Notable Births in 1966 Notable Deaths in 1966
Troy Aikman Salma Hayak Lenny Bruce
Stephen Baldwin Janet Jackson Clellan Card (“Axel”)
Halle Berry Paula Jones Montgomery Clift
Edie Brickell Sinead O’Connor Walt Disney
Cindy Crawford Adam Sandler William Frawley (“Fred Mertz”)
John Cusack David Schwimmer Buster Keaton
John Daly Kiefer Sutherland Margaret Sanger
Patrick Dempsey Alberto Tomba Sophie Tucker
Tom Glavine Mike Tyson Ed Wynn
Important Events of 1966
Pakistani/Indian peace negotiations completed successfully
US troops in Viet Nam increase to 250,000
John Lennon makes his famous statement: “We’re more popular than Jesus.”
Gateway Arch in St. Louis is opened
James Meredith shot on a civil rights march in Mississippi
China’s “cultural revolution” begins
Ronald Reagan elected governor of California
Medicare begins
Bobby Seale and Huey Newton found the Black Panther Party
1st episode of Star Trek airs
Supreme Court adopts the Miranda decision (arrestees must be read their rights)
In Cold Blood is published
The FDA declares the birth control pill safe for women
“The Sound of Music” wins best picture award
#1 Hits of 1966
96 Tears (? and the Mysterians) Reach Out, I’ll Be There (The 4 Tops)
Ballad of the Green Berets (Barry Sadler) Strangers in the Night (Frank Sinatra)
Cherish (The Association) Summer in the City (The Lovin’ Spoonful)
Good Lovin’ (The Young Rascals) Sunshine Superman (Donovan)
Hanky Panky (Tommy James and the Shondells) These Boots are Made for Walkin’ (Nancy Sinatra)
I’m a Believer (The Monkees) We Can Work it Out (The Beatles)
Last Train to Clarksville (The Monkees) When a Man Loves a Woman (Percy Sledge)
Lightnin’ Strikes (Lou Christie) Wild Thing (The Troggs)
Monday, Monday (The Mamas and the Papas) Winchester Cathedral (The New Vaudeville Band)
My Love (Petula Clark) You Can’t Hurry Love (The Supremes)
Paint it Black (The Rolling Stones) You Keep Me Hangin’ On (The Supremes)
Paperback Writer (The Beatles) You’re My Soul and Inspiration (The Righteous Brothers)
Poor Side of Town (Johnny Rivers)
Notable Births in 1948 Notable Deaths in 1948
Mikhail Baryshnikov Zelda Fitzgerald
Prince Charles D. W. Griffith
Peggy Fleming Carole Landis
Bryant Gumble General John Pershing
Richard Simmons Alvah Curtis Roebuck
Sally Struthers George Herman “Babe” Ruth
James Taylor Orville Wright
Important Events of 1948
Honda Motor Company founded
Automatic transmission in cars becomes common
President Truman approves the Marshall Plan
Transistors are developed as substitutes for the radio vacuum tube
The largest known – 2,360 pounds – single-piece meteor falls to earth in Kansas
The Soviets set up a blockade of Berlin
The State of Israel is proclaimed
Captain Charles Yaeger breaks the sound barrier
Cake mixes are introduced
TV westerns begin with the broadcast of “The Lone Ranger” and “Hopalong Cassidy”
Ed Sullivan’s first TV show introduces two unknown comics: Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
Movie openings include “Hamlet,” “Johnny Belinda,” “The Red Shoes” and “Key Largo”
33 1/3 rpm records are introduced
Satchel Paige signs his first major league contract as a pitcher for the Cleveland Indians
Citation, with jockey Eddie Arcaro, becomes the eighth horse in history to win the Triple Crown
British Amateur golf champ Frank Stranahan is awakened by a burglar, grabs a No. 3 iron and convinces the intruder not to move until the police come
What It Cost in 1948
A loaf of bread = 14¢ Coca-Cola = 5¢
New York subway fare = 10¢ Women’s dress shoes = $10.95 - $12.95
One gallon of gasoline = 26¢ Buick Roadmaster = $2,900.00
Tuition for one year at Harvard = $455.00 Ex-Lax = 10¢
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