WHAT ALL HAPPENED JUNE TO DECEMBER 1966
Find out what all happened June to December 1966

The United States Supreme Court rules in Miranda v. Arizona that the police must inform suspects of their rights before questioning them. (13. June 1966)

In response to Fatah raids against Israelis near the West Bank border, Israel launches an attack on the village of As-Samu. (13. November 1966)

A Boeing 727 carrying Pan Am Flight 708 crashes near Berlin, Germany, killing all three people on board. (15. November 1966)

Botswana and Lesotho join the United Nations. (17. October 1966)

Near Detroit, Michigan, there is a partial core meltdown at the Enrico Fermi demonstration nuclear breeder reactor. (5. October 1966)

Topeka, Kansas, is devastated by a tornado that registers as an "F5" on the Fujita Scale: the first to exceed US$100 million in damages. Sixteen people are killed, hundreds more injured, and thousands of homes damaged or destroyed. (8. June 1966)

The Soviet Union launches Luna 12. (22. October 1966)

The Chicago Freedom Movement, led by Martin Luther King, Jr., holds a rally at Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois. As many as 60,000 people come to hear Dr. King as well as Mahalia Jackson, Stevie Wonder, and Peter Paul and Mary. (10. July 1966)

Project Gemini: Gemini 12 completes the program's final mission, when it splashes down safely in the Atlantic Ocean. (15. November 1966)

Purges of intellectuals and imperialists becomes official China policy at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution. (1. August 1966)

Vietnam War: Diên Niên - Phước Bình massacre (9. October 1966)

The British protectorate of Bechuanaland declares its independence, and becomes the Republic of Botswana. Seretse Khama takes office as the first President. (30. September 1966)

Basutoland becomes independent from the United Kingdom and is renamed Lesotho. (4. October 1966)

Gemini 11, the penultimate mission of NASA's Gemini program, and the current human altitude record holder (except for the Apollo lunar missions) (12. September 1966)

Aberfan disaster: A slag heap collapses on the village of Aberfan in Wales, killing 144 people, mostly schoolchildren. (21. October 1966)

The Cave of Swallows, the largest known cave shaft in the world, is discovered in Aquismón, San Luis Potosí, Mexico. (27. December 1966)

Human spaceflight: Gemini 10 is launched from Cape Kennedy on a 70-hour mission that includes docking with an orbiting Agena target vehicle. (18. July 1966)

The Greek ship SS Heraklion sinks in a storm in the Aegean Sea, killing over 200. (8. December 1966)

The first Kwanzaa is celebrated by Maulana Karenga, the chair of Black Studies at California State University, Long Beach. (26. December 1966)

Michel Micombero overthrows the monarchy of Burundi and makes himself the first president. (28. November 1966)