West Saint Paul Antiques

The Top 100 Songs of 1966

Some statistics from 1966

France withdraws its forces from NATO. President De Gaulle visits the USSR (June 20).

Sukarno leaves office in Indonesia; Suharto assumes power.

Botswana, Lesotho, and Guyana become independent states within the British Commonwealth.

India suffers the worst famine in 20 years; Lyndon Johnson asks for $1 billion in aid to the country.

Medicare begins (July 1).

Supreme Court decides Miranda v. Arizona, protecting rights of the accused.

Stokeley Carmichael elected president of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC. 

Background: Student movements

World Series

NBA Championship

Stanley Cup

Wimbledon

Kentucky Derby Champion

NCAA Basketball Championship

NCAA Football Champions

World Cup

Entertainment Awards

Pulitzer Prizes
Fiction: Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter, Katherine Anne Porter
Music: Variations for Orchestra, Leslie Bassett

Oscars awarded in 1966
Academy Award, Best Picture: The Sound of Music, Robert Wise, producer (Twentieth Century-Fox)

Nobel Prize for Literature: Shmuel Yosef Agnon (Israel) and Nelly Sachs (Sweden)

Grammys awarded in 1966
Record of the Year: "A Taste of Honey," Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
Album of the Year: September of My Years, Frank Sinatra (Reprise)
Song of the Year: "The Shadow of Your Smile" (Love Theme From The Sandpiper), Paul Francis Webster and Johnny Mandel, songwriters

Miss America: Deborah Irene Bryant (KS)

Events

• The first Star Trek episode, "The Man Trap," is broadcast on September 8. The plot concerns a creature that sucks salt from human bodies.
• CBS backs out of plans to broadcast Psycho, deeming the movie too violent for at-home viewing.
• The old Metropolitan Opera House is abandoned as the company moves to Lincoln Center. The new Metropolitan Opera opens with Samuel Barber's Antony and Cleopatra.