WHAT ALL HAPPENED SEPTEMBER TO DECEMBER 1966
Find out what all happened September to December 1966

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

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

U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson, responding to a sniper attack at the University of Texas at Austin, writes a letter to Congress urging the enactment of gun control legislation. (15. September 1966)

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

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)

Aberfan disaster: A slag heap collapses on the village of Aberfan in Wales, killing 144 people, mostly schoolchildren. (21. October 1966)

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

Barbados joins the United Nations. (9. December 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 first Gävle goat, an annual Swedish Yule Goat tradition, is erected in Gävle. (1. December 1966)

In response to Fatah raids against Israelis near the West Bank border, Israel launches an attack on the village of As-Samu. (13. November 1966)

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

The Cave of Swallows, the largest known cave shaft in the world, is discovered in Aquismón, San Luis Potosí, Mexico. (27. December 1966)

Gemini 11, the penultimate mission of NASA's Gemini program, and the current human altitude record holder (except for the Apollo lunar missions) (12. September 1966)

The Greek ship SS Heraklion sinks in a storm in the Aegean Sea, killing over 200. (8. December 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)

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

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