WHAT HAPPENED IN 1966.
Look what happened the 1966.

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

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

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

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

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

Rastafari movement: Haile Selassie of Ethiopia visits Jamaica, an event now celebrated as Grounation Day. (21. April 1966)

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

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

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

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

Myra Hindley and Ian Brady are sentenced to life imprisonment for the Moors murders in England. (6. May 1966)

A plane crash at Connellsville, Pennsylvania kills the Pennsylvania Attorney General, his wife, and other state officials. (8. May 1966)

After a policy dispute, Prime Minister Nguyen Cao Ky of South Vietnam's ruling junta launches a military attack on the forces of General Ton That Dinh, forcing him to abandon his command. (15. May 1966)

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

The Ulster Volunteer Force declares war on the Irish Republican Army in Northern Ireland. (21. May 1966)

Explorer program: Explorer 32 launches. (25. May 1966)

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

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

The former Congolese Prime Minister, Évariste Kimba, and several other politicians are publicly executed in Kinshasa on the orders of President Joseph Mobutu. (30. May 1966)