Title: 1966 Content: 1966 (MCMLXVI) was . == Events == * January 3 – Hullabaloo shows promotional videos of The Beatles songs "Day Tripper" and "We Can Work It Out". * January 8 – Shindig! airs for the last time on ABC, with musical guests the Kinks and the Who. * January 12 – Batman debuts on ABC (1966-1968). * February 23 – Television is first broadcast in Greece when ERT went on the air. * April 5 – The Money Programme debuts on BBC2 (1966-present). * June 5 – A taped appearance by The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show. The band debuts their music videos for "Rain" and "Paperback Writer". * June 27 – The first episode of the supernatural soap opera Dark Shadows airs on ABC, introducing Victoria Winters (Alexandra Moltke) to the viewing audience as she applies for a job at the Collinwood Manor. * July 1 – First Canadian color television broadcast. * September – ABC switches to the color standard, meaning that all three US networks are now broadcasting in color regularly. * September 3 – The last new episode of the television series The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet airs. * September 7 – The final episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show airs (the first episode aired on October 3, 1961). * September 8 – The first episode of Star Trek airs (1966-1969). * September 12 – The Monkees premieres (1966-1968). * October 2 – The four-part serial Talking to a Stranger, acclaimed as one of the finest British television dramas of the 1960s, begins transmission in the Theatre 625 strand on BBC2. * October 27 – It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown airs for the first time on CBS. * November 16 – Cathy Come Home, possibly the best-known play ever to be broadcast on British television, is transmitted in BBC1's The Wednesday Play anthology strand. == Births == * February 6 - Rick Astley, British singer * March 10 - Omer Tarin, Pakistani poet, scholar and mystic * April 8 - Robin Wright, American actress * April 15 - Samantha Fox, British supermodel & singer * April 25 - Femke Halsema, Dutch politician and writer * May 16 - Janet Jackson, American singer & actress * June 30 – Mike Tyson, American professional boxer * August 3 – Brent Butt, Canadian actor and comedian * August 7 – Jimmy Wales, American founder of Wikipedia * September 9 – Adam Sandler, American comedian and actor * October 2 – Rodney Anoa'i, American professional wrestler (died 2000) * October 9 — David Cameron, British Prime Minister * October 11 - Luke Perry, American actor (died 2019) * December 21 – Kiefer Sutherland, Canadian actor == Deaths == === January === * January 1 – Vincent Auriol, President of France (b. 1884) * January 11 – Alberto Giacometti, Swiss sculptor (b. 1901) * January 11 – Hannes Kolehmainen, Finnish runner (b. 1889) * January 11 – Lal Bahadur Shastri, Prime Minister of India (b. 1904) * January 14 – Sergei Korolev, Soviet rocket engineer and spacecraft designer (b. 1907) * January 22 – Herbert Marshall, English actor (b. 1890) === February === * February 1 – Buster Keaton, American actor (b. 1895) * February 1 - Hedda Hopper, American actress and columnist (b. 1885) === March === * March 3 – William Frawley, American actor (b. 1887) === April === * April 9 – Sutan Sjahrir, Prime Minister of Indonesia (b. 1909) * April 13 – Georges Duhamel, French writer (b. 1884) * April 13 - Abdul Salam Arif, 2nd President of Iraq (b. 1921) === May === * May 4 – Edmond Locard, French forensic scientist (b. 1877) * May 7 – Stanisław Jerzy Lec, Polish writer (b. 1909) * May 12 – Felix Steiner, German SS commander (b. 1896) * May 15 – Venceslau Brás, President of Brazil (b. 1868) * May 30 – Wäinö Aaltonen, Finnish artist and sculptor (b. 1894) === June === * June 4 – Chang Myon, 2nd, 7th Prime Minister of South Korea (b. 1899) === July === * July 23 – Montgomery Clift, American actor (b. 1920) === August === *August 3 – Lenny Bruce, American comedian (b. 1925) === September === * September 14 – Cemal Gürsel, President of Turkey (b. 1895) === October === === November === * November 17 – James Jabara, American Air Force pilot (b. 1923) === December === * December 15 – Walt Disney, American animator (b. 1901) == Movies released == * A Man for All Seasons * Alfie * Batman * The Battle of Algiers Golden Lion winner * The Birds, the Bees and the Italians Palme d'Or winner * Blowup * Chappaqua * Cul-de-Sac Golden Bear winner * Follow Me, Boys! * Frankie and Johnny * A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum * The Good, the Bad and the Ugly * Hawaii * It Happened Here * A Man and a Woman Palme d'Or winner * Morgan! * Our Man Flint * Paradise, Hawaiian Style * The Sand Pebbles * The Singing Nun * Spinout * Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (short subject) * The Wild Angels == Hit Songs == *"The Sound of Silence" – Simon and Garfunkel *"We Can Work It Out" – The Beatles *"My Love" – Petula Clark *"Lightnin' Strikes" – Lou Christie *"Ballad of the Green Berets" – Sgt. Barry Sadler (the Top Song of 1966, according to Billboard) *"These Boots Are Made For Walkin'" – Nancy Sinatra *"(You're My) Soul and Inspiration'" – Righteous Brothers *"Good Lovin'" – The Young Rascals *"Yellow Submarine" – The Beatles *"Monday Monday" – The Mamas and Papas *"When A Man Loves a Woman" – Percy Sledge *"Paint It Black" – The Rolling Stones *"Paperback Writer" – The Beatles *"Kicks" – Paul Revere & the Raiders *"Gloria" – Shadows of Knight *"Homeward Bound" – Simon and Garfunkel *"I Am a Rock" – Simon and Garfunkel *"Sweet Pea" – Tommy Roe *"You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" – Dusty Springfield *"It's a Man's Man's Man's World" – James Brown *"A Groovy Kind of Love" – The Mindbenders *"Along Comes Mary" – The Association *"Red Rubber Ball" – The Cyrkle *"Lil' Red Riding Hood" – Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs *"Born Free" – Roger Williams *"Strangers In the Night" – Frank Sinatra *"Wild Thing" – The Troggs *"Summer in the City" – Lovin' Spoonful *"Reach Out I'll Be There" – The Four Tops *"Last Train To Clarksville" – The Monkees *"You Keep Me Hangin' On" – The Supremes *"Summertime" – Billy Stewart *"Winchester Cathedral" – New Vaudeville Band *"Good Vibrations" – The Beach Boys *"Mellow Yellow" – Donovan *"I'm a Believer" – The Monkees *"Snoopy vs. the Red Baron" – The Royal Guardsmen *"That's Life" – Frank Sinatra *"Sugar Town" – Nancy Sinatra *"Tell It Like It Is" – Aaron Neville *"Good Thing" – Paul Revere and the Raiders == New Books == *The Adventurers – Harold Robbins *The Anti-Death League – Kingsley Amis *Capable of Honor – Allen Drury *The Circle Game – Margaret Atwood *The Dartmoor Worker anthology of William Crossing *Der Meteor – Friedrich Dürrenmatt *The Devil's Brigade – Robert H. Adleman *The Double Image – Helen McInnes *The Embezzler – Louis Auchincloss *Expeditions – Margaret Atwood *Fantastic Voyage – Isaac Asimov *The Fixer – Bernard Malamud *In Cold Blood – Truman Capote *Jean de Florette – Marcel Pagnol *Last Picture Show – Larry McMurtry *The Magic Finger – Roald Dahl *Manon des sources – Marcel Pagnol *The Master and Margarita – Mihail Bulgakov *The Moon is a Harsh Mistress – Robert A. Heinlein *Octopussy and The Living Daylights – Ian Fleming *The Soldier's Art – Anthony Powell *The Solid Mandala – Patrick White *Speeches for Doctor Frankenstein – Margaret Atwood *The Sun King – Nancy Mitford *Tai- Pan – James Clavell *Tell No Man – Adela Rogers St. Johns *A Thousand Days – Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. *Valley of the Dolls – Jacqueline Susann *Wide Sargasso Sea – Jean Rhys ==Nobel Prizes 1966== * The 1966 Nobel Prize in Literature was won by Shmuel Yosef Agnon and Nelly Sachs. * The 1966 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was won by Peyton Rous and Charles Brenton Huggins. * The 1966 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was won by Robert S. Mulliken. * The 1966 Nobel Prize in Physics was won by Alfred Kastler. * The Nobel Peace Prize was not awarded in 1966.