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1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar.
Contents
Events
- January 3 – Hullabaloo shows promotional videos of The Beatles songs "Day Tripper" and "We Can Work It Out".
- January 8 – Shindig! airs for the last time on ABC, with musical guests the Kinks and the Who.
- January 12 – Batman debuts on ABC (1966-1968).
- February 23 – Television is first broadcast in Greece when ERT went on the air.
- April 5 – The Money Programme debuts on BBC2 (1966-present).
- June 5 – A taped appearance by The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show. The band debuts their music videos for "Rain" and "Paperback Writer".
- June 27 – The first episode of the supernatural soap opera Dark Shadows airs on ABC, introducing Victoria Winters (Alexandra Moltke) to the viewing audience as she applies for a job at the Collinwood Manor.
- July 1 – First Canadian color television broadcast.
- September – ABC switches to the color standard, meaning that all three US networks are now broadcasting in color regularly.
- September 3 – The last new episode of the television series The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet airs.
- September 7 – The final episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show airs (the first episode aired on October 3, 1961).
- September 8 – The first episode of Star Trek airs (1966-1969).
- September 12 – The Monkees premieres (1966-1968).
- October 2 – The four-part serial Talking to a Stranger, acclaimed as one of the finest British television dramas of the 1960s, begins transmission in the Theatre 625 strand on BBC2.
- October 27 – It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown airs for the first time on CBS.
- November 16 – Cathy Come Home, possibly the best-known play ever to be broadcast on British television, is transmitted in BBC1's The Wednesday Play anthology strand.
Births
- February 6 – Rick Astley, British singer
- March 10 – Omer Tarin Pakistani poet, scholar and mystic.
- April 8 – Robin Wright, American actress
- April 15 – Samantha Fox, British supermodel & singer
- May 3 – Peter Abbay
- May 16 – Janet Jackson, American singer & actress
- June 30 – Mike Tyson professional boxer
- August 3 – Brent Butt, Canadian actor and comedian
- August 7 – Jimmy Wales, American founder of Wikipedia
- September 9 – Adam Sandler, American comedian and actor
- October 2 – Rodney Anoa'i, American professional wrestler (died 2000)
- October 11 – Luke Perry, American actor (died 2019)
- December 21 – Kiefer Sutherland, actor
Deaths
- August 3 – Lenny Bruce
- November 17 – James Jabara, American Air Force pilot
Movies released
- A Man for All Seasons
- Alfie
- Batman
- The Battle of Algiers Golden Lion winner
- The Birds, the Bees and the Italians Palme d'Or winner
- Blowup
- Chappaqua
- Cul-de-Sac Golden Bear winner
- Follow Me, Boys!
- Frankie and Johnny
- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
- Hawaii
- It Happened Here
- A Man and a Woman Palme d'Or winner
- Morgan!
- Our Man Flint
- Paradise, Hawaiian Style
- The Sand Pebbles
- The Singing Nun
- Spinout
- Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (short subject)
- The Wild Angels
Hit Songs
- "The Sound of Silence" – Simon and Garfunkel
- "We Can Work It Out" – The Beatles
- "My Love" – Petula Clark
- "Lightnin' Strikes" – Lou Christie
- "Ballad of the Green Berets" – Sgt. Barry Sadler (the Top Song of 1966, according to Billboard)
- "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'" – Nancy Sinatra
- "(You're My) Soul and Inspiration'" – Righteous Brothers
- "Good Lovin'" – The Young Rascals
- "Yellow Submarine" – The Beatles
- "Monday Monday" – The Mamas and Papas
- "When A Man Loves a Woman" – Percy Sledge
- "Paint It Black" – The Rolling Stones
- "Paperback Writer" – The Beatles
- "Kicks" – Paul Revere & the Raiders
- "Gloria" – Shadows of Knight
- "Homeward Bound" – Simon and Garfunkel
- "I Am a Rock" – Simon and Garfunkel
- "Sweet Pea" – Tommy Roe
- "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" – Dusty Springfield
- "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" – James Brown
- "A Groovy Kind of Love" – The Mindbenders
- "Along Comes Mary" – The Association
- "Red Rubber Ball" – The Cyrkle
- "Lil' Red Riding Hood" – Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs
- "Born Free" – Roger Williams
- "Strangers In the Night" – Frank Sinatra
- "Wild Thing" – The Troggs
- "Summer in the City" – Lovin' Spoonful
- "Reach Out I'll Be There" – The Four Tops
- "Last Train To Clarksville" – The Monkees
- "You Keep Me Hangin' On" – The Supremes
- "Summertime" – Billy Stewart
- "Winchester Cathedral" – New Vaudeville Band
- "Good Vibrations" – The Beach Boys
- "Mellow Yellow" – Donovan
- "I'm a Believer" – The Monkees
- "Snoopy vs. the Red Baron" – The Royal Guardsmen
- "That's Life" – Frank Sinatra
- "Sugar Town" – Nancy Sinatra
- "Tell It Like It Is" – Aaron Neville
- "Good Thing" – Paul Revere and the Raiders
New Books
- The Adventurers – Harold Robbins
- The Anti-Death League – Kingsley Amis
- Capable of Honor – Allen Drury
- The Circle Game – Margaret Atwood
- The Dartmoor Worker anthology of William Crossing
- Der Meteor – Friedrich Dürrenmatt
- The Devil's Brigade – Robert H. Adleman
- The Double Image – Helen McInnes
- The Embezzler – Louis Auchincloss
- Expeditions – Margaret Atwood
- Fantastic Voyage – Isaac Asimov
- The Fixer – Bernard Malamud
- In Cold Blood – Truman Capote
- Jean de Florette – Marcel Pagnol
- Last Picture Show – Larry McMurtry
- The Magic Finger – Roald Dahl
- Manon des sources – Marcel Pagnol
- The Master and Margarita – Mihail Bulgakov
- The Moon is a Harsh Mistress – Robert A. Heinlein
- Octopussy and The Living Daylights – Ian Fleming
- The Soldier's Art – Anthony Powell
- The Solid Mandala – Patrick White
- Speeches for Doctor Frankenstein – Margaret Atwood
- The Sun King – Nancy Mitford
- Tai-Pan – James Clavell
- Tell No Man – Adela Rogers St. Johns
- A Thousand Days – Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
- Valley of the Dolls – Jacqueline Susann
- Wide Sargasso Sea – Jean Rhys
Nobel Prizes 1966
- The 1966 Nobel Prize in Literature was won by Shmuel Yosef Agnon and Nelly Sachs.[1]
- The 1966 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was won by Peyton Rous and Charles Brenton Huggins.[2]
- The 1966 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was won by Robert S. Mulliken.[3]
- The 1966 Nobel Prize in Physics was won by Alfred Kastler.[4]
- The Nobel Peace Prize was not awarded in 1966.[5]
References
- ↑ "The Nobel Prize in Literature 1966". nobelprize.org. 2011. http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1966/. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
- ↑ "The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1966". nobelprize.org. 2011. http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1966/. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
- ↑ "The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1966". nobelprize.org. 2011. http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1966/. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
- ↑ "The Nobel Prize in Physics 1966". nobelprize.org. 2011. http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1966/. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
- ↑ "The Nobel Peace Prize 1966". nobelprize.org. 2011. http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1966/. Retrieved 6 November 2011.