WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO MARCH 1966
Find out what all happened February to March 1966

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Australian currency is decimalised. (14. February 1966)

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

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

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

Military Prime Minister of South Vietnam Nguyen Cao Ky sacked rival General Nguyen Chanh Thi, precipitating large-scale civil and military dissension in parts of the nation. (10. March 1966)

In Syria, Ba'ath Party member Salah Jadid leads an intra-party military coup that replaces the previous government of General Amin Hafiz, also a Baathist. (23. February 1966)

Texas Western becomes the first college basketball team to win the Final Four with an all-black starting lineup. (19. March 1966)

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

Off the coast of Spain in the Mediterranean, the DSV Alvin submarine finds a missing American hydrogen bomb. (17. March 1966)