1966

Indira Gandhi becomes Premier of India
The "Cultural Revolution" in China
Soviet space probe crashes on Venus - 1st contact with another planet
France removes its armed forces from NATO
Twiggy is the mod model
Supreme Court decides Miranda v. Arizona
Vietnam War costing the US $2 billion/month
Peggy Fleming wins world figure skating championship
The chemical structure of DNA discovered
James Meredith killed
Ronald Reagan elected Governor of California
US minimum wage - $1.60 per hour
Whitney Museum of American Art opens
Truman Capote's In Cold Blood
Jacqueline Susan's The Valley of the Dolls
Rubella vaccine
Songs - "Born Free", "Strangers in the Night", "Eleanor Rigby"
Broadway - "Cabaret", "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever", "Man of La Mancha"
Films - "Torn Curtain", "Fahrenheit 451", "Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolfe?", "A Man For All Seasons"
TV - "Star Trek", "Mission Impossible", "The Avengers", "Batman"
Cindy Crawford, Daisy Fuentes, Laura Dern, Stefan Edberg, David Filo, Mary Lou Retton, Kenny Brack, Greg Ray, and Mike Tyson born
Walt Disney, Buster Keaton, Maxfield Parrish, C.S. Forester, Montgomery Clift, and Lenny Bruce die