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« Escalation in Vietnam « Protests heat up « Black militants emerge « Miranda decision « Charles Whitman fires from the Texas tower « Walt Disney dies at age 65 « New York’s Metropolitan Opera closes « New York Stock Exchange peaks at 995 then drops to 744 « Medicare begun « First Mini-skirts appear « Timothy Leary's LSD ushers in drug use « Jack Nicklaus wins all four majors « All US cigarette packs have to carry "Caution Cigarette smoking may be hazardous to your health" « "Batman" with Adam West & Burt Ward premieres on ABC TV « USAF B-52 carrying 4 unarmed hydrogen bombs crashes on Spanish coast at Palomares, 7 die « 1st soft landing on the Moon (Soviet Luna 9) « Julian Bond denied seat in Georgia legislature for opposing Vietnam War « Indira Gandhi elected India's 3rd prime minister |
The Year Was 1966 |