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Dahmer's family escapes but he dies the next day from severe burns. (White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan Imperial Wizard Samuel Bowers will be unsuccessfully tried for this murder on four occasions before being convicted in 1998.) January 11 – The first SR-71 Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft goes into service at Beale AFB. January 12
1966 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the ... Philippines, breaks out in a lumber yard and burns for almost half a day, ...
The Aberfan Disaster Memorial Fund (ADMF) was established on the day of the disaster. It received nearly 88,000 contributions, totalling £1.75 million. The remaining tips were removed only after a lengthy fight by Aberfan residents against resistance from the NCB and the government on the grounds of cost.
The Beatles had four songs on the Year-End Hot 100, the most of any artist in 1966. This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1966. [1] The Top 100, as revealed in the year-end edition of Billboard dated December 24, 1966, is based on Hot 100 charts from the issue dates of January 1 through December 10, 1966.
The 1966 FIFA World Cup competition, staged in England, begins. British Motor Corporation and Jaguar Cars announce plans to merge as British Motor Holdings. Scotsman Angus Barbieri ends a 382-day fast, during which he consumed only water, vitamins, salts, yeast and a small amount of milk and sugar, and achieved his aim of losing 276 lb (125 kg).
The Lovin' Spoonful scored a #1 hit with "Summer in the City" in 1966. The Four Tops scored a #1 hit with "Reach Out I'll Be There" in 1966. These are the Billboard magazine Hot 100 number one hits of 1966. That year, 16 acts achieved their first number one song, such as Simon & Garfunkel, Lou Christie, Nancy Sinatra, SSgt.
A 79-year-old man was charged with first degree murder on Monday for allegedly stabbing a woman more than 120 times nearly six decades ago, authorities said.
February 3, 1966: Soviet probe Luna 9 sends back the first pictures transmitted from the Moon's surface February 14, 1966: Australia goes decimal, introduces the dollar..... and phases out the pound February 28, 1966: U.S. astronauts Charles Bassett and Elliot See die in plane crash three months before scheduled Gemini 9 mission