WHAT ALL HAPPENED SEPTEMBER TO NOVEMBER 1966
Find out what all happened September to 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)

The Severn Bridge is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II. (8. September 1966)

Former Massachusetts Attorney General Edward Brooke becomes the first African American elected to the United States Senate since Reconstruction. (8. November 1966)

Vietnam War: Binh Tai Massacre (9. October 1966)

The Cuban Adjustment Act comes into force, allowing 123,000 Cubans the opportunity to apply for permanent residence in the United States. (2. November 1966)

In Cape Town, South Africa, the architect of Apartheid, Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd, is stabbed to death during a parliamentary meeting. (6. 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)

Bulgarian TABSO Flight 101 crashes near Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, killing all 82 people on board. (24. November 1966)

NASA launches Gemini 12. (11. November 1966)

The Soviet Union launches Luna 12. (22. October 1966)

Vietnam War: Diên Niên - Phước Bình massacre (9. October 1966)

Basutoland becomes independent from the United Kingdom and is renamed Lesotho. (4. October 1966)

Botswana and Lesotho join the United Nations. (17. October 1966)

Aberfan disaster: A slag heap collapses on the village of Aberfan in Wales, killing 144 people, mostly schoolchildren. (21. 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)

Michel Micombero overthrows the monarchy of Burundi and makes himself the first president. (28. November 1966)

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

The first Star Trek series premieres on NBC. (8. September 1966)

Near Detroit, Michigan, there is a partial core meltdown at the Enrico Fermi demonstration nuclear breeder reactor. (5. October 1966)

A Boeing 727 carrying Pan Am Flight 708 crashes near Berlin, Germany, killing all three people on board. (15. November 1966)