page_title: November 1966
section_title: November 18, 1966 (Friday)
hierarchical_section_title: November 1966 / November 18, 1966 (Friday)
caption_attribution_description: English: This illustration is from The Lives and Times of the Popes by Chevalier Artaud de Montor, New York: The Catholic Publication Society of America, 1911. It was originally published in 1842.
context_page_description: The following events occurred in November 1966:
context_section_description: Roman Catholics in the United States would no longer be required to abstain from meat on Fridays, as a national conference of Roman Catholic cardinals, archbishops and bishops voted in Washington to revoke a requirement of abstinence that had been in effect for 11 centuries.  As part of the recognition of Friday as a day of penance, Pope Nicholas I had decreed in the 9th Century that adherents to Roman Catholic faith would be required to abstain from the eating of meat, although the consumption of fish on Fridays was permitted.  Friday, December 2, 1966, would mark the first day that 45,000,000 American Roman Catholics could consume beef, chicken, pork, or other meats without violating Church doctrine.  Philip Hannan, Archbishop of New Orleans, and Clarence Issenmann, the Bishop of Cleveland, jointly made the announcement at a press conference.
  U.S. Air Force Major William J. Knight flew the North American X-15 to a record speed of Mach 6.33 (4,250 mph, 6,840 km/h).  Major Knight began the flight after he had climbed to an altitude of 98,000 feet, after the X-15 had been released by a B-52 over Mud Lake, Nevada, and covered a distance of 637 miles in nine minutes.
  Baseball pitching legend Sandy Koufax surprised the sporting world when he confirmed a report by San Diego Union reporter Phil Collier that he was retiring from the sport at the height of his career, because of severe arthritis in his elbow. The story was front page news, particularly in papers that covered Koufax's Los Angeles Dodgers team.  Koufax, at the time the highest paid pitcher in the game's history, told a press conference, "I've had a few too many shots and too many pills because of my arm trouble."    For the preceding 15 months, Collier had been keeping the secret that Koufax planned to quit baseball following the 1966 season, and Koufax returned the favor by giving Collier the chance to break the story.
caption: Nicholas I, Pope from 858 to 867
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