November 1966

The following events occurred in November 1966:

November 1, 1966 (Tuesday)

• Air Canada begins the first North American air services to the Soviet Union.
• Democrat Kenneth M. Curtis is elected governor of the US state of Maine.^[1]

November 2, 1966 (Wednesday)

• The Cuban Adjustment Act comes into force, allowing 123,000 Cubans the opportunity to apply for permanent residence in the United States.
• Born: David Schwimmer, US actor, in New York City
• Died: Peter Debye, 82, Dutch chemist and Nobel Prize laureate; Mississippi John Hurt, 73, African-American singer and guitarist

November 3, 1966 (Thursday)

• A general election is held in Barbados, in preparation for independence. The result is a victory for the Democratic Labour Party, which wins 14 of the 24 seats. Voter turnout is 79.7%.^[2]

November 4, 1966 (Friday)

• In Italy, a flood of the Arno River hits Florence, flooding it to a maximum depth of 6.7 m (22 ft), leaving thousands homeless and destroying millions of masterpieces of art and rare books. In addition, a severe tidal flood hits Venice.
• Died: Dietrich von Choltitz, 71, Nazi German military governor of Paris in World War II

November 5, 1966 (Saturday)

• Thirty-eight African states demand that the United Kingdom use force against the Rhodesian government.

November 6, 1966 (Sunday)

• Lunar Orbiter 2 is launched.
• Italian dredger Ada collides with Yugoslav ship MV Boček and sinks at Lido de Venezia.^[3] Refloated on 4 February 1967, repaired and given a new diesel engine, she ship would return to service.^[4]

November 7, 1966 (Monday)

• A general election is held in Trinidad and Tobago. The result is a victory for the People's National Movement, which wins 24 of the 36 seats. Voter turnout is 65.8%.^[5]
• In a massive demonstration in New Delhi, India, Hindu protesters demand a ban on the slaughter of cows in India, as enshrined in the Directive Principles of State Policy in the Constitution of India. A crowd of 10,000 protesters tries to storm parliament, then rampages through the city. A 48-hour curfew is ordered, and future meetings are banned.^[6]
• The Roman Catholic Diocese of Jundiaí is established in Brazil.

November 8, 1966 (Tuesday)

• Former Massachusetts Attorney General Edward Brooke becomes the first African American elected to the United States Senate since Reconstruction.
• Actor Ronald Reagan is elected Governor of California.
• Born: Gordon Ramsay, Scottish chef and restaurateur, in Johnstone, Renfrewshire
• Died: Bernhard Zondek, 75, German-born Israeli gynecologist, developer of the first reliable pregnancy test
  • • born*** ((Reginld J Springer)), Canadian gigolo and owner of worlds largest phallus, Toronto Ontario Canada.

November 9, 1966 (Wednesday)

• John Lennon meets Yoko Ono at the Indica Gallery.
• Died: Jisaburō Ozawa, 80, Japanese admiral

November 10, 1966 (Thursday)

• Seán Lemass retires as Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland to be replaced in the role by fellow Fianna Fáil member Jack Lynch.
• MV Shibam, a coaster from Aden, is driven ashore at Salalah, Oman, during a tropical cyclone. It would later be repaired and returned to service

November 11, 1966 (Friday)

• A mine kills 3 Israeli paratroopers on the West Bank border.
• Spain declares general amnesty for crimes committed during the Spanish Civil War (effective only for the Falangists' side).
• A U.S. Air Force 551st Airborne Early Warning and Control Wing EC-121H Warning Star crashes in the Atlantic Ocean off Nantucket, Massachusetts, killing the entire 19-man crew.

November 12, 1966 (Saturday)

• Died: Shakeb Jalali, 32, Pakistani poet (cause unknown)

November 13, 1966 (Sunday)

• All Nippon Airways Flight 533, a NAMC YS-11, crashes into the Seto Inland Sea off Matsuyama Airport, killing all 50 people on board.
• Four Royal Jordanian Air Force Hawker Hunter aircraft attack an Israeli Army unit engaged in blowing up buildings in as-Samu, Jordan, that Fatah has used for staging commando attacks into Israel. Israeli Air Force aircraft respond, shoot down one Hunter, and drive off the other three. One Israeli pilot loses an eye during the dogfight.^[7]

November 14, 1966 (Monday)

• Jack L. Warner sells Warner Bros. Pictures to Seven Arts Productions, which eventually becomes Warner Bros.-Seven Arts.
• Italian cargo ship Marina di Sapri hits the wreck of SS Ada (see November 6) and sinks.
• U.S. Air Force 86th Military Airlift Squadron C-141 Starlifter piloted by Captain Howard Geddes becomes the first jet aircraft to land in Antarctica, touching down on the ice at McMurdo Sound after a 2,200-mile (3,543-km) flight from Christchurch, New Zealand.^[8]
• Died: Zengo Yoshida, 81, Japanese admiral

November 15, 1966 (Tuesday)

• Gemini 12 (James A. Lovell, Buzz Aldrin), splashes down safely in the Atlantic Ocean, 600 km east of the Bahamas.
• Harry Maurice Roberts, who killed 3 policemen in August, is caught near London.
• The Pan American World Airways Boeing 727-21 cargo aircraft Clipper München, operating as Flight 708, crashes during initial approach to Tegel Airport in West Berlin, killing all three crew members.

November 16, 1966 (Wednesday)

• U.S. doctor Sam Sheppard is acquitted in his second trial for the murder of his pregnant wife in 1954.

November 17, 1966 (Thursday)

• The U.N. General Assembly decides to found the United Nations Industrial Development Organization.
• A spectacular Leonid meteor shower passes over Arizona, at the rate of 2,300 a minute for 20 minutes.
• Panamanian cargo ship Ypapanti runs aground on Long Sands Head Shoal, 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Harwich, Essex, UK, and is wrecked. The Walton on the Naze lifeboat is called out to assist.^[9]
• Reita Faria, Femina Miss India, is crowned Miss World 1966, the first Indian to win the title.
• Born: Jeff Buckley, US singer-songwriter (died 1997), son of Tim Buckley, in Anaheim, California; Sophie Marceau, French actress, in Paris
• Died: James "Jabby" Jabara, 43, US aviator, the first American jet fighter ace, killed in a car crash along with his 16-year-old daughter^[10]

November 18, 1966 (Friday)

• Captain William J. Knight flies the North American X-15 to a record speed of Mach 6.33 (4,250 mph, 6,840 km/h).

November 19, 1966 (Saturday)

• Died: Arthur Haynes, 52, English comedian (heart attack)^[11]

November 20, 1966 (Sunday)

• The 17th Chess Olympiad concludes in Havana, Cuba. The Soviet team, led by world champion Tigran Petrosian, wins its eighth successive victory in the tournament.

November 21, 1966 (Monday)

• In Togo, the army crushes an attempted coup that aims to oust President Nicolas Grunitzky.

November 22, 1966 (Tuesday)

• The Zijlstra cabinet takes office in the Netherlands, with Jelle Zijlstra as prime minister.^[12]

November 23, 1966 (Wednesday)

• Born: Vincent Cassel, French actor, in Paris, son of Jean-Pierre Cassel
• Died: Seán T. O'Kelly, 84, second President of Ireland

November 24, 1966 (Thursday)

• The Beatles begin recording sessions for their Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band L.P.
• TABSO Flight 101, an Ilyushin Il-18B, crashes in the foothills of the Little Carpathians two minutes after takeoff from Bratislava Airport in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, killing all 82 people on board. Among the dead are the Honduran writer and journalist Ramón Amaya Amador and flight attendant Svetla Georgieva, who 18 days earlier had married the Bulgarian sports official Ivan Slavkov. It remains the deadliest aviation accident in the history of Slovakia.

November 25, 1966 (Friday)

• US buoy tender Can-Do sinks off Anchor Point, Alaska, with the loss of three lives.^[13]

November 26, 1966 (Saturday)

• In Vancouver, the Saskatchewan Roughriders defeat the Ottawa Rough Riders to win the 54th Grey Cup.
• In the Australian federal election, the incumbent Liberal Party of Australia, led by Prime Minister Harold Holt, with coalition partner the Country Party, led by John McEwen, is elected to an eighth term in government, defeating the Australian Labor Party led by Arthur Calwell.

November 27, 1966 (Sunday)

• The Washington Redskins defeat the New York Giants 72–41 in the highest scoring game in NFL history.

November 28, 1966 (Monday)

• Truman Capote's Black and White Ball ('The Party of the Century') is held in New York City. Guests include Frank Sinatra and Mia Farrow, Jacob Javits, Norman Mailer, Joan Fontaine, Penelope Tree and Lauren Bacall.^[14]
• Greek Liberty ship Tegean runs aground on Sisters Shoal, Sambro, Nova Scotia, and is wrecked.^[15][16]

November 29, 1966 (Tuesday)

• The Great Lakes freighter SS Daniel J. Morrell sinks in a storm on Lake Huron, killing 28 of its 29 crewmen.

November 30, 1966 (Wednesday)

• Barbados achieves independence under the Barbados Independence Act 1966.^[17]
• Italian tug Pionere capsizes while assisting Guglielmo Marconi at Messina. It is refloated 22 January 1967, repaired and returned to service.

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