1966
1966
| January
James Brown
- I Got You (I Feel Good)
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US
troops launch their biggest offensive yet against North Vietnam.
The Nigerian army overthrows the government. Indira Gandhi becomes Prime Minister of India. A collision between an American bomber and a Spanish aircraft causes an H-bomb to go missing in the Atlantic Ocean. |
| February
The Kinks -
The Kink Kontroversy
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| March
The Beach Boys
- Pet Sounds
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US astronauts, including Neil Armstrong, achieve first space docking. The Pope and the Archbishop of Canterbury meet officially for the first time in 400 years. Harold Wilson and the Labour Party are re-elected in the UK. |
| April
Otis Redding
- The Soul Album
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The missing H-bomb is found in the Atlantic sea-bed. The Sound of Music wins the Oscar for the best film. Time Magazine declares Swinging London. |
| May
Herb Alpert
& the Tijuana Brass - What Now My
|
8000
Vietnam protesters surround the White House.
Cassius Clay defeats another opponent to remain world heavyweight boxing champion. |
| June
The Hollies
- Would You Believe?
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James Meredith, the first African-American to attend the University of Mississippi in 1962, is shot. US bombers hit Hanoi for the first time. France leaves NATO. |
| July
The Byrds -
Fifth Dimension
|
Anti-Vietnam
War protesters are arrested in London.
Race riots spread in Chicago, New York City and Cleveland. John Lennon's comments about the Beatles being more popular than Christianity sparks a backlash in the USA. England wins the World Cup (soccer/football). |
| August
The Animals
- Animalization
|
An
assassin randomly kills 12 people from a Texas University
tower in Austin. Comedian Lenny Bruce dies of a drug overdose. The Beatles perform their last ever concert tour. Malaysia and Indonesia end their 3-year warfare. Mao Tse-tung proclaims the Cultural Revolution in China, aimed at purifying the Communist ideal state. Bob Dylan suffers a severe motorcycle accident. |
| September
Donovan - Sunshine
Superman
|
Hendrik
Verwoerd, the racist Prime Minister of South Africa, is
assassinated by a right-wing extremist. Singer Joan Baez leads black children into a white-only Mississippi school. Botswana achieves independence. |
| October
Tim Buckley
- Tim Buckley
|
A coal avalanche buries 116 children in Wales (UK). |
| November
The Blues Project
- Projections
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The
Viet Cong bomb Saigon.
Actor Ronald Reagan is elected Governor of California. |
| December
Herb Alpert
& the Tijuana Brass - S.R.O.
|
Death
of Walt Disney.
The United Nations tells its members to put an oil embargo on Rhodesia. |