1966 - Pages of Time
World News
Russian Luna 9
Spacecraft Achieves
Soft Landing on Moon |
Mao Launches
"Cultural Revolution"
in China |
Brezhnev
Becomes top
Soviet Leader |
Nehru's Daughter
Indira Becomes
India's Premier |
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US Troops in Vietnam
Increase from
190,000 to 300,000
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National News
Unmanned U.S.
Space Ship Films
Moon Surface |
Beach Boys Top
Music With
"Surfin' Safari" |
Actor Buster Keaton
Dies at 70 |
California Elects
Ronald Reagan as Governor |
Metropolitan Opera House
Closes after 83 Years |
Walt Disney Dies
at the age of 65 |
Sports News
NCAA Basketball
Champs: Texas Western |
Heisman Trophy Winner:
Steve Spurrier, Florida |
World Series:
Baltimore (AL) |
NBA Basketball:
Boston Celtics |
Boston Marathon
Kenji Kimihara
2:17:11 |
Indianapolis 500:
144.317 MPH
Graham Hill |
U.S. Open Golf Winner:
Billy Casper |
Stanley Cup Hockey:
Montreal Canadians |
Kentucky Derby:
Kauai King, Ridden by
D. Brumfield
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Boxing (Heavyweight)
Cassius Clay
defeats
George Chuvalo
Cassius Clay
KO's
Henry Cooper
Cassius Clay
KO's
Brian London
Cassius Clay
KO's
Karl Mildenberger
Cassius Clay
KO's
Cleveland Williams
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At The Movies
Music from 1965
|
Academy Award Winners
Best Picture:
A Man for All Seasons
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Best Actor:
Paul Schofield
A Man for All Seasons |
Best Actress:
Elizabeth Taylor
Who's Afraid of
Virginia Woolf |
| Music From 1966 |
Strangers in the Night
A Man and a Woman
If He Walked into My Life
Man of Lamancha
Born Free |
1966 - Your Year in Review
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1966 Prices
Average Income
New Car
New House
Loaf of Bread
Gallon of Gas
Gallon of Milk
Silver per Ounce
Gold per Ounce
Dow Jones Average
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$ 6,899.00
$ 2,653.00
$14,175.00
$ .22
$ .32
$ 1.11
$ 1.29
$ 35.00
744.32 to 995.15
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President - Lyndon Johnson
Vice President - Hubert Humphrey |
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Miss America - Deborah Irene Bryant, Overland Park, KS
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| Minimum Wage: $1.25 |
| Life Expectancy - 70.2 Years |
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