page_title: October 1966
section_title: October 4, 1966 (Tuesday)
hierarchical_section_title: October 1966 / October 4, 1966 (Tuesday)
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: Koning Moshoeshoe II van Lesotho op bezoek in het Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, tijdens zijn korte ballingschap in Nederland 14 april 1970
context_page_description: The following events occurred in October 1966:
context_section_description: Basutoland, a British colony surrounded completely by South Africa, was granted independence after midnight as the Kingdom of Lesotho, in a flag raising ceremony at Maseru.  The new nation was governed by a constitutional monarchy, with a bicameral Parliament consisting of a Senate and an elected National Assembly. The paramount chief of the Sotho people, Constantine Bereng Seeiso, was crowned as King Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho.
  Israel applied for a treaty of association (though not a membership) in the European Economic Community (EEC), commonly referred to at the time as the "Common Market".
  Died: Sherman Billingsley, 70, American nightclub owner who founded and owned the prestigious Stork Club in New York City
caption: King Moshoehoe II
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