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Graph of global conflict deaths from 1945 to 1989 from various sources. This is a list of wars that began between 1945 and 1989.Other wars can be found in the historical lists of wars and the list of wars extended by diplomatic irregularity.
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1966 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1966th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 966th year of the 2nd millennium, the 66th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1960s decade.
March 1 - Soviet space probe Venera 3 crashes on Venus, becoming the first spacecraft to land on another planet's surface. [4]March 29 – The 23rd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union is held: Leonid Brezhnev demands that U.S. troops leave Vietnam, and announces that Chinese-Soviet relations are not satisfactory.
October 9 – The Baltimore Orioles defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 4 of the World Series in baseball, 1–0, to sweep the series for their first World Championship; Frank Robinson wins the Triple Crown. October 15. U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs a bill creating the United States Department of Transportation.
In a fight for the world heavyweight boxing championship, George Chuvalo of Canada became the first challenger to go a full 15 rounds against champion Muhammad Ali, who had a 22–0 record in professional boxing. Chuvalo, who had a record of 34-11 (and two draws) and had never been KO'd, "absorbed every punch" in front of 13,540 fans in Toronto ...
Warning of what he called "the arrogance of power," Fulbright declared "we are not living up to our capacity and promise as a civilized power for the world." He called the war a betrayal of American values. [30]: 486 21-5 April. Operation Dan Chi 219C was an ARVN 21st Division operation in Chuong Thien Province. The operation resulted in 247 VC ...
The 1960s (pronounced "nineteen-sixties", shortened to the "' 60s" or the "Sixties") was a decade that began on January 1, 1960, and ended on December 31, 1969. [1]While the achievements of humans being launched into space, orbiting Earth, perform spacewalk and walking on the Moon extended exploration, the Sixties are known as the "countercultural decade" in the United States and other Western ...