What happened on January 4 1966?

January 4, 1966 (Tuesday) At the time, the future President of the United States was still hosting the television show Death Valley Days. A gas leak fire at an oil refinery in Feyzin, near Lyon, France, killed 18 people and injured 84.

What happened on January 1966?

January 1: A 12 day strike of transit workers shuts down the NYC subway. January 1: A military coup led by Colonel Jean-Bedel Bokassa is successful and leads to his dictatorship in Central African Republic. January 12: The transit strike ends in NYC. January 12: Lyndon B.

What happened on January 29 1966?

Historical Events Which were the important events of January 29, 1966? US female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming. Snow storm in north-east US kills 165. Lawry and Simpson complete 244 opening stand versus England, Adelaide.

What was the biggest news story in 1966?

Groundbreaking takes place for the World Trade Center in New York City. Martin Luther King Jr. leads a civil rights march in Chicago, during which he is struck by a rock thrown from an angry white mob.

What was 1966 famous for?

1966 inflation grew as part of the effect to fund the war in Vietnam continued. Both the US and USSR continued in their space race to see who would be the first to land a man on the moon. Race riots continued to increase across cities in America and National Guards were needed to bring back law and order.

What is special for the year 1966?

12 July – Indira Gandhi visits Moscow. 27 August – Eighteenth Amendment of the Constitution of India takes effect. 17 November – Reita Faria, Femina Miss India is crowned Miss World 1966, the first Indian to win the title. 11 December – Nineteenth Amendment of the Constitution of India takes effect.

What happened in the year 1966?

Who ruled India in 1966?

Incumbents

Post	Name
President of India	Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Prime Minister of India	Lal Bahadur Shastri (Prime Minister until 11 January)
Gulzarilal Nanda until 24 January (acting Prime Minister)
Indira Gandhi