1966 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Alma
Alma crossed southeastern Georgia as a tropical storm, damaging a few houses and causing light damage. The storm re-intensified into a hurricane over the western Atlantic Ocean, and its outer rainbands dropped heavy rainfall in Wilmington, North Carolina. Alma encountered colder water temperatures and transitioned into an extratropical cyclone on June 13. Its remnants dissipated a day later over Massachusetts.


1966 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Becky
A tropical depression formed 300 mi (485 km) southeast of Bermuda on July 1 at 18:00 UTC, as confirmed by ESSA 2 satellite. The depression intensified while heading northeastward under an upper-level trough. At 06:00 UTC on July 2, the system became Tropical Storm Becky and reached hurricane status only six hours later. Around that time, Becky attained its peak intensity with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 985 mbar (29.1 inHg). After coming under the influence of a cold low, Becky turned to the northwest toward Atlantic Canada on July 3. Becky encountered cooler sea surface temperatures, and became extratropical near Nova Scotia later that day.


1966 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Celia
A tropical wave developed into a tropical depression at 12:00 UTC on July 13, while located about 200 mi (320 km) northeast of the Leeward Islands. While moving northwestward, a reconnaissance aircraft flight observed tropical storm force winds. Thus, the depression was upgraded to Tropical Storm Celia at 00:00 UTC on July 14. Curving westward, Celia weakened to a tropical depression around midday on July 15, and was operationally believed to have degenerated into a remnant low pressure. Between July 17 and July 19, the storm moved across the Bahamas, before turning northeastward.


1966 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Celia
By July 20, the system re-intensified into a tropical storm. Several hours later, a reconnaissance aircraft observed sustained winds of 80 mph (130 km/h). As a result, Celia was upgraded to a hurricane at 18:00 UTC on July 20. Early the next day, the storm attained its minimum barometric pressure of 995 mbar (29.4 inHg). Celia accelerated northeast in advance of a frontal trough and began losing tropical characteristics. Around the time of landfall in eastern Nova Scotia at 18:00 UTC on July 21, the storm became extratropical. The remnants weakened and struck Newfoundland before dissipating the next day. Only light rainfall was observed in Atlantic Canada and Quebec.


1966 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Dorothy
In late July, a low-level disturbance situated over the central Atlantic Ocean encountered a vigorous shortwave trough and developed into a surface low-pressure area on July 22. At 18:00 UTC, a tropical depression formed about 800 mi (1,300 km) southwest of Flores Island in the Azores. Initially, the depression had extratropical features and lacked tropical characteristics, such as a warm core and a well-developed central dense overcast. A weather ship in the area indicated an influx of baroclinity, suggesting that Dorothy derived its energy through non-tropical processes. Around 12:00 UTC on July 23, the depression strengthened into Tropical Storm Dorothy. Thereafter, it moved in quasi-stationary motion to the northwest and continued to intensify, reaching hurricane status late on July 24.


1966 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Dorothy
Upon reaching hurricane intensity, Dorothy possessed tropical characteristics, with evidence of a weak warm core beginning on July 25. The hurricane moved in a semi-circular path, and at 12:00 UTC the next day, Dorothy attained its minimum barometric pressure of 989 mbar (29.2 inHg). Later on July 26, the system curved north-northeastward. Further strengthening occurred and at 00:00 UTC on July 28, Dorothy attained its maximum sustained wind speed of 85 mph (135 km/h). Moving across colder sea surface temperatures, the hurricane began weakening and fell to tropical storm status early on July 29. Dorothy continued to weaken and became extratropical around 18:00 UTC the following day, while located about 610 mi (980 km) north-northwest of Corvo Island in the Azores. The remnants continued northwestward and dissipated on July 31.


1966 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Ella
ESSA 2 satellite imagery showed a cloud mass with a possible circulation on July 22. Later that day, a tropical depression developed at 12:00 UTC, while located about 765 mi (1,230 km) southwest of the southernmost islands of Cape Verde. The depression slowly intensified and became Tropical Storm Ella late on July 24. However, it remained generally poorly organized and at times resembled a tropical wave. The storm intensified slightly further and at 12:00 UTC on July 26, it peaked with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (80 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 1,008 mbar (29.8 inHg). On July 28, outflow from Hurricane Dorothy weakened the storm to a tropical depression. Ella dissipated shortly thereafter, while located about 255 mi (410 km) northeast of Grand Turk Island.


1966 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Faith
An area of disturbed weather emerged into the Atlantic Ocean from the west coast of Africa in mid-August. It developed into a tropical depression while located between Cape Verde and the west coast of Africa on August 21. Tracking westward, the depression intensified and became Tropical Storm Faith on the following day. Moving westward across the Atlantic Ocean, it continued to slowly strengthen, reaching hurricane status early on August 23. About 42 hours later, Faith reached an initial peak with winds of 105 mph (170 km/h), before weakening slightly on August 26. Located near the Lesser Antilles, the outer bands of Faith produced gale-force winds in the region, especially Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Antigua. Minor damage to boats and jetties occurred as far south as Trinidad and Tobago.


1966 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Faith
By August 28, the storm began to re-intensify, after curving north-northwestward near The Bahamas. At 00:00 UTC on the following day, Faith peaked with winds of 125 mph (200 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 950 mbar (28 inHg). Eventually, the storm weakened back to a Category 2 hurricane and re-curved to the northeast. One person drowned in the western Atlantic after his ship sank. Heavy rainfall and strong winds pelted Bermuda, though no damage occurred. The storm maintained nearly the same intensity for several days, while tracking northeastward into the far North Atlantic Ocean.


1966 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Faith
Faith weakened while north of Scotland and became extratropical near the Faroe Islands on September 6. Three other drowning deaths occurred in the North Sea near Denmark. A fifth death occurred after a man succumbed to injuries sustained during a boating incident related to the storm. The remnants of Faith moved across Scandinavia and the Soviet Union for the next several days. In Norway, heavy rainfall from the storm caused record high glacier melting, resulting in "large" flooding in some areas. Crossing into the Soviet Union, the remnants of Faith remained identifiable until reaching Franz Josef Land on September 15.


1966 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Greta
A weather report from the SS San Marcial and Nimbus 2 satellite imagery showed that a circulation developed within a cloud mass to the east of the Lesser Antilles on September 1. As a result, a tropical depression formed about 745 mi (1,199 km) east of Barbados at 12:00 UTC. The depression moved west-northwestward and remained weak for a few days. Based on reconnaissance aircraft flight observing sustained winds of 58 mph (93 km/h), the depression was upgraded to Tropical Storm Greta at 18:00 UTC on September 4.


1966 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Greta
Early the next day, Greta attained its peak intensity with maximum sustained winds of 60 mph (95 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 1,004 mbar (29.6 inHg). The storm began weakening on September 6 and fell to tropical depression intensity around midday. Late on September 7, Greta merged with a pre-frontal cloud mass between the East Coast of the United States and Bermuda.


1966 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Hallie
Satellite imagery from ESSA 2 indicated that a large area of disturbed weather began merging with a frontal band in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico. After an increase in convective activity and satellite imagery revealing a closed circulation on September 20, the system was classified as a tropical depression. By early on the following day, the depression was upgraded to Tropical Storm Hallie. After initially remaining stationary, Hallie eventually began a southwestward drift toward Mexico. Around 12:00 UTC on September 21, the storm made landfall near Nautla, Veracruz. Due to cool, dry air, as well as land interaction with the mountainous terrain of Mexico, Hallie rapidly weakened inland and dissipated by 00:00 UTC on September 22. While passing near Nautla, winds of 40 mph (65 km/h) and heavy rainfall were reported.


1966 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Inez
A tropical wave developed into a tropical depression well east of the Lesser Antilles on September 21. It moved slowly westward and strengthened into Tropical Storm Inez on September 24. The storm strengthened into a hurricane and was quickly intensifying when it struck the French overseas region of Guadeloupe on September 27. After entering the Caribbean, Inez briefly weakened before restrengthening, attaining peak sustained winds of 150 mph (240 km/h) on September 28. Continuing westward, Inez made landfall on the Barahona Peninsula of the Dominican Republic.


1966 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Inez
Inez then struck southwestern Haiti, where it was considered the worst hurricane since the 1920s. Inez weakened quickly over Hispaniola, although it reintensified into a major hurricane before striking southeastern Cuba on September 30. The hurricane moved slowly over Cuba for two days before emerging into the Atlantic Ocean near the Bahamas. Inez stalled and later resumed its previous westward path. Between October 4 and October 5, the storm moved west-southwestward across the Florida Keys. Entering the Gulf of Mexico, Inez began to slowly re-strengthen. On October 10, Inez made landfall near Tampico as a Category 3 hurricane. The storm weakened rapidly and dissipated over Guanajuato on October 11.


1966 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Inez
In Guadeloupe, Inez severely damaged the island's banana and sugar crops, and thousands of homes were damaged, leaving 10,000 people homeless. There were 40 deaths and damage totaled approximately $50 million. The storm flooded many rivers and destroyed over 800 houses in Dominican Republic. There were about 100 deaths and $12 million in damage. In Haiti, as many as 1,000 people were killed, and 60,000 people were left homeless. Damage totaled $20.35 million. About 125,000 people were forced to evacuate in Cuba, and there were three deaths and $20 million in damage.


1966 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Inez
In the Bahamas, heavy rainfall and high tides caused flooding, which killed five people and left $15.5 million in damage. Hurricane-force winds were observed in the Florida Keys, where 160 homes and 190 trailers were damaged. Salt spray damaged crops in the region, and there was $5 million in damage and four deaths. In the Straits of Florida, Inez capsized a boat of Cuban refugees, killing 45 people. In the northern Gulf of Mexico, a helicopter crashed after carrying evacuees from an oil rig, killing 11 people. Inez produced flooding and caused some power outages in the Yucatán Peninsula. At its final landfall, Inez flooded portions of Tamaulipas and cut off roads to Tampico. About 84,000 people were left homeless, and the hurricane destroyed at least 2,500 houses. Damage was estimated at $104 million, and there were 74 deaths in Mexico.


1966 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Judith
On September 26 and September 27, satellite imagery and ships monitored an area of disturbed weather located to the east of the Lesser Antilles and following Hurricane Inez. Based on reports of a circulation, the system developed into a tropical depression at 00:00 UTC on September 27. The depression intensified slowly and became Tropical Storm Judith around midday on September 28.


1966 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Judith
While centered north of Barbados the next day, Judith attained its peak intensity with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (80 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 1,007 mbar (29.7 inHg), both of which were observed by a reconnaissance aircraft flight. Shortly thereafter, the storm crossed through the Windward Islands and weakened to a tropical depression, possibly due to entering the outflow of Inez. At 12:00 UTC on September 30, Judith dissipated over the eastern Caribbean Sea. Winds up to 37 mph (60 km/h) were observed on Martinique.


1966 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Lois
A vortex within an area of low pressure developed into a tropical depression at 12:00 UTC on November 4, while located about 965 mi (1,555 km) east-southeast of Bermuda. Initially, the depression featured cold temperatures near the center and did not completely possess tropical characteristics. During the next few days, the depression organized further and acquired a warmer center of circulation while heading west-southwestward and then to the east-southeast. Late on November 6, the depression was upgraded to Tropical Storm Lois, based on reconnaissance aircraft flight observations.


1966 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Lois
Passing west of the Azores on November 10, a sustained wind speed of 50 mph (80 km/h) was observed on Corvo Island. Moving over colder ocean temperature, Lois gradually lost tropical characteristics and transitioned into an extratropical cyclone at 00:00 UTC on November 12, while located about 640 mi (1,030 km) north of São Miguel Island. The remnants curved southeastward and weakened until dissipating a few hundred miles offshore Portugal on November 14.


1966 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Other systems
On October 9, a cyclone 200 mi (320 km) north of Cape Verde was named Kendra and operationally classified as a tropical storm, but post-analysis found the system actually remained an extratropical gale center. This makes Kendra the only system in the Atlantic basin to be named and not considered a tropical cyclone (pending reanalysis); previously, another such system was Mike of 1950, but that storm was later re-added into the database as a tropical storm after reanalysis.


1966 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Other systems
In addition to the 11 tropical cyclones and Kendra, the Monthly Weather Review indicates the existence of two tropical depressions, though neither are included in the Atlantic basin best track. The first such system reportedly developed in the northwestern Caribbean Sea on June 28. The depression moved slowly northward and remained poorly defined throughout its duration, with a few radar reports indicating no evidence of an eye formation. Despite this, the wind field was described as well organized, especially in the northeastern quadrant. During the next four days, the depression crossed Cuba and later made landfall near Cross City, Florida.


1966 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Other systems
After striking Florida, the system curved northeastward and soon dissipated over southeastern Georgia on July 2. The depression spawned two tornadoes, one of which destroyed two aircraft at Palm Beach International Airport; the other touched down in Vero Beach and caused minimal effects. The depression dropped heavy rainfall in some areas of Florida, with a peak total of 10 in (250 mm) in Everglade City and Jacksonville. The precipitation in Jacksonville resulted in $50,000 in damage to roadways. Additionally, the depression brought "beneficial rains" to South Carolina.


1966 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Other systems
The other tropical depression was reported to have existed in late July. A tropical low-pressure area moved across Florida and entered the northeastern Gulf of Mexico on July 24. By the following day, coastal radars indicated a relatively well-defined circulation. As a result, it is estimated that the system became a tropical depression later on July 25. After minimal intensification, the depression made landfall near Boothville, Louisiana early on July 26. The depression then curved westward and dissipated on the next day. Other than heavy thunderstorms and a brief suspension of fishing activities, no other effects were reported.


1966 Atlantic hurricane season, Storm names
The following names were used for named storms (tropical storms and hurricanes) that formed in the North Atlantic in 1966. Storms were named Dorothy, Faith, Hallie, Inez, Kendra and Lois for the first time in 1966. At the 1967 hurricane warning conference it was decided to use 1966's list of names for 1970, with the name Faith was substituted for Francelia. The name Inez was retired after the 1969 hurricane warning conference. Names that were not assigned are marked in gray.


1966 Auburn Tigers football team
The 1966 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1966 NCAA University Division football season. It was the Tigers' 75th overall and 33rd season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Ralph "Shug" Jordan, in his 16th year, and played their home games at Cliff Hare Stadium in Auburn and Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. They finished with a record of four wins and six losses (4–6 overall, 1–5 in the SEC).


1966 Australia Cup
The 1966 Australia Cup was the fifth season of the Australia Cup, which was the main national association football knockout cup competition in Australia. Sixteen clubs from around Australia qualified to enter the competition.


1966 Australia Cup, Semi-finals
The game was abandoned after 71 minutes due to a pitch invasion, and subsequently awarded to Sydney Hakoah.


1966 Australia Cup Final
The 1966 Australia Cup Final was the fifth Australia Cup Final, the final match of the 1966 Australia Cup. It was played at Wentworth Park in Sydney, Australia, on 30 October 1966, contested by APIA Leichhardt and Sydney Hakoah. APIA won the match 2–0, with one goal each from Ricardo Campana and Bill Kerklaan.


1966 Australian Championships
The 1966 Australian Championships was a tennis tournament that took place on outdoor Grass courts at the White City Tennis Club, Sydney, Australia from 21 to 31 January. It was the 54th edition of the Australian Championships (now known as the Australian Open), the 15th held in Sydney, and the first Grand Slam tournament of the year. The singles titles were won by Australians Roy Emerson and Margaret Smith.


1966 Australian Championships, Champions, Men's Doubles
Roy Emerson /  Fred Stolle defeated   John Newcombe /  Tony Roche, 7–9, 6–3, 6–8, 14–12, 12–10


1966 Australian Championships, Champions, Women's Doubles
Carole Graebner /  Nancy Richey defeated  Margaret Smith /  Lesley Turner, 6–4, 7–5


1966 Australian Championships, Champions, Mixed Doubles
Judy Tegart /  Tony Roche  defeated   Robyn Ebbern /  Bill Bowrey, 6–1, 6–3


1966 Australian Championships – Men's Singles
First-seeded Roy Emerson defeated Arthur Ashe 6–4, 6–8, 6–2, 6–3 in the final to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 1966 Australian Championships.


1966 Australian Championships – Men's Singles, Seeds
The seeded players are listed below. Roy Emerson is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.


1966 Australian Championships – Women's Singles
Top seeded Margaret Smith won the Women's Singles tennis title at the 1966 Australian Championships after Nancy Richey withdrew from the final. This is the only walkover in a Ladies Singles Final of a Grand Slam tournament and was Smith's 7th straight Australian Open title.


1966 Australian Championships – Women's Singles, Seeds
The seeded players are listed below. Margaret Smith is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.


1966 Australian Drivers' Championship
The 1966 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of racing cars complying with either the Australian National Formula or the Australian 1½ Litre Formula. The winner of the title, which was the tenth Australian Drivers' Championship, was awarded the 1966 CAMS Gold Star.


1966 Australian Drivers' Championship, Calendar
The championship was contested over a six-round series with one race per round.


1966 Australian Drivers' Championship, Calendar
All rounds also incorporated rounds of the 1966 Australian One and a Half Litre Championship.


1966 Australian Drivers' Championship, Points system
Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the first six finishers in each round. Only the best five round results could be obtained by each driver.


1966 Australian Drivers' Championship, Results
Note: Frank Gardner (Repco-Brabham) won the Hordern Trophy but was not awarded championship points as he was not classified as an "Australian Resident".


1966 Australian Grand Prix
The 1966 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race staged on 20 February 1966 at the Lakeside Circuit in Queensland, Australia. The race, which had 15 starters, was open to Racing Cars complying with the Australian National Formula or the Australian 1½ Litre Formula. It was both the 31st Australian Grand Prix and race 6 of the 1966 Tasman Championship for Drivers.


1966 Australian Grand Prix
Graham Hill won the race driving BRM P261. It was his only Australian Grand Prix victory.


1966 Australian Labor Party leadership spill
A leadership spill in the Australian Labor Party, the party of opposition in the Parliament of Australia, was held on 27 April 1966. It followed the long awaited challenge by party deputy-leader Gough Whitlam against incumbent leader Arthur Calwell. Calwell received 49 votes to Whitlam's 25 in a caucus ballot. After claiming victory Calwell then announced that if Labor was defeated at the impending 1966 federal election, he would not stand for the leadership again.


1966 Australian One and a Half Litre Championship
The 1966 Australian One and a Half Litre Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title for Racing Cars complying with the Australian 1½ Litre Formula. It was the third Australian One and a Half Litre Championship and the first to be contested over a series of heats rather than as a single race. The championship was won by John Harvey, driving a Repco Brabham BT14 Ford.


1966 Australian One and a Half Litre Championship, Points system
Championship points were awarded on a 9,6,4,3,2,1 basis for the first six places in each heat. Only holders of a full General Competition Licence issued by CAMS were eligible. The best six results from the seven heats could be retained by each driver. Ties were determined by the relevant places gained by drivers in the 1st Heat and then, where necessary, by the number of first places won, then the number of second places and so on.


1966 Australian Professional Championship
The 1966 Australian Professional Championship was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament, which took place from 8 to 16 August 1966. There were three participants: defending champion Norman Squire, Eddie Charlton, and Warren Simpson.


1966 Australian Professional Championship
Charlton won the tournament with a 7–4 victory over Simpson in the final, 7–4, after both Charlton and Simpson had defeated Squire in the round matches.


1966 Australian Professional Championship
The tournament was sponsored by The Harbord Diggers Memorial Club, and held at that venue. Horace Lindrum was master of ceremonies for the event, and provided the trophy, known as "The Horace Lindrum Permanent Trophy," which was presented to Charlton by A. J. Chown, president of the Amateur Billiard Association of New South Wales, the competition organisers.


1966 Australian Touring Car Championship
The 1966 Australian Touring Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title open to Group C Improved Production Touring Cars. It was contested over a single 20-lap race staged at the Mount Panorama Circuit near Bathurst in New South Wales, Australia on Easter Monday, 11 April 1966, and was the seventh running of the Australian Touring Car Championship. The race was sponsored by the Neptune Oil Company, Sydney.


1966 Australian Touring Car Championship
Ian Geoghegan, driving a Ford Mustang, claimed his second Australian Touring Car Championship title and the first of four consecutive titles that he would achieve in Mustangs.


1966 Australian Touring Car Championship, Race summary
Ian Geoghegan had upgraded to a Ford Mustang and took pole position ahead of Norm Beechey, who had qualified both his Mustang and his new Chevrolet Chevy II Nova. Despite lapping quicker in the Mustang, Beechey elected to race the more powerful Chevy II Nova. Don Smith had qualified sixth in his Holden EH S4, but was unable to start due to an accident in a preliminary race.


1966 Australian Touring Car Championship, Race summary
Beechey led away from the start and gradually increased his lead during the first half of the 20-lap race, moving 9.6 seconds ahead of Geoghegan by the end of lap 8. Three cars had been retired at this point: T. McGee's Morris Cooper, Malcolm Bailey's Ford Zephyr and Bob Edgerton's Morris Cooper S.


1966 Australian Touring Car Championship, Race summary
Geoghegan started to reduce the gap on lap 9 and caught Beechey on lap 13 before passing him on lap 14. Terry Allan retired from the race on lap 13 while fellow Holden runner Warren Weldon retired on lap 16 with a broken crankshaft. Beechey's pace dropped off for the remainder of the race, with reported clutch troubles, allowing Geoghegan to take an easy victory. Kevin Bartlett, driving an Alfa Romeo GTA, was the only other driver to finish on the lead lap, albeit nearly two minutes behind Beechey. John Harvey and Phil Barnes completed the top five, one lap down on the leaders.


1966 Australian Tourist Trophy
The 1966 Australian Tourist Trophy was a motor race staged at the Longford Circuit in Tasmania, Australia on 7 March 1966. It was the tenth annual Australian Tourist Trophy race. The race was open to sports cars as defined by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS) in its Appendix C regulations, and it was recognized by CAMS as the Australian championship for sports cars. It was won by Frank Matich driving an Elfin 400 Traco Oldsmobile.


1966 Australian federal election
The 1966 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 26 November 1966. All 124 seats in the House of Representatives were up for election. The incumbent Liberal–Country coalition government, led by Prime Minister Harold Holt, won an increased majority over the opposition Labor Party, led by Arthur Calwell. This was the first and only time that a Federal Government won a eighth consecutive term in office.


1966 Australian federal election, Issues
Robert Menzies had retired from politics in January. His successor, former Treasurer Harold Holt, was stylish, debonair and popular with the electorate. He contrasted sharply with the much rougher figure of Arthur Calwell, who had already lost two elections. Calwell held to the beliefs that had been central to the last Labor Government of 1941–1949, many of which were seen as being old-fashioned in 1966; for example, he still defended socialism, the White Australia Policy, and nationalization. He also came across poorly on television compared to Holt, and looked and sounded older than his 70 years.


1966 Australian federal election, Issues
In addition, a strong economy and initial enthusiasm for Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War virtually guaranteed the Coalition another term. The Coalition campaigned with the slogan "Keep Australia secure and prosperous – play it safe".


1966 Australian federal election, Issues
The election was a landslide win for the Coalition, which won twice as many seats as Labor. The Liberals arrived two seats short of a majority in their own right, the closest that the major non-Labor party had come to governing in its own right since adopting the Liberal banner. Holt's victory was greater than any of Menzies' eight victories, and resulted in the largest majority government in Australian history at the time. It was later seen as the electoral high point of both Holt's Prime Ministership and the 23 years of continuous Coalition rule.


1966 Australian federal election, Issues
Calwell retired to the backbench a month after the election and was succeeded by Deputy Labor leader Gough Whitlam.


1966 Austrian legislative election
Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 6 March 1966. The result was a victory for the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP), which won 85 of the 165 seats. Voter turnout was 93.8%.


1966 Austrian legislative election
During the campaign, ÖVP Chancellor Josef Klaus had called for an end to the grand coalition with the Socialist Party of Austria (SPÖ) that had governed since 1945. The election results seemingly left Klaus free to break off the coalition; with an outright majority of three seats, the ÖVP could govern alone. However, Klaus reversed himself and proposed a new coalition agreement. The SPÖ leadership supported a renewed coalition, but talks failed when the SPÖ rank and file balked at the proposed coalition terms. Klaus then formed an exclusively ÖVP cabinet, the first one-party government of the Second Republic. It was also the first purely centre-right government in Austria since before World War II.


1966 Austrian legislative election
As of the 2019 elections, this is the only time in the ÖVP's history where it has governed in a majority. The ÖVP had won a majority of seats once before, during the first postwar election in 1945, but opted to lead a grand coalition rather than govern alone.


1966 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy
1966 was the second occasion on which the  BBC2 Floodlit Trophy competition had been held.


1966 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy
Castleford won the trophy by beating Swinton by the score of 7-2The match was played at Wheldon Road , Castleford, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 8,986 and receipts were £1,692This was to be the  second of Castleford's three victories in successive seasons in the  first three Floodlit competitions


1966 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy, Background
This season the  original eight invitees were joined by Barrow, Rochdale Hornets and Salford bringing the total of entrants up to eleven, an increase of three. This involved the  introduction of a preliminary knock-out round on a two legged home and away basis, to reduce the  numbers to eight, followed by a mini-league and with the semi-finals and final stages again being on a knock out basis.


1966 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy, Competition and results, Round 2 – second qualifying round
Involved 4 matches with the  same 8 clubs - but NOT reverse fixtures


1966 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy, Competition and results, Qualifying league table
Pos = Finishing position   P = Games played   W = Wins   D = Drqw   L = LosePF = Points scored   PA = Points against   Pts = League points   PD = Points scored difference


1966 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy, Competition and results, Qualifying league table, To progress to the next stage
The rules stated that the four clubs with the greatest total winning margins were to qualify, and proceed, to the semi-final. The four clubs in this case were Castleford, Widnes, Swinton and Barrow


1966 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy, Competition and results, Final, Teams and scorers
Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points


1966 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy, Notes and comments
1 * Rochdale Hornets join the competition and play first game in the competition2 * Salford join the competition and play first game in the competition, and first at home in the competition3 * At the  time this was the highest score, highest aggregate score and greatest winning margin, but to be broken three weeks later4 * Rochdale Hornets play their first game at home in the competition5 * At the  time this was the highest score, highest aggregate score and greatest winning margin6 * Barrow join the competition and play first game in the competition7 * Barrow play their first game at home in the competition8  * Wheldon Road is the home ground of Castleford. The first match was played there in 1927 and the current capacity in the region of 13,000 although the record attendance was 25,449 set in 1935 in a Challenge Cup match against Hunslet.


1966 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy, Notes and comments, General information for those unfamiliar
The Rugby League BBC2 Floodlit Trophy was a knock-out competition sponsored by the BBC and between rugby league clubs, entrance to which was conditional upon the club having floodlights. Most matches were played on an evening, and those of which the second half was televised, were played on a Tuesday evening. Despite the competition being named as 'Floodlit', many matches took place during the afternoons and not under floodlights, and several of the entrants, including  Barrow and Bramley did not have adequate lighting.


1966 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy, Notes and comments, General information for those unfamiliar
And, when in 1973, due to the world oil crisis, the government restricted the use of floodlights in sport, all the matches, including the Trophy final, had to be played in the afternoon rather than at night. The Rugby League season always (until the onset of "Summer Rugby" in 1996) ran from around August-time through to around May-time and this competition always took place early in the season, in the Autumn, with the final taking place in December (The only exception to this was when disruption of the fixture list was caused by inclement weather)


1966 BC Lions season
The 1966 BC Lions finished in fifth place in the Western Conference with a 5–11 record continuing to regress as their star players were in the twilights of their careers.


1966 BC Lions season
The Lions lost many close games, including five by one or two points. Placekicker Bill Mitchell kicked a woeful 11 for 25 field goal attempts.


1966 BC Lions season
After the season, Joe Kapp was traded to the Minnesota Vikings of the NFL and in return the Lions got a young Canadian receiver, Jim Young. A number of former stars retired, including standouts Willie Fleming and Tom Hinton.


1966 BC Lions season
The first gooseneck or slingshot field goal post was installed at Empire Stadium for the 1966 Grey Cup game.


1966 BRDC International Trophy
The 18th BRDC International Trophy was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 14 May 1966 at the Silverstone Circuit, England. The race was run over 35 laps of the Silverstone Grand Prix circuit, and was won by Australian Jack Brabham in the Brabham-Repco BT19. With no Race of Champions in 1966, the International Trophy formed the first major race of the European season, being run just a week before the start of the FIA World Championship in Monaco. The 1966 season was significant, as changes to the F1 formula had allowed an increase in engine capacity from 1.5L to 3L. This then was the first opportunity for many teams to test their new cars against top-line opposition.


1966 BRDC International Trophy, Pre-race
The "return to power" caused some manufacturers significant problems, as the supply of suitable large-capacity engines was restricted. Only four teams managed to provide true 3-litre cars this early in the season. Regular front runners Ferrari and Lotus were both prepared with new vehicles, as was former World Champion Jack Brabham's eponymous team, fielding Australian Repco engines. The fourth team to have a 3L car was Cooper, however, their engine was far from new.


1966 BRDC International Trophy, Pre-race
The team's first monocoque chassis, the Cooper T81 was fitted with what was in essence Maserati's 1950s engine, which had seen success in the Maserati 250F, bored out to the new capacity limit. BRM's new H16 engine was also slated to appear, but reliability problems resulted in Peter Arundell being forced to withdraw his Lotus-BRM prior to qualifying.


1966 BRDC International Trophy, Race Report
From the beginning of practice it became apparent that the race would be a straight fight between the Ferrari of John Surtees and Jack Brabham's Brabham. The pair qualified at the head of the field, with Brabham taking pole by only 0.2 of a second. The race went the same way, with Brabham being forced to equal his pole time in order to stay ahead of Surtees's hard-charging Ferrari. Despite qualifying an impressive third, Jochen Rindt's Cooper developed mechanical troubles and dropped him back to fifth by the end of the race.


1966 BRDC International Trophy, Race Report
However, the surprise of the field was the sister Cooper of Jo Bonnier - run by Bonnier's Anglo-Suisse Racing Team and painted in Swiss racing red and white - who managed to climb from sixth to take the third place on the podium. It would prove to be Bonnier's last podium finish in a Formula One car, after a prolific career dating back a decade. Close behind Bonnier, Denny Hulme managed to bring an ageing Brabham home in fourth.


1966 BRDC International Trophy, Results
* Qualified 7th, but started from the back of the grid in replacement car.


1966 BYU Cougars football team
The 1966 BYU Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Brigham Young University in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 1966 NCAA University Division football season. In their third season under head coach Tommy Hudspeth, the Cougars compiled an 8–2 record (3–2 against WAC opponents), tied for second in the WAC, and outscored opponents by a total of 269 to 163.


1966 BYU Cougars football team
Quarterback Virgil Carter led the country with 2,545 yards of total offense; he also led the team with 2,182 passing yards and 56 points scored. On November 5, 1966, he set new NCAA single-game records with 513 passing yards and 599 yards of total offense against Texas Western. Carter's totals of 513 passing yards and 599 yards of total offense stood as BYU school records until broken by Ty Detmer in 1991.


1966 BYU Cougars football team
The team's other statistical leaders included John Ogden with 906 rushing yards and Phil Odle with 920 receiving yards.


1966 BYU Cougars football team
Six BYU players were selected to the all-conference team: wide receiver Phil Odle; guard Grant Wilson; quarterback Virgil Carter; fullback John Ogden; linebacker Curg Belcher; and safety Bobby Roberts.


1966 Ball State Cardinals football team
The 1966 Ball State Cardinals football team was an American football team that represented Ball State University in the Indiana Collegiate Conference (ICC) during the 1966 NCAA College Division football season. In its fifth season under head coach Ray Louthen, the team compiled a 7–1–1 record.


1966 Ballon d'Or
The 1966 Ballon d'Or, given to the best football player in Europe as judged by a panel of sports journalists from UEFA member countries, was awarded to Bobby Charlton, who finished a single point ahead of Eusébio.


1966 Baltimore Colts season
The 1966 Baltimore Colts season was the 14th season for the team in the National Football League. The Baltimore Colts finished the National Football League's 1966 season with a record of 9 wins and 5 losses and finished second in the Western Conference.


1966 Baltimore Colts season, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1966 Baltimore Colts season, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. Green Bay Packers
Quarterback Zeke Bratkowski, in relief of Bart Starr, who suffered a muscle spasm in the first half, directed an 80-yard drive in the fourth quarter that resulted in a go-ahead touchdown run by Elijah Pitts for the Packers. John Unitas then led the Colts to the Green Bay 15, but there lost a fumble which came to be known as the 'Million Dollar Fumble', to secure the Packers' win that clinched the Western Conference title for Green Bay.


1966 Baltimore Orioles season
The 1966 Baltimore Orioles season involved the Orioles finishing first in the American League with a record of 97 wins and 63 losses, nine games ahead of the runner-up Minnesota Twins. It was their first AL pennant since 1944, when the club was known as the St. Louis Browns. The Orioles swept the NL champion Los Angeles Dodgers in four games to register their first-ever World Series title. The team was managed by Hank Bauer, and played their home games at Memorial Stadium. They drew 1,203,366 fans to their home ballpark, third in the ten-team league. It would be the highest home attendance of the team's first quarter-century at Memorial Stadium, and was eclipsed by the pennant-winning 1979 Orioles.


1966 Baltimore Orioles season, Regular season
Right fielder Frank Robinson, acquired via trade from the Cincinnati Reds in the off-season, won the Triple Crown, leading the AL with a .316 average, 49 home runs, and 122 RBI. He was named winner of the American League MVP Award, becoming the first player in the history of Major League Baseball to win MVP honors in both the American and National Leagues.


1966 Baltimore Orioles season, Regular season
On May 8, 1966, Frank Robinson hit a 540-foot home run off Cleveland Indians pitcher Luis Tiant, becoming the only player to hit a fair ball out of Memorial Stadium. It cleared the left field single-deck portion of the grandstand. A flag was later erected near the spot the ball cleared the back wall, with simply the word "HERE" upon it.


1966 Baltimore Orioles season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1966 Baltimore Orioles season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1966 Baltimore Orioles season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1966 Baltimore Orioles season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1966 Baltimore Orioles season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1966 Barbadian general election
General elections were held in Barbados on 3 November 1966. This election was the last contested using two-member constituencies, in which each voter had two votes. The result was a victory for the Democratic Labour Party, which won 14 of the 24 seats. This was the last election contested by the Barbados National Party (BNP, also known as the Conservatives). Once a powerful force in Barbados politics, the party stood only four candidates and was reduced to two seats; the BNP formally disbanded in 1970. Voter turnout was 79.7%.


1966 Barbadian general election
This was the last election before Barbados gained its formal independence from Britain on 30 November 1966. On 18 November, in anticipation of independence, the title of the Premier was changed to Prime Minister.


1966 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting
Elections to the Baseball Hall of Fame for 1966 followed the system introduced for even-number years in 1956. The Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) voted by mail to select from recent major league players with provision for a second, "runoff" election in case of no winner. Ted Williams tallied more than 90% on the first ballot. Meanwhile, the Veterans Committee was meeting annually to consider executives, managers, umpires, and earlier major league players. It selected Casey Stengel. A formal induction ceremony was held in Cooperstown, New York, on July 25, 1966, with Commissioner of Baseball William Eckert presiding. During his acceptance speech, Williams advocated for the inclusion of Negro league baseball players, such as Satchel Paige and Josh Gibson, in the Hall of Fame. Paige was inducted in 1971, and Gibson in 1972.


1966 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election
The BBWAA was authorized to elect players active in 1946 or later, but not after 1960. All 10-year members of the BBWAA were eligible to vote.


1966 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election
Voters were instructed to cast votes for up to 10 candidates; any candidate receiving votes on at least 75% of the ballots would be honored with induction to the Hall. A total of 49 players received votes; 302 ballots were cast, with 227 votes required for election. A total of 2,210 individual votes were cast, an average of 7.32 per ballot.


1966 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election
Candidates who were eligible for the first time are indicated here with a dagger (†). The one candidate who received at least 75% of the vote and was elected is indicated in bold italics; candidates who have since been elected in subsequent elections are indicated in italics. Al López was later elected as a manager.


1966 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election
Ted Williams was elected with 93.4% of the vote. Williams won the Triple Crown twice and was the last player to hit .400 in a season (.406 in 1941). He famously used his Hall induction speech to advocate for elections of Negro league players.


1966 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, J. G. Taylor Spink Award
Charles Dryden (1860–1930) received the J. G. Taylor Spink Award honoring a baseball writer. The award was voted at the December 1965 meeting of the BBWAA, and included in the summer 1966 ceremonies.


1966 Basque Pelota World Championships
The 1966 Basque Pelota World Championships were the 5th edition of the Basque Pelota World Championships organized by  the FIPV.


1966 Basque Pelota World Championships, Events
A total of 12 events were disputed, in 4 playing areas.


1966 Baylor Bears football team
The 1966 Baylor Bears football team represented Baylor University in the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1966 NCAA University Division football season. In their eighth season under head coach John Bridgers, the Bears compiled a 5–5 record (3–4 in SWC, fifth), and were outscored 168 to 140. They played their home games at Baylor Stadium in Waco, Texas.


1966 Baylor Bears football team
The team's statistical leaders included Terry Southall with 1,986 passing yards, Richard Defee with 332 rushing yards and 36 points scored, and Tommy Smith with 483 receiving yards. Dwight Hood and Terry Southall were the team captains.


1966 Belgian Grand Prix
The 1966 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Spa-Francorchamps on 12 June 1966. It was race 2 of 9 in both the 1966 World Championship of Drivers and the 1966 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The race was the 26th Belgian Grand Prix and was held over 28 laps of the 14.1-kilometre circuit for a race distance of 395 kilometres.


1966 Belgian Grand Prix
The race was won by British driver and 1964 world champion, John Surtees, driving a Ferrari 312 in a race that saw the field decimated by weather in the early laps. It was Surtees' fourth Grand Prix victory and his first since the 1964 Italian Grand Prix. Surtees won by 42 seconds over Austrian driver Jochen Rindt driving a Cooper T81, Rindt achieving his first podium finish and the first for the new Cooper-Maserati combination as the works Cooper Car Company team looked to the three-litre Maserati V12 sports car engine for the new regulations. Surtees' Italian team mate Lorenzo Bandini finished third in his Ferrari 246.


1966 Belgian Grand Prix
With a pair of podiums, Bandini took the lead in the championship by a point over the two race winners, Surtees and Jackie Stewart.


1966 Belgian Grand Prix, Race summary
The race distance was shortened from the previous year, from 32 to 28 laps. More than half the field crashed out on the first lap due to a heavy rainstorm and only seven runners remained by the start of the second lap. Four drivers went off and crashed at the sweeping Burnenville corner, where the heavy wall of rain was. Jo Bonnier crashed with his Cooper T81 coming to rest balancing on a parapet, the front half car in the air.


1966 Belgian Grand Prix, Race summary
Jackie Stewart's BRM P261 crashed into a telephone pole and then landed in a ditch at Masta Kink, leading to him being stuck upside down in his BRM, halfway up to his waist in fuel, for 25 minutes. Graham Hill and Bob Bondurant, both of whom had gone off near Stewart, managed to rescue him with a spectator's toolkit. Jack Brabham slid his Brabham BT19 coming out of the Masta Kink at 135 mph, but regained control of the car and rejoined the race. There was so much water on the track that it got into and flooded the Climax engine in Jim Clark's Lotus 33, putting him out on the first lap too. The entire first lap was run under green flags.


1966 Belgian Grand Prix, Race summary
The race was filmed for the motion picture Grand Prix. The eight-minute segment of the 1966 film uses a combination of live footage and mocked-up racing scenes. The live footage shows Surtees, Bonnier, Bandini, Ligier, Clark and Gurney in action. Surtees doubles in the scene for the fictional Jean-Pierre Sarti while Bandini doubles for the fictional Nino Barlini.


1966 Belgian Grand Prix, Race summary
The film is careful not to pick up Jackie Stewart in action as he doubles for the fictional character Scott Stoddard, who at this point in the film is recovering from a near fatal crash earlier in the season, although this was fairly easy since Stewart crashed on the first lap. James Garner's white "Yamura", a repainted McLaren, did not appear in the actual race and scenes showing it are part of the staged race filming.


1966 Belgian Grand Prix, Race summary
Because of McLaren's withdrawal, Bob Bondurant's car had to be painted white overnight in order to have actual footage featuring the "Yamura" car. In addition, Phil Hill was allowed to do one lap of the track with his car having a camera mounted on its nose. He managed to avoid the entire first-lap carnage and was able to get pictures of the scene.


1966 Belgian Grand Prix, Race summary
After his accident in this race, Jackie Stewart began his efforts for safer racing which continued for decades; particularly after his influence as a Formula One racing driver grew through the next seven seasons he competed in the sport.


1966 Big Ten Conference football season
The 1966 Big Ten Conference football season was the 71st season of college football played by the member schools of the Big Ten Conference and was a part of the 1966 NCAA University Division football season.


1966 Big Ten Conference football season
The 1966 Michigan State Spartans football team, under head coach Duffy Daugherty, won the Big Ten football championship, compiled a 9–0–1 record, and was ranked No. 2 in the final AP Poll. Four Spartans' players were among the first eight selections in the 1967 NFL/AFL Draft: defensive tackle Bubba Smith (first); running back Clinton Jones (second); linebacker George Webster (fifth); and flanker Gene Washington (eighth).


1966 Big Ten Conference football season
The 1966 Purdue Boilermakers football team, under head coach Jack Mollenkopf, finished in second place with a 9–2 record and was ranked No. 7 in the final AP Poll. The Boilermakers received the conference's berth to play in the 1967 Rose Bowl because of the Big Ten's "no-repeat" rule and defeated USC, 14–13. Purdue quarterback Bob Griese led the conference in passing yards and total yards and won the Chicago Tribune Silver Football as the Big Ten's most valuable player and the Sammy Baugh Trophy as the nation's top collegiate passer. Griese also finished second behind Steve Spurrier in the voting for the 1966 Heisman Trophy.


1966 Big Ten Conference football season, Season overview, Results and team statistics
KeyAP final = Team's rank in the final AP Poll of the 1966 seasonAP high = Team's highest rank in the AP Poll throughout the 1966 seasonPPG = Average of points scored per gamePAG = Average of points allowed per gameMVP = Most valuable player as voted by players on each team as part of the voting process to determine the winner of the Chicago Tribune Silver Football trophy; trophy winner in bold


1966 Big Ten Conference football season, Statistical leaders
The Big Ten's individual statistical leaders for the 1966 season include the following:


1966 Big Ten Conference football season, Awards and honors, All-Big Ten honors
The following players were picked by the Associated Press (AP) and/or the United Press International (UPI) as first-team players on the 1966 All-Big Ten Conference football team.


1966 Big Ten Conference football season, Awards and honors, All-American honors
At the end of the 1966 season, four Big Ten players secured consensus first-team honors on the 1966 College Football All-America Team. The Big Ten's consensus All-Americans were:


1966 Big Ten Conference football season, Awards and honors, All-American honors
Other Big Ten players who were named first-team All-Americans by at least one selector were:


1966 Big Ten Conference football season, Awards and honors, Other awards
Purdue quarterback Bob Griese received the Sammy Baugh Trophy as the nation's top collegiate passer. He also finished second in the voting for the Heisman Trophy.


1966 Big Ten Conference football season, 1967 NFL/AFL Draft
The following Big Ten players were among the first 100 picks in the 1967 NFL/AFL Draft:


1966 Birthday Honours
The Queen's Birthday Honours 1966 were appointments in many of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries.


1966 Birthday Honours
The appointments were made to celebrate the official birthday of The Queen. The announcement date varies from year to year. The 1966 Queen's Birthday Honours were announced on 11 June 1966 for the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Sierra Leone, Jamaica, Malawi, and The Gambia.


1966 Birthday Honours, United Kingdom and Commonwealth, British Empire Medal (BEM)
Arthur Charles Arthurs, Member of Salvation Army. For community and welfare work.


1966 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)
The 1966 Queen's Birthday Honours in New Zealand, celebrating the official birthday of Elizabeth II, were appointments made by the Queen on the advice of the New Zealand government to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders. They were announced on 11 June 1966.


1966 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.


1966 Blue Swords
The 1966 Blue Swords (German: Pokal der Blauen Schwerter) was an international senior-level figure skating competition organized in Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating and ice dancing. East German national champion Günter Zöller won the first of his four consecutive Blue Swords titles, defeating Czechoslovakia's Marian Filc and West Germany's Reinhard Ketterer. East Germans swept the ladies' and pairs' podiums, led by Gabriele Seyfert, who won her fourth straight gold medal at the event, and Heidemarie Steiner / Heinz-Ulrich Walther. Annerose Baier / Eberhard Rüger won gold ahead of the Soviet Union's Lyudmila Pakhomova / Aleksandr Gorshkov and British duo Susan Getty / Roy Bradshaw.


1966 Bluebonnet Bowl
The 1966 Bluebonnet Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game between the Texas Longhorns and the Ole Miss Rebels.


1966 Bluebonnet Bowl, Background
Ole Miss finished 4th in the Southeastern Conference for the second straight year in a row. This was the Rebels' 10th straight bowl appearance and first Bluebonnet Bowl since 1964. The Longhorns finished 3rd in the Southwest Conference, attending a bowl game after a two season wait.


1966 Bluebonnet Bowl, Game summary
On the three touchdowns, the Longhorns had drives of 89, 68, and 53 yards, while limiting the Rebels to barely over 200 yards. Bill Bradley started the scoring on his 25 yard touchdown run to give them a 6-0 lead. Ole Miss tried to narrow the lead with a Jimmy Keyes field goal from 43 yards out. However, the kick went wide, keeping it 6-0. Chris Gilbert made it 12-0 in the second half with his touchdown sneak. Later in the quarter, the Rebels were stopped on 4th down at the Longhorn 8. Bradley ran for his second touchdown of the day to make it 19-0, as Texas coasted from there to win. Chris Gilbert ran for 156 yards on26 carries, while Bradley ran for 105 yards on 20 carries, while passing for 49 yards.


1966 Bluebonnet Bowl, Aftermath
While the Longhorns did not make a bowl game the next season, they made six straight Cotton Bowl Classic appearances, while returning to the Bluebonnet Bowl in 1975. As for Ole Miss, they never returned to the Bluebonnet Bowl, though they kept making bowl games, making four in Vaught's final four seasons.


1966 Bolivian Primera División
The 1966 Bolivian Primera División, the first division of Bolivian football (soccer), was played by 4 teams. The champion was Bolívar.


1966 Bolivian general election
General elections were held in Bolivia on 3 July 1966. René Barrientos of the Front of the Bolivian Revolution (FRB) was elected President with 67% of the vote, whilst the FRB won a majority in both houses of Congress. James Dunkerley describes the election as not free and fair since a major segment of the opposition was excluded from participating.


1966 Bolivian general election, Background
Following the 1964 elections, Barrientos had led a military coup to remove Víctor Paz Estenssoro from power. In May 1965, Juan Lechín Oquendo, a labor leader who was the head of the left faction of the Nationalist Revolutionary Movement, was arrested and expelled from the country.


1966 Boston College Eagles football team
The 1966 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College during the 1966 NCAA University Division football season. The Eagles were led by fifth-year head coach Jim Miller and played their home games at Alumni Stadium in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Boston College finished with a record of 4–6.


1966 Boston Patriots season
The 1966 Boston Patriots season was the franchise's 7th season in the American Football League. The Patriots ended the season with a record of eight wins and four losses and two ties, and finished second in the AFL's Eastern Division. This would be the last winning season the Patriots posted as an AFL team; they would not have another such season until 1976, by which time the team was in the NFL as the New England Patriots.


1966 Boston Patriots season, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1966 Boston Patriots season, Roster
All of the following players appeared in at least one game for the 1966 Boston Patriots.


1966 Boston Red Sox season
The 1966 Boston Red Sox season was the 66th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished ninth in the American League (AL) with a record of 72 wins and 90 losses, 26 games behind the AL and World Series champion Baltimore Orioles. After this season, the Red Sox would not lose 90 games again until 2012.


1966 Boston Red Sox season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1966 Boston Red Sox season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1966 Boston Red Sox season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1966 Boston Red Sox season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1966 Boston Red Sox season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1966 Boston University Terriers football team
The 1966 Boston University Terriers football team was an American football team that represented Boston University as an independent during the 1966 NCAA College Division football season. In its third season under head coach Warren Schmakel, the team compiled a 5–5 record and outscored opponents by a total of 182 to 155.


1966 Bowling Green Falcons football team
The 1966 Bowling Green Falcons football team was an American football team that represented Bowling Green State University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1966 NCAA University Division football season. In their second season under head coach Bob Gibson, the Falcons compiled a 6–3 record (4–2 against MAC opponents), finished in third place in the MAC, and outscored opponents by a combined total of 187 to 124.


1966 Bowling Green Falcons football team
The team's statistical leaders included P.J. Nyitray with 431 passing yards, Dave Cranmer with 374 rushing yards, and Eddie Jones with 525 receiving yards.


1966 Brabantse Pijl
The 1966 Brabantse Pijl was the sixth edition of the Brabantse Pijl cycle race and was held on 7 April 1966. The race started and finished in  Brussels. The race was won by Jan Janssen.


1966 Brazilian legislative election
Parliamentary elections were held in Brazil on 15 November 1966. They were the first held since a military coup in 1964. In 1965, the military government of President Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco shuttered all existing parties, and enacted a new electoral law that effectively limited the number of parties to two—the pro-government National Renewal Alliance and the opposition Brazilian Democratic Movement.


1966 Brazilian legislative election
ARENA won a crushing victory, taking 277 of the 409 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 19 of the 23 seats in the Senate. Voter turnout was 77.2% in the Chamber of Deputies election and 77.3% in the Senate election.


1966 Brazilian presidential election
Indirect presidential elections were held in Brazil on 3 October 1966 through an electoral college system. It was the second election during the Brazilian military government, with Artur da Costa e Silva as the sole candidate. Costa e Silva was elected with 295 votes from the ruling National Renewal Alliance Party (ARENA).


1966 Brazilian presidential election, Background
During the rule of Castelo Branco, several Institutional Acts were amended, increasing the power of military regime. The elections scheduled for 1965 were delayed to 1966.


1966 Brazilian presidential election, Background
The elections were the first after various changes in domestic politics. Following various cessations of political rights, Juscelino Kubitschek, Adhemar de Barros, Carlos Lacerda and Jânio Quadros, the main political leaders, were deposed after allegations of conspiracy and corruption. Once again, the National Congress of Brazil elected the president. The vice-presidential candidacy was linked with the candidacy of the presidency. Only two political parties were legal at the time. However, the opposition party did not put forward a candidate.


1966 British Columbia general election
The 1966 British Columbia general election was the 28th general election in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on August 5, 1966 and held on September 12, 1966. The new legislature met for the first time on January 24, 1967.


1966 British Columbia general election
The conservative Social Credit Party was re-elected with a majority in the legislature to a sixth term in government. It increased its share of the popular vote by close to five percentage points to over 45%, and winning the same number of seats (33) as in the previous election.


1966 British Columbia general election
The opposition New Democratic Party also increased its share of the popular vote by over five percentage points, but won only two additional seats.


1966 British Columbia general election
The Liberal Party won about 20% of the popular vote, and one additional seat, for a total of six.


1966 British Columbia general election
The Progressive Conservative Party was virtually wiped out: it nominated only three candidates (down from 44 in the previous election), and its share of the popular vote fell from over 11% to a negligible amount.


1966 British Columbia general election, Results
* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.


1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
The 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games were held in Kingston, Jamaica, from 4 to 13 August 1966. This was the first time that the Games had been held outside the so-called White Dominions. They were followed by the 1966 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games for wheelchair athletes. Jamaica remains the only host nation of a Commonwealth Games that did not win at least one gold medal in its own games.


1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, Host selection
Kingston was elected host in Rome, Italy at the 1960 Summer Olympics.


1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, Participating teams
34 teams were represented at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games. (Teams competing for the first time are shown in bold).


1966 British Grand Prix
The 1966 British Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Brands Hatch on 16 July 1966. It was race 4 of 9 in both the 1966 World Championship of Drivers and the 1966 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. It was the 21st British Grand Prix and the second to be held at Brands Hatch. It was held over 80 laps of the four kilometre circuit for a race distance of 341 kilometres.


1966 British Grand Prix
The race, the first of the new three-litre engine regulation era where starters reached 20 cars, was won for the third time by Australian driver Jack Brabham in his Brabham BT19, his second win in succession after winning the French Grand Prix two weeks earlier. New Zealand driver Denny Hulme finished second in his Brabham BT20, a first 1–2 win for the Brabham team. The pair finished a lap ahead of third placed British driver Graham Hill in his BRM P261. Ferrari did not participate in this Grand Prix weekend to honour a metalworkers strike in Italy.


1966 British Grand Prix
Brabham's win ended a streak of 4 consecutive wins by Jim Clark at the British Grand Prix.


1966 British Grand Prix
Brabham's win put him ten points clear in the championship chase over Austrian Cooper racer Jochen Rindt with Hulme and Ferrari's Lorenzo Bandini a point further back.


1966 British Grand Prix, Race summary
Brabham and Hill duelled at the start, until rain storms arrived on the circuit. Whilst Brabham maintained his lead, Rindt who had changed to rain tyres was catching him rapidly, whilst John Surtees in the Cooper was in third, well clear of the rest of the field. Hill and Jim Clark then battled for second and third until Clark pitted and then Hulme took over second place. As the rain dried, Rindt fell back. Surtees retired with mechanical problems, leaving Clark in fourth. Brabham duly led home teammate Hulme, Hill, Clark, Rindt and Bruce McLaren.


1966 British League season
The 1966 British League season was the 32nd season of the top tier of speedway in the United Kingdom and the second season known as the British League. Halifax Dukes won the league and then secured the league and cup double.


1966 British League season, Summary
The League expanded to 19, with a new team, the King's Lynn Stars. Halifax Dukes won the league after 36 games and finished three points clear of Coventry Bees. The Halifax team success was due to the consistency of their riders, in particular Eric Boocock, Eric Boothroyd, Dave Younghusband and Tommy Roper who all scored heavily throughout the season. Halifax also completed the double winning the British League Knockout Cup. In they final they easily beat Wimbledon Dons.


1966 British League season, Summary
The four times world champion Barry Briggs topped the averages for Swindon Robins during the same season in which he sealed his fourth world title. The dangers of speedway were highlighted once again however when Welshman Ivor Hughes was killed during the league match rding for Cradley Heath Heathens against Sheffield Tigers on 20 August.


1966 British League season, Final table
M = Matches; W = Wins; D = Draws; L = Losses; Pts = Total Points


1966 British League season, Knockout Cup
Halifax Dukes won the cup and therefore secured the league and cup double.


1966 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand
In 1966 the British Lions toured Australia and New Zealand. The Lions won the two test matches against Australia but lost all four internationals against the All Blacks.


1966 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand
Overall the tourists played thirty-five matches, winning twenty-three, losing nine and drawing three. In Australia the Lions played eight matches, winning seven and drawing the other. In New Zealand they played twenty-five matches, winning fifteen, drawing two and losing eight – in addition to their four test defeats they also lost to Southland, Otago, Wellington and Wanganui-King Country. They also played two matches in Canada, winning one and losing one.


1966 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand
The touring party was captained by Mike Campbell-Lamerton. The manager was Des O'Brien and for the first time a Lions touring team had a coach, John Robins, rather than an assistant manager.


1966 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand, Results
Complete list of matches played by the British Isles in Australia and New Zealand:


1966 British Saloon Car Championship
The 1966 British Saloon Car Championship was the ninth season of the series. Group 5 regulations were introduced to the championship this year. The title was won by John Fitzpatrick in a class A Ford Anglia.


1966 British Saloon Car Championship, Calendar & Winners
All races were held in the United Kingdom. Overall winners in bold.


1966 British Sports Car Championship
The 1966 British Sports Car Championship was the third season of the British Sports Car Championship. The season was dominated by Brabham's Formula One driver, Denny Hulme, by winning the first five races of the season, abroad Sidney Taylor's Lola T70 Mk2. This model of car was also victorious in the remaining two races, in the hands of the 1964 World Champion, John Surtees.


1966 Brown Bears football team
The 1966 Brown Bears football team was an American football team that represented Brown University during the 1966 NCAA University Division football season. Brown finished last in the Ivy League.


1966 Brown Bears football team
In their eighth and final season under head coach John McLaughry, the Bears compiled a 1–8 record and were outscored 266 to 137. Terry Boyle and Wynn Jessup were the team captains.


1966 Brown Bears football team
The Bears' 0–7 conference record placed last in the Ivy League standings. They were outscored by Ivy opponents 204 to 80.


1966 Brown Bears football team
Brown played its home games at Brown Stadium in Providence, Rhode Island.


1966 Brownlow Medal
The 1966 Brownlow Medal was the 39th year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Victorian Football League (VFL) home and away season. Ian Stewart of the St Kilda Football Club won the medal by polling twenty-one votes during the 1966 VFL season.


1966 Bucknell Bison football team
The 1966 Bucknell Bison football team was an American football team that represented Bucknell University during the 1966 NCAA College Division football season. Bucknell tied for fourth in the Middle Atlantic Conference, University Division.


1966 Bucknell Bison football team
In their second year under head coach Carroll Huntress, the Bison compiled a 4–5 record. Bob Marks and Mike Vincent were the team captains.


1966 Bucknell Bison football team
The Bisons' 2–3 record against MAC University Division opponents earned them a tie with Lafayette for fourth place in the seven-team circuit.


1966 Bucknell Bison football team
Bucknell played its home games at Memorial Stadium on the university campus in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.


1966 Buddy Shuman 250
The 1966 Buddy Shuman 250 was a NASCAR Grand National Series event that was held on September 9, 1966, at Hickory Motor Speedway in Hickory, North Carolina.


1966 Buddy Shuman 250
The transition to purpose-built racecars began in the early 1960s and occurred gradually over that decade. Changes made to the sport by the late 1960s brought an end to the "strictly stock" vehicles of the 1950s.


1966 Buddy Shuman 250, Background
Hickory Motor Speedway is a short track located in Hickory, North Carolina. It is one of stock car racing's most storied venues, and is often referred to as the "World's Most Famous Short Track" and the "Birthplace of the NASCAR Stars".


1966 Buddy Shuman 250, Background
The track first opened in 1951 as a 1⁄2-mile (0.80 km) dirt track. Gwyn Staley won the first race at the speedway and later became the first track champion. Drivers such as Junior Johnson, Ned Jarrett, and Ralph Earnhardt also became track champions in the 1950s, with Earnhardt  winning five of them.


1966 Buddy Shuman 250, Background
In 1953, NASCAR's Grand National Series visited the track for the first time. Tim Flock won the first race at the speedway, which became a regular part of the Grand National schedule. After winning his track championship in 1952, Junior Johnson became the most successful Grand National driver at Hickory, winning there seven times.


1966 Buddy Shuman 250, Background
The track has been re-configured three times in its history. The track became a 0.4-mile (644 meters) dirt track in 1955, which was paved for the first time during the 1967 season.


1966 Buddy Shuman 250, Race report
David Pearson managed to defeat Richard Petty by at least one lap; clinching his first NASCAR championship in the process. This would also be the last race until the 1981 Riverside opener that Richard Petty ran a number other than 43. Richard Petty would race in #41 and #42 for seemingly random events early in his career because various other drivers used the #43 from the beginning of the NASCAR Cup Series right up to the 1960s.


1966 Buddy Shuman 250, Race report
There were 21 competitors in this race; all of them were American-born males. 250 laps were finished on a dirt oval track in one hour and twenty five minutes. Petty would qualify for the pole position with a top speed of 76.923 miles per hour (123.796 km/h) while the average speed of the race would only be 70.533 miles per hour (113.512 km/h). Darel Dieringer would finish in last place due to an overheating engine on lap 3 out of 250. The entire purse of the race would be a paltry $4,640 ($36,563 when adjusted for inflation). Pearson would receive $1,000 of it ($7,880 when adjusted for inflation) while Dieringer would collect a meager $100 ($788 when adjusted for inflation) along with seven other low-ranked finishers.


1966 Buddy Shuman 250, Race report
Other notable names to make their appearance include Junior Johnson, African-American race car driver Wendell Scott, perennial underdog J.D. McDuffie, and future pace car driver Elmo Langley. A crash would take Junior Johnson out of the race on lap 212. Three changes for first place were made along with five caution flags for a distance of 14 laps.


1966 Buenos Aires Grand Prix
Results from the 1966 Buenos Aires Grand Prix held at Buenos Aires on January 23, 1966, in the Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez. The race was the first race for the XV Temporada Argentina.


1966 Buenos Aires Grand Prix, Second race
Results from the 1966 Buenos Aires Grand Prix held at Buenos Aires on January 23, 1966, in the Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez. The race was the first race for the XV Temporada Argentina.


1966 Buffalo Bills season
The 1966 Buffalo Bills season was the team’s seventh season in the American Football League. It was the first season for head coach Joe Collier, who had been the Bills' defensive coordinator for the previous four seasons.


1966 Buffalo Bills season
It ended with a loss in the AFL Championship Game to the Kansas City Chiefs, ending the team's two-year reign as league champions. The score was 31-7 during the time.


1966 Buffalo Bills season
The Bills allowed the fewest points in the AFL for the third consecutive year. Although defensive tackle Tom Sestak hampered by a bad knee, defensive linemen Jim Dunaway and Ron McDole took a leadership position. Linebackers Mike Stratton, Harry Jacobs and John Tracey, and defensive backs George Saimes, Butch Byrd, Hagood Clarke and Tom Janik provided a strong defensive foundation.


1966 Buffalo Bills season
Halfback Bobby Burnett and split end Bobby Crockett joined long-time Bills running back Wray Carlton and quarterback Jack Kemp, leading Buffalo's offense to scoring 358 points, second-most in the AFL in 1966. Burnett's 1,185 total yards from scrimmage were 5th in the AFL, and garnered AFL Rookie of the Year honors for Burnett.


1966 Buffalo Bills season, Offseason
Lou Saban, who had coached the Bills to consecutive AFL Championships, left the team after the 1965 season to coach at the University of Maryland.


1966 Buffalo Bills season, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1966 Buffalo Bills season, Postseason, AFL Championship Game
The Bills entered the AFL championship game seeking their third consecutive title. Though the game was played in Buffalo, the visiting Kansas City Chiefs were three-point favorites, mainly because of their explosive and innovative offense led by head coach Hank Stram. The Bills were a more conventional team with a solid defensive line and a running mindset on offense.


1966 Buffalo Bills season, Postseason, AFL Championship Game
Buffalo found no offensive rhythm in the second half, and the Chiefs closed the game out in the fourth quarter with Dawson found Chris Burford for a 45-yard gain, setting up a one-foot touchdown run by rookie Mike Garrett. Less than two minutes later, Garrett scored a second touchdown following another Bills fumble.


1966 Buffalo Bulls football team
The 1966 Buffalo Bulls football team represented the University at Buffalo in the 1966 NCAA University Division football season. The Bulls offense scored 220 points while the defense allowed 172 points.


1966 Bulgarian Cup Final
The 1966 Bulgarian Cup Final was the 26th final of the Bulgarian Cup (in this period the tournament was named Cup of the Soviet Army), and was contested between Slavia Sofia and CSKA Sofia on 10 September 1966 at Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia. Slavia won the final 1–0.


1966 Bulgarian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 27 February 1966. Voters were presented with a single list from the Fatherland Front, dominated by the Bulgarian Communist Party. As the Fatherland Front was the only organisation to contest the election and all candidate lists had to be approved by the Front, voters only had the option of voting for or against the Front list. Only 2,089 of the 5,746,161 valid votes were cast against the Front list. Voter turnout was reportedly 99.6%.


1966 CFL season
The 1966 Canadian Football League season was the league's ninth season since the 1958 merger of the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union and the Western Interprovincial Football Union to create a national league.


1966 CFL season, CFL news in 1966
The Canadian Football League made several rule changes. The league started to legalize unlimited blocking on rushing plays and introduced their new goose-necked goal posts. The league rewrote its rule book and reduced it in size.


1966 CFL season, CFL news in 1966
The Canadian Rugby Union, owners of the trophy, granted trusteeship of the Grey Cup to the Canadian Football League in exchange for annual financial support for amateur football.


1966 CFL season, CFL news in 1966
One of the more notable games of the regular season was Montreal's 1–0 victory over Ottawa, the lowest scoring game in CFL history, and only the second 1–0 game since a 1949 win by Winnipeg over Calgary in the WIFU.


1966 CFL season, Regular season standings
Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points


1966 CFL season, Playoff bracket, Grey Cup Championship
54th Annual Grey Cup Game: Empire Stadium – Vancouver, British Columbia


1966 Cal Poly Mustangs football team
The 1966 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic State University during the 1966 NCAA College Division football season. Cal Poly competed in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA).


1966 Cal Poly Mustangs football team
The team was led by fifth-year head coach Sheldon Harden and played home games at Mustang Stadium in San Luis Obispo, California. They finished the season with a record of six wins and four losses (6–4, 2–3 CCAA).


1966 Cal Poly Mustangs football team, Team players in the NFL
No Cal Poly Mustangs were selected in the 1967 NFL Draft.


1966 Cal Poly Pomona Broncos football team
The 1966 Cal Poly Pomona Broncos football team represented California State Polytechnic College, Kellogg-Voorhis during the 1966 NCAA College Division football season. Cal Poly played for the last time as an independent in 1966. They would join the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) in 1967, but the football team's games did not count as conference play until 1969.


1966 Cal Poly Pomona Broncos football team
Cal Poly Pomona was led by tenth-year head coach Don Warhurst. They played home games at Kellogg Field in Pomona, California. The Broncos finished the season with a record of five wins and five losses (5–5). Overall, the team outscored its opponents 264–263 for the season. This was the last season at the helm for coach Warhurst. In ten years, he finished with a record of 56–33–2, a .626 winning percentage.


1966 Cal Poly Pomona Broncos football team, Team players in the NFL
No Cal Poly Pomona players were selected in the 1967 NFL Draft.


1966 Cal State Hayward Pioneers football team
The 1966 Cal State Hayward Pioneers football team represented California State College at Hayward in the 1966 NCAA College Division football season. Cal State Hayward competed in the Far Western Conference (FWC).


1966 Cal State Hayward Pioneers football team
The Pioneers were led by first-year head coach Les Davis. They played home games at Pioneer Stadium in Hayward, California. The Pioneers finished the season with a record of two wins and eight losses (2–8, 1–5 FWC). They were outscored by their opponents 110–255 for the 1966 season.


1966 Cal State Hayward Pioneers football team, Team players in the NFL
No Cal State Hayward Pioneers players were selected in the 1967 NFL Draft.


1966 Cal State Los Angeles Diablos football team
The 1966 Cal State Los Angeles Diablos football team represented California State University, Los Angeles during the 1966 NCAA College Division football season.


1966 Cal State Los Angeles Diablos football team
Cal State Los Angeles competed in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). The team was led by first-year coach Jim Williams and played home games at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. They finished the season with a record of four wins and six losses (4–6, 2–3 CCAA).


1966 Cal State Los Angeles Diablos football team, Team players in the NFL
The following Cal State Los Angeles players were selected in the 1967 NFL Draft.


1966 Calgary Stampeders season
The 1966 Calgary Stampeders finished in 4th place in the Western Conference with a 6–9–1 record and failed to make the playoffs.


1966 California Angels season
The 1966 California Angels season, the team's first in Anaheim, involved the Angels finishing 6th in the American League with a record of 80 wins and 82 losses, 18 games behind the AL and World Series Champion Baltimore Orioles.


1966 California Angels season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1966 California Angels season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1966 California Angels season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1966 California Angels season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1966 California Angels season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1966 California Golden Bears football team
The 1966 California Golden Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Berkeley in the Athletic Association of Western Universities (AAWU) during the 1966 NCAA University Division football season. In their third year under head coach Ray Willsey, the Golden Bears compiled a 3–7 record (2–3 in AAWU, fifth), and were outscored 197 to 131.


1966 California Golden Bears football team
The team's statistical leaders included Barry Bronk with 965 passing yards, Rick Bennett with 319 rushing yards, and Jerry Bradley with 473 receiving yards.


1966 California gubernatorial election
The 1966 California gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1966. The election was a contest between incumbent Governor Pat Brown, the Democratic candidate, and actor Ronald Reagan, the Republican candidate. Reagan mobilized conservative voters and defeated Brown in a landslide. This was the second consecutive gubernatorial election in which Brown ran against a future Republican president.


1966 California gubernatorial election, Election background
Incumbent Edmund G. (Pat) Brown had been a relatively popular Democrat in what was, at the time, a Republican-leaning state. After his re-election victory over former Vice President Richard Nixon in 1962, Brown was strongly considered for Lyndon Johnson's 1964 ticket, a spot that eventually went to Hubert Humphrey. However, Brown's popularity began to sag amidst the civil disorders of the Watts riots and the early student protests at UC Berkeley (e.g., the Free Speech Movement). His decision to seek a 3rd term as governor (after promising earlier that he would not do so) also hurt his popularity. His diminishing support was evidenced by a tough battle in the Democratic primary – normally not a concern for an incumbent. Los Angeles Mayor Sam Yorty received 38% of the primary vote while Brown barely received 52%, a very low number for an incumbent in a primary election.


1966 California gubernatorial election, Election background
The Republicans seized upon Brown's sudden unpopularity by nominating a well-known and charismatic political outsider—actor Ronald Reagan. With Richard Nixon working tirelessly behind the scenes and Reagan trumpeting his law and order campaign message, Reagan received almost two-thirds of the votes in the Republican primary over George Christopher, the moderate Republican former mayor of San Francisco, and went into the general election with a great deal of momentum. After pollsters discovered that the UC Berkeley student protests were a major priority of Republican voters, Reagan repeatedly promised to "clean up the mess at Berkeley."


1966 California gubernatorial election, Election background
At first Brown ran a low-key campaign, declaring that running the state was his biggest priority. As Reagan's lead in the polls increased, however, Brown began to panic and made a serious gaffe: he ran a television commercial in which he used a rhetorical question to remind a group of school children that "an actor" (i.e., John Wilkes Booth) had killed Abraham Lincoln. The crude comparison of Reagan to Booth based on their common professional background as actors did not go over well with the California electorate and led to a further decline of the Brown campaign.


1966 California gubernatorial election, Election background
Come election day, Reagan was ahead in the polls and favored to win a relatively close election. However, Reagan won decisively; his nearly 1 million vote plurality surprised even his strongest supporters. Brown won in only three counties: Alameda, Plumas, and San Francisco. He narrowly won Alameda by about 2,000 votes (.5%) and Plumas by about 100 votes (1.6%).


1966 California lieutenant gubernatorial election
The 1966 California lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1966. Republican nominee Robert Finch defeated Democratic incumbent Glenn M. Anderson with 59.79% of the vote.


1966 Cambodian general election
General elections were held in Cambodia on 11 September 1966. Only candidates of the Sangkum party were allowed to contest the election, although more than one candidate could run in a constituency. As a result, the party won all 82 seats. The conservative wing of the Sangkum gained a majority. On 18 October the National Assembly of Cambodia nominated Lon Nol as Prime Minister.


1966 Cambodian general election, Results
Only 28 of the 82 deputies had been previously elected to Parliament, six of whom were members of the conservative wing of the Sangkum.


1966 Cambodian general election, Government formation
The conservative wing of the Sangkum won a two-thirds majority in parliament, meaning Sihanouk could not prevent the opposition from blocking nominations. As a result, Lon Nol was elected Prime Minister with 59 votes in favour and 23 against.


1966 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby
Il 1966 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby   was won by selection of Buenos Aires beating in the final the selection of Tucumán


1966 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby, Semifinals
Tucuman:  C. Ponce, G. Casanova, H. Barbero, A. Alonso, N. Antoni, W. Rumboll, J. Frías Silva, J. Paz, J. Ghirin¬ghelli, J. C. Ghiringhelli, J. Lomáscolo, S. Bellomio, S. Poujade, R. Roldán, M. Gasparre. Rosario J. Seaton, E. España, G. Escobar, J. Scilabra, J. Bresciaroli, J. Caballero, C. Cristi, M. Chesta, R. Seaton, R. Esmendi, M. Bouza, L. Belizan, M. Pavón, J. Costante, J. Imhoff.


1966 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby, Semifinals
Cordoba D. Morgán, C. Cornille, A. Pagano, M. Pascual, E. Neri, R. Cazenave, A. Etchegaray, R. Loyola, E. Elowson, G. Plesky, B. Otaño, L. García Yáñez, G. Me Cormick, R. Handley, R. Foster. Buenos Aires F. Mezquida, R. Mule, J. Mancini, E. Quetglas, L. Rodríguez, C. Feretti, J. Del Valle, P. Demo, J. Masjoan, J. Ramírez, E. Cornella, J. Imasi, J. Coceo, C. Félix, G. Ribeca.


1966 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby, Final
Tucumàn: C. Ponce, G. Casanova, R. Cuello, A. Alonso, N. Antoni, F. Burgos, J. Frías Silva, J. Paz, J. Ghiringhelli, J. C. Ghiringhelli, E. Bellomio, H. Roldán, S. Poujade, R. Roldán, F. Bach. Buenos Aires : D. Morgan, E. Neri, M. Pascual, A Pagano, C. Cornille, R. Cazenave, L. Gradín, L. García Yáñez, N. González del Solar, G. Me Cormick, B. Otaño, A. Anthony, A. Dunn, G. Plesky, R. Loyola.


1966 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
The 1966 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (officially the 1966 Taça Brasil) was the 8th edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.


1966 Campeonato Carioca
The 1966 edition of the Campeonato Carioca kicked off on September 11, 1966 and ended on December 18, 1966. It was organized by FCF (Federação Carioca de Futebol, or Carioca Football Federation). Twelve teams participated. Bangu won the title for the second time. no teams were relegated.


1966 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol
The 1966 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol (English: Ecuadorian Football Championship) was the 8th national championship for football teams in Ecuador. Barcelona  won their third national title. They qualified to the 1967 Copa Libertadores along with Emelec.


1966 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol, Qualified teams
The number of teams expanded to sixteen. The qualified teams included the top-eight finishers from the Campeonato Interandino and the Campeonato de Guayaquil.


1966 Campeonato Paulista
The 1966 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol da Divisão Especial de Profissionais, organized by the Federação Paulista de Futebol, was the 65th season of São Paulo's top professional football league. Palmeiras won the title for the 15th time. Bragantino and Noroeste were relegated and the top scorer was Santos's Toninho Guerreiro with 27 goals.


1966 Campeonato Paulista, Championship
The championship was disputed in a double-round robin system, with the team with the most points winning the title and the two teams with the fewest points being relegated.


1966 Campeonato Profesional
The 1966 Campeonato Profesional was the 19th season of Colombia's top-flight football league. 14 teams competed against one another. Santa Fe won their fourth league title.


1966 Campeonato Profesional, Background and league system
14 teams competed in the tournament: the same 13 teams from the previous tournament as well as Junior, who returned to the competition after a 13-year absence with the bulk of the team that made up the Colombia national football team during the qualification tournament for the 1966 FIFA World Cup.


1966 Campeonato Profesional, Background and league system
The tournament was once again played under a round-robin format, with every team playing each other four times (twice at home and twice away) for a total of 52 matches. Teams received two points for a win and one point for a draw. If two or more teams were tied on points, places were determined by goal difference. The team with the most points became the champion of the league. 364 matches were played during the season, with a total of 1188 goals scored.


1966 Campeonato Profesional, Background and league system
Santa Fe won the championship for the fourth time, the runners-up were Independiente Medellín. Both teams qualified for the 1967 Copa Libertadores, marking the return of Colombian clubs to the competition after FIFA lifted the two-year suspension on the Colombian Football Federation due to the conflict between the FIFA-recognized Asociación de Fútbol Colombiano (Adefútbol) and DIMAYOR. Argentine player Omar Devani, who played for Santa Fe, was the season's top goalscorer with 31 goals.


1966 Can-Am season
The 1966 Canadian-American Challenge Cup was the inaugural season of the Can-Am auto racing series. It was for FIA Group 7 racing cars running two-hour sprint events. It began September 11, 1966, and ended November 13, 1966, after six rounds.


1966 Can-Am season
The series was won by John Surtees driving a Lola T70 Mk.2.


1966 Can-Am season, Drivers Championship
Points are awarded to the top six finishers in the order of 9-6-4-3-2-1.


1966 Canada Cup
The 1966 Canada Cup took place 11–14 November at the Tokyo Yomiuri Country Club in Inagi, Tokyo, Japan. It was the 14th Canada Cup event, which became the World Cup in 1967. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 36 teams. These were the same teams that had competed in 1965 with the addition of South Korea and Thailand, but without Egypt, Monaco and Morocco. Each team consisted of two players from a country. The combined score of each team determined the team results. The American team of Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer won by five strokes over the South African team of Harold Henning and Gary Player. The individual competition was won by the Canadian George Knudson, who won at the second hole of a sudden-playoff over the Japanese Hideyo Sugimoto.


1966 Canada Cup, Scores
Knudson and Sugimoto contested a sudden-death playoff. Knudson won with a birdie 2 at the second extra hole.


1966 Canadian Grand Prix
The 1966 Canadian Grand Prix was a motor race held at Mosport Park on September 24, 1966, held for Sports cars eligible to Can-Am Series regulations and had 30 starters. It was the sixth Canadian Grand Prix and like all previous races was a sports car race. The race doubled as round three of the 1966 Can-Am Series. The race was won by Penske driver Mark Donohue by two laps over Chaparral driver Phil Hill.


1966 Canadian National Challenge Cup
In the 1966 Canadian National Challenge Cup, the CSA used a provincial all-star team format.


1966 Cannes Film Festival
The 19th Cannes Film Festival was held from 5 to 20 May 1966. To honour the festival's 20th anniversary, a special prize was given.


1966 Cannes Film Festival
The Grand Prix du Festival International du Film went to the Signore & Signori by Pietro Germi, in tie with Un homme et une femme by Claude Lelouch. The festival opened with Modesty Blaise, directed by Joseph Losey and closed with Faraon, directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz.


1966 Cannes Film Festival, Jury
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1966 film competition:


1966 Cannes Film Festival, Official selection, In competition - Feature film
The following feature films competed for the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film:


1966 Cannes Film Festival, Parallel section, International Critics' Week
The following feature films were screened for the 5th International Critics' Week (5e Semaine de la Critique):


1966 Cannes Film Festival, Awards, Official awards
The following films and people received the 1966 Official selection awards:


1966 Cardiff City Council election
The 1966 Cardiff City Council election was held on Thursday 12 May 1966 to elect councillors to Cardiff City Council in Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales. It took place on the same day as several other county borough elections in Wales and England.


1966 Cardiff City Council election
The previous elections to this one were in May 1965 and the next elections would be in May 1967.


1966 Cardiff City Council election
The election saw the Labour Party lose control of the council to the Conservatives.


1966 Cardiff City Council election, Background
Cardiff County Borough Council had been created in 1889. Cardiff became a city in 1905. Elections to the local authority were held annually, though not all council seats were included in each contest, because each of the three councillors in each ward stood down for election in rotation.


1966 Cardiff City Council election, Background
The council also included aldermen who were elected for a six-year period by the councillors.