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January 17 – 1966 Palomares B-52 crash: A USAF B-52 bomber collides with a KC-135 Stratotanker over Spain, dropping three 70-kiloton hydrogen bombs near the town of Palomares, and one into the sea. Carl Brashear , the first African American United States Navy diver, is involved in an accident during the recovery of the latter which results in ...
On April 4, 1966, a total of 11 people were killed across the state of Florida, including three in the city of Tampa and seven in Polk County. The F4 tornado remains the fourth-deadliest tornado event recorded in Florida; only tornadoes on March 31, 1962 , February 2, 2007 , and February 23, 1998 , caused more deaths in the state.
Toggle Events subsection. 1.1 January. 1.2 February. 1.3 March. ... 1966 was a common year ... detailing his plans for EPCOT, a utopian planned city to be built in ...
A series of at least four tornadoes hit the Southeastern United States during March 3-4, 1966. The worst event was a violent and long-lived F5 tornado, dubbed the Candlestick Park tornado after the name of a recently opened Jackson, Mississippi shopping center that was leveled by the storm. [2]
July 24, 1966– The precursor tropical low to a tropical depression crosses the northern portion of the state; its effects are minimal. [33] October 4, 1966– Hurricane Inez passes through the Florida Keys, resulting in 3 deaths and $5 million in damage (1966 USD, $33 million 2008 USD). [33]
The 1966 Florida gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 1966. During the primary election, the results from the Democratic Party were close among three of the four candidates. Thus, the top two Democrat candidates – incumbent Governor of Florida William "Haydon" Burns and Mayor of Miami Robert King High – competed in a runoff ...
The 1966 Atlantic hurricane season saw the Weather Bureau office in Miami, Florida, be designated as the National Hurricane Center (NHC) and assume responsibility of tropical cyclone forecasting in the basin. The season officially began on June 1, and lasted until November 30.