietnam. (26. February 1966)

Venera 3 Soviet space probe crashes on Venus becoming the first spacecraft to land on another planet's surface. (1. March 1966)

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

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

Pakistan suggests a six-point agenda with Kashmir after the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. (2. February 1966)

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

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

The Soviet Union launches the unmanned Luna 9 spacecraft as part of the Luna program. (31. January 1966)

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

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

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