1966 Florida Gators football team, Season summary, Game 8: vs. Georgia
On their first possession, the Gators sustained an 86-yard scoring drive with fullback Graham McKeel scoring the touchdown. Thereafter, the Gators were limited to a field goal, as Georgia repeatedly blitzed Florida quarterback Steve Spurrier and held him to 16 of 29 passes for 133 yards.


1966 Florida Gators football team, Season summary, Game 9: Tulane
On November 12, 1966, Florida rebounded with a 31–10 victory over the Tulane Green Wave at Florida Field. Quarterback Steve Spurrier gained 282 yards of total offense in the game, breaking the SEC career total offense record. At the end of the game, Spurrier had a three-year total of 5,082 yards, surpassing Zeke Bratkowski's prior record of 4,824 yards from 1951 to 1953. Spurrier also set a new Florida single-season record with his 15th touchdown pass of the season. The game included an 83-yard punt return in the fourth quarter by Florida's George Grandy. Running back Larry Smith rushed for 93 yards on 26 carries.


1966 Florida Gators football team, Season summary, Game 10: Miami
On November 26, 1966, Florida concluded its regular season with a 21–16 loss to the Miami Hurricanes at Florida Field. Miami led 21–3 at one point in the third quarter. Quarterback Steve Spurrier, playing in his last home game, led a "desperate surge" that brought the Gators to within five points. He completed ten straight passes in one stretch and threw a touchdown pass to end Paul Ewaldsen late in the third quarter. Spurrier led another long drive in the fourth quarter that was capped by a touchdown run by Larry Smith.


1966 Florida Gators football team, Season summary, Game 10: Miami
As time ran out, the Gators had advanced the ball to the Miami 30-yard line. In all, Spurrier completed 26 of 49 passes for 224 yards. Flanker Richard Trapp caught 11 passes and set a team record with 63 receptions during the 1966 season. After the game, coach Ray Graves announced that Spurrier's number 11 jersey would be permanently retired.


1966 Florida Gators football team, Post season, Georgia Tech
On January 2, 1967, Florida defeated the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets by a 27–12 score in the 33rd Orange Bowl game. Florida tailback Larry Smith carried the ball 23 times for 187 yards, including a 94-yard touchdown run in the third quarter while struggling to keep his pants up. He set Orange Bowl records for the most rushing yards in a game and for the longest run from scrimmage, and was selected as the game's most valuable player. Fullback Graham McKeel also scored two touchdowns, and the Florida defense intercepted four passes and recovered a fumble. Quarterback Steve Spurrier saw limited action due to a sore throwing arm, but still completed 14 of 30 passes for 160 yards. Backup quarterback Harmon Wages threw a touchdown pass to end Jack Coons. Florida coach Ray Graves called the game "the sweetest victory of my coaching career."


1966 Florida Gators football team, Post season, Awards and honors
In the post-season award season, Florida quarterback Steve Spurrier received numerous awards, including the following:


1966 Florida Gators football team, Post season, Awards and honors
Florida center Bill Carr was the team's other first-team All-American, receiving first-team honors from Time magazine and The Sporting News. Five Gators received first-team All-SEC honors from either the AP or UPI on the 1966 All-SEC football team. Spurrier, Carr, running back Larry Smith, and flanker Richard Trapp were consensus first-team picks by both the AP and UPI, while guard Jim Benson took first-team honors from UPI and second-team honors from the AP.


1966 Florida Gators football team, Post season, NFL Draft
Ten players from the 1966 Florida team were either drafted to play or actually played in the National Football League (NFL). Four players were drafted into the league in the subsequent 1967 NFL Draft. They are:


1966 Florida State Seminoles football team
The 1966 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University in the 1966 NCAA University Division football season.


1966 Florida gubernatorial election
The 1966 Florida gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 1966. During the primary election, the results from the Democratic Party was close among three of the four candidates. Thus, the top two Democrat candidates – incumbent Governor of Florida William "Haydon" Burns and Mayor of Miami Robert King High – competed in a runoff election on May 24, 1966. In an upset outcome, Robert King High was chosen over W. Haydon Burns as the Democratic Gubernatorial nominee. In contrast, the Republican primary was rather uneventful, with businessman Claude Roy Kirk Jr. easily securing the Republican nomination against Richard Muldrew. In the general election, Claude Kirk won by a margin of 55.13%-44.86% against Robert King High, becoming the first Republican Governor of Florida since the Reconstruction Era.


1966 Florida gubernatorial election, Background
Democratic Haydon Burns, who won the gubernatorial election in 1964, was up for re-election. Although gubernatorial elections in Florida are normally every four years, the cycle of gubernatorial elections was changed so as not to coincide with presidential election years. Thus, the Governor of Florida elected in 1964 would serve from January 5, 1965 to January 3, 1967, while the next term would last from January 3, 1967 – January 5, 1971.


1966 Florida gubernatorial election, Democratic nomination, Campaign
In September 1965, a poll with a sample size exceeding 3,000 people indicated Governor Haydon Burns had an approval rating of 75%. However, by March 1966, the Governor's approval rating fell to 56%, due to Burns' alleged dishonesty, lack of integrity, and showing favoritism. In that same "confidential" poll Robert High surprisingly led Haydon Burns by 34%-28.5%, while Scott Kelly received 18.5% and 19% were left undecided. Due to the "stunning" results this poll conducted by Haydon Burns' campaign managers, they attempted to cover up it up.


1966 Florida gubernatorial election, Democratic nomination, Campaign
By the end of November, the three major Democratic candidates in 1964 all announced their intention to run for governor in 1966, which were incumbent Governor Haydon Burns, Mayor of Miami Robert King, and State Senator Scott Kelly. Additionally, it was speculated that former Governor Thomas "LeRoy" Collins would also challenge Burns in the primary, but instead ran for United States Senate in 1968. Eventually a fourth person, Tallahassee publisher Sam Foor, decided to enter the race, though he was not considered a "serious contender".


1966 Florida gubernatorial election, Democratic nomination, Campaign
Both the Democratic and Republican primary election took place on May 3, 1966. The results of the Democratic primary were Haydon Burns with 372,451 votes (35.35%), Robert High with 338,281 votes (32.11%), Scott Kelly with 331,580 votes (31.47%), and Sam Foor with 11,343 votes (1.08%). Because none of the four candidates received at a majority of votes, a runoff election was held between Haydon Burns and Robert King, the top two candidates, on May 24, 1966. After the run-off election, Robert High defeated Haydon Burns by a margin of 596,471-509,271 (53.94%-46.065). Thus, Robert King High was the Democratic nominee for the 1966 gubernatorial election in Florida.


1966 Florida gubernatorial election, Republican nomination
1964 United States Senate nominee Claude Roy Kirk won nomination over his opponent Richard Muldrew.


1966 Florida gubernatorial election, General election
After a bitter Democratic primary election, defeated incumbent Governor Haydon Burns refused to endorse nominee Robert High. However, High was able to draw endorsements from major Florida newspapers, labor unions, and other Democratic politicians in Florida. High made unpopular proposals, such as a severance tax on phosphate and tightening the sales tax on all products except food and drugs. Republican nominee Claude Kirk promised to veto new taxes and abolish a program calling for several millions of dollars in additional taxation. Kirk also noted that a vote for him would be a vote against inflation and warned voters about the "Johnson–Humphrey-High Administration". The general election campaign was described as "dreary", with a projected voter turnout of less than 65%.


1966 Florida gubernatorial election, General election
On Election Day – November 8 – Claude Kirk won the general election with 821,190 (55.13%) votes versus Robert High's 668,233 (44.86%) votes. As a result, Claude Kirk became the first Republican elected to the office of Governor of Florida since Ossian B. Hart in 1872. At the time of the election, the Florida Constitution did not include a provision allowing a lieutenant governor. However, after a new state constitution was adopted in 1968, Governor Kirk appointed Ray C. Osborn as Lieutenant Governor of Florida, the first to serve in that office since Milton H. Mabry in 1889.


1966 Football League Cup Final
The 1966 Football League Cup Final, the sixth Football League Cup final to be staged since the competition's inception, was contested between West Bromwich Albion and West Ham United. It was the last to be played over two legs, with West Brom winning 5–3 on aggregate.


1966 Football League Cup Final
West Ham won the first leg 2–1 at the Boleyn Ground, with West Ham's goals coming from Bobby Moore and Johnny Byrne, with Jeff Astle scoring for West Brom. However, Albion won the second leg 4–1 at The Hawthorns. In the second leg West Brom's goals were scored by Graham Williams, Clive Clark, Tony Brown and John Kaye. Martin Peters with West Ham's consolation.


1966 Football League Cup Final, Match details, First leg
Team:  Jim Standen (GK)  Dennis Burnett  Jack Burkett  Martin Peters  Ken Brown  Bobby Moore (c)  Peter Brabrook  Ron Boyce  Johnny Byrne  Geoff Hurst  Brian Dear Scorers:Johnny ByrneBobby Moore


1966 Football League Cup Final, Match details, First leg
Team:  Ray Potter (GK)  Bobby Cram  Ray Fairfax  Doug Fraser  Danny Campbell  Graham Williams (c)  Tony Brown  Jeff Astle  John Kaye  Graham Lovett  Clive Clark Scorers:Jeff Astle


1966 Football League Cup Final, Match details, Second leg
Team:  Ray Potter (GK)  Bobby Cram  Ray Fairfax  Doug Fraser  Danny Campbell  Graham Williams (c)  Tony Brown  Jeff Astle  John Kaye  Bobby Hope  Clive Clark Scorers:Tony BrownClive ClarkJohn KayeGraham Williams


1966 Football League Cup Final, Match details, Second leg
Team:  Jim Standen (GK)  Dennis Burnett  Eddie Bovington  Martin Peters  Ken Brown  Bobby Moore (c)  Peter Brabrook  Ron Boyce  Johnny Byrne  Geoff Hurst  Johnny Sissons Scorers:Martin Peters


1966 Football League Cup Final, Road to The Final, West Ham United
Semi final, 1st leg: West Ham United 5-2 Cardiff City


1966 Football League Cup Final, Road to The Final, West Ham United
Semi final, 2nd leg: Cardiff City 1-5 West Ham United


1966 Football League Cup Final, Road to The Final, West Bromwich Albion
Semi final, 1st leg: West Bromwich Albion 2-1 Peterborough United


1966 Football League Cup Final, Road to The Final, West Bromwich Albion
Semi final, 2nd leg: Peterborough United 2-4 West Bromwich Albion


1966 Formula One season
The 1966 Formula One season was the 20th season of FIA Formula One motor racing. It featured the 1966 World Championship of Drivers and the 1966 International Cup for F1 Manufacturers which were contested concurrently over a nine-race series that commenced on 22 May and ended on 23 October. The season also included a number of non-championship races for Formula One cars.


1966 Formula One season
Jack Brabham won the World Championship of Drivers and Brabham-Repco was awarded the International Cup for F1 Manufacturers.


1966 Formula One season, Championship summary
The season was the first of the '3 litre formula', which saw maximum engine capacity doubled from the previous season. British constructors were forced to look elsewhere after Climax's withdrawal from racing. Ferrari appeared to be as well prepared as in 1961, but John Surtees, after winning the Belgian Grand Prix, left the team after a dispute at Le Mans to join Cooper. Under new regulations, cars completing less than 90% of the race distance were not classified and did not receive points, even if they finished in the top six. Also, the maximum race distance was reduced from 500 km to 400 km.


1966 Formula One season, Championship summary
Jack Brabham took his third and final Drivers' Championship, this time in a car of his own manufacture with an Australian-engineered Repco V8 engine. In winning the championship in his own car, Australian Brabham became the first and (as of 2021) the only driver to ever win the World Championship in a car carrying his own name (the BT19 and BT20 models used were designed by Brabham's business partner Ron Tauranac). It is also the first time in the history of the World Championship dating back to 1950 that a non-European or British car had won the championship.


1966 Formula One season, Championship summary
Although both Jack Brabham and his teammate, New Zealander Denny Hulme both retired from the season opening Monaco Grand Prix (won by Jackie Stewart in his BRM), Brabham with their Oldsmobile-based Repco engine caught the rest of the teams on the hop with its speed and reliability. "Black Jack" finished fourth in Belgium, before winning his first race since the 1960 Portuguese Grand Prix by winning the French Grand Prix at Reims (the last time the Reims-Gueux circuit was used in Formula One).


1966 Formula One season, Championship summary
He then won the next three Grands Prix in Britain, Holland and Germany to make it four wins in succession and virtually secure his third championship win (only a drivers five best results counted towards the championship). With Hulme finishing fourth in the Drivers' Championship with 18 points with a second in Britain and thirds in France, Italy and Mexico, Brabham won the International Cup for F1 Manufacturers with 42 points, 11 in front of second-placed Ferrari.


1966 Formula One season, Championship summary
Bruce McLaren (Bruce McLaren Motor Racing, later to become the successful McLaren team, the only team from 1966 other than Ferrari who are still in Formula One as of 2021) and Dan Gurney (Anglo American Racers) emulated Brabham by building their own cars, though with little initial success. BRM and Lotus used 2 litre engines for much of the season. BRM's new H16 engine was largely unsuccessful, though Jim Clark used one in his Lotus 43 to win at Watkins Glen.


1966 Formula One season, Championship summary
1964 World Champion John Surtees was the only driver other than Jack Brabham who won more than one race in the season. He won the second round at Spa-Francorchamps for Ferrari, before later winning the final round in Mexico City driving a Cooper-Maserati V12. Ferrari's Italian driver Ludovico Scarfiotti gave the Tifosi something to cheer about when he drove his Ferrari 312 to victory in the Italian Grand Prix at Monza. Ferrari had a double celebration at Monza as Scarfiotti's teammate Mike Parkes finished 5.8 seconds behind in second place, just holding out third placed Denny Hulme by 0.3 seconds.


1966 Formula One season, Championship summary
In an era of Grand Prix racing where driver safety was only just starting to be a concern, Briton John Taylor died of his injuries after a crash with Jacky Ickx during the German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring.


1966 Formula One season, Championship summary
During the Belgian Grand Prix at the 14.120 km (8.770 mi), wet Spa-Francorchamps circuit, future triple World Champion Jackie Stewart crashed his BRM at the high speed Masta Kink. Stewart lay trapped under his car in a pool of leaking fuel for 25 minutes as both Graham Hill and Bob Bondurant (who had both gone off the circuit nearby) borrowed a spectator's toolkit to free the Scotsman. Following his crash Stewart became a strong advocate of improving driver safety in not only Grand Prix but motor racing in general with things like vastly improved on-track medical facilities, of which there were virtually none at Spa at the time of his crash.


1966 Formula One season, Championship summary
Jack Brabham's third Drivers' Championship (following wins in 1959 and 1960) saw him move into a clear second place behind legendary five-time champion Juan Manuel Fangio on the list of Drivers' Champions. The next three-time winner would be Jackie Stewart, who won championships in 1969, 1971 and 1973.


1966 Formula One season, Championship teams and drivers
The following teams and drivers competed in the 1966 FIA World Championship.


1966 Formula One season, World Drivers' Championship standings
Points towards the 1966 World Championship of Drivers were awarded on a 9–6–4–3–2–1 basis for the first six places at each race. Only the best five race results could be retained by each driver.


1966 Formula One season, International Cup for F1 Manufacturers standings
Points were awarded on a 9–6–4–3–2–1 basis at each round with only the best five round results retained. Only the best placed car from each manufacturer at each round was eligible to score points.


1966 Formula One season, Non-championship races
Four other Formula One races  were held in 1966, which did not count towards the World Championship.


1966 Formula One season, Grand Prix – the movie of the 1966 Formula One season
The film Grand Prix is a fictionalized version of the 1966 season, which includes footage of the actual races edited together with footage of actors.


1966 French Championships (tennis)
The 1966 French Championships (now known as the French Open) was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland-Garros in Paris, France. The tournament ran from 23 May until 5 June. It was the 70th staging of the French Championships, and the second Grand Slam tennis event of 1966. Tony Roche and Ann Jones won the singles titles.


1966 French Championships (tennis), Finals, Men's Doubles
Clark Graebner /  Dennis Ralston defeated  Ilie Năstase /  Ion Ţiriac 6–3, 6–3, 6–0


1966 French Championships (tennis), Finals, Women's Doubles
Margaret Smith /  Judy Tegart defeated  Jill Blackman /  Fay Toyne 4–6, 6–1, 6–1


1966 French Championships (tennis), Finals, Mixed Doubles
Annette Van Zyl /  Frew McMillan defeated  Ann Jones /  Clark Graebner 1–6, 6–3, 6–2


1966 French Championships – Men's Singles
Third-seeded Tony Roche defeated István Gulyás 6–1, 6–4, 7–5 in the final to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 1966 French Championships.


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


1966 French Championships – Women's Singles
Third-seeded Ann Jones defeated Nancy Richey 6–3, 6–1 in the final to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 1966 French Championships.


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


1966 French Grand Prix
The 1966 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Reims on 3 July 1966. It was race 3 of 9 in both the 1966 World Championship of Drivers and the 1966 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The race was the "60th Anniversary race" of Grand Prix racing, which had started with the GP of France in 1906. It was also the 16th and last time the French Grand Prix was held on variations of French highways near Reims, following a three-year absence from the region. The race was held over 48 laps of the 8.35-kilometre (5.19 mi) circuit for a race distance of 400 kilometres (250 mi).


1966 French Grand Prix
The race was won by the 1959 and 1960 World Champion, Australian driver Jack Brabham, driving his Brabham BT19. It was Brabham's eighth Grand Prix victory and his first since the 1960 Portuguese Grand Prix, six years earlier. It was also his first win since establishing his Brabham team, and the first win for the Australian-developed Repco V8 engine. Brabham became the first driver to win a World Championship Grand Prix in a car bearing his own name. British driver Mike Parkes finished second in a Ferrari 312, 9.5 seconds behind, while Brabham's team-mate, New Zealander Denny Hulme, finished third in his Brabham BT20, albeit two laps down.


1966 French Grand Prix
Brabham now led the Driver's Championship on 12 points, two ahead of Ferrari driver Lorenzo Bandini and three ahead of BRM's Jackie Stewart and Ferrari's John Surtees. The win was the first of four in succession for Brabham as he began his march towards his third world title.


1966 French Grand Prix, Race summary
Jim Clark was a non-starter, recovering from an accident after he was hit in the eye by a bird during practice. Qualifying was firmly in the hands of Ferrari and especially Lorenzo Bandini with a pole set at 2:07.8 in his 3-litre 312/66, averaging 146.112 mph (233.780 km/h). After the start, Bandini duly led, with Jack Brabham in what would later be nicknamed his 'Old Nail' BT19 – which had a bit less straightline speed – following in his slipstream for a while.


1966 French Grand Prix, Race summary
Mike Parkes, who had taken over at Ferrari from John Surtees acquitted himself well, duelling with Graham Hill for third place, becoming second when Hill's camshaft broke. When the Italian had to retire due to a broken throttle linkage, Brabham took first place at the finish – his first win since the 1960 Portuguese Grand Prix and the first driver to win a championship Grand Prix in his own car. It was also the last race ever at Reims-Gueux, the original venue of the Formula One French Grand Prix.


1966 French Grand Prix, Race summary
1950 World Champion Nino Farina died in a car accident while on his way to watch this race.


1966 Fresno State Bulldogs football team
The 1966 Fresno State Bulldogs football team represented Fresno State College during the 1966 NCAA College Division football season.


1966 Fresno State Bulldogs football team
The team was led by first-year head coach Darryl Rogers and played home games at Ratcliffe Stadium on the campus of Fresno City College in Fresno, California. They finished the season with a record of seven wins and three losses (7–3, 3–2 CCAA).


1966 Fresno State Bulldogs football team, Team players in the NFL/AFL
The following finished their college career in 1966, were not drafted, but played in the AFL.


1966 GP Ouest–France
The 1966 GP Ouest-France was the 30th edition of the GP Ouest-France cycle race and was held on 30 August 1966. The race started and finished in Plouay. The race was won by Claude Mazeaud.


1966 Gallaher 500
The 1966 Gallaher 500 was an endurance motor race for production cars, held on 2 October 1966 at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst, New South Wales in Australia. It was the seventh running of the Bathurst 500 race  and the first time that the event had been staged under the Gallaher 500 name. 250 examples of a particular model had to be registered for a vehicle to be eligible for the race, up from the 100 examples required in previous years.


1966 Gallaher 500
The race was dominated by the Morris Cooper S. It was won by the BMC entered example of Finnish rally star Rauno Aaltonen and experienced Australian Mini racer Bob Holden a lap ahead of Fred Gibson and Bill Stanley, leading home a flotilla of Cooper Ss that filled the first nine outright race positions. The best non-Mini was a Chrysler Valiant, some six laps behind Aaltonen and Holden in tenth position.


1966 Gallaher 500, Class structure
Cars competed in four classes based on the purchase price of the vehicle in Australian dollars.


1966 Gallaher 500, Class structure, Class A
The Up to $1,800 class was contested by Datsun 1300, Fiat 850, 1.2 litre Ford Cortina, Morris Mini De Luxe and Morris 850.


1966 Gallaher 500, Class structure, Class B
The $1,801 to $2,040 class featured 1.5 litre Ford Cortina, Hillman Minx, Isuzu Bellett, Morris Cooper, Prince Skyline, Renault R8 and Toyota Corona.


1966 Gallaher 500, Class structure, Class C
The $2,041 to $2,700 class entry list was dominated by the Morris Cooper S, but also included a Fiat 1500, and a Toyota Crown.


1966 Gallaher 500, Class structure, Class D
The $2,701 to $4,000 class featured Chrysler Valiant, Holden HD X2, Studebaker Lark, Triumph 2000 and Volvo 122S.


1966 Gambian general election
General elections were held in the Gambia on 26 May 1966. They result was a victory for the ruling People's Progressive Party, which won 24 of the 32 elected seats. Voter turnout was 71.1%.


1966 Gambian general election, Results
Of the four seats won by the United Party-Gambia Congress Party coalition, the United Party took three and the Gambia Congress Party one.


1966 Gator Bowl
The 1966 Gator Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game that featured the Tennessee Volunteers and the Syracuse Orangemen.


1966 Gator Bowl, Background
The Volunteers had finished fifth in the Southeastern Conference, with an 11–10 loss to #3 Alabama being especially damaging. Nevertheless, they were invited to their second straight bowl appearance, the first time they had made consecutive bowls since 1956–57. As for the Orangemen, this was their fourth bowl appearance in the decade. This was the first Gator Bowl for either team.


1966 Gator Bowl, Game summary
Gary Wright kicked two 38 yard field goals to make it 6–0, and Dewey Warren threw touchdown passes to Austin Denney and Richmond Flowers to make it 18–0 at halftime. On the first drive of the second half, Larry Csonka scored on an 8-yard touchdown plunge to make it 18–6 (after a failed conversion play). With only 46 seconds left in the game, Floyd Little made it 18–12 on a 3-yard touchdown plunge (with another failed conversion play), but it wasn't enough. Little (216 on 29 carries) and Csonka (114 on 18 carries) combined for 330 yards rushing in losing efforts. Warren 17-of-29 for 244 yards.


1966 Gator Bowl, Aftermath
The Orangemen did not play in a bowl game again for 13 years. They returned to the Gator Bowl 30 years later. The Vols returned to the Gator Bowl three years later.


1966 Gent–Wevelgem
The 1966 Gent–Wevelgem was the 28th edition of the Gent–Wevelgem cycle race and was held on 23 March 1966. The race started in Ghent and finished in Wevelgem. The race was won by Herman Van Springel of the Dr. Mann team.


1966 George Washington Colonials football team
The 1966 George Washington Colonials football team was an American football team that represented George Washington University as part of the Southern Conference during the 1966 NCAA University Division football season. In its sixth season under head coach Jim Camp, the team compiled a 4–6 record (4–3 in the SoCon).


1966 Georgia Bulldogs football team
The 1966 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented the University of Georgia during the 1966 NCAA University Division football season. In 1966, The Bulldogs went 10–1, with wins over seventh-ranked Florida and fifth-ranked Georgia Tech in the regular season and a win over tenth-ranked SMU in the Cotton Bowl Classic by a score of 24–9. Georgia finished as Southeastern Conference (SEC) co-champion with Alabama.


1966 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Auburn
Georgia clinched a share of the SEC with the win, rallying in the second half after Auburn scored on its first two possessions.


1966 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team
The 1966 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1966 NCAA University Division football season. The Yellow Jackets were led by head coach Bobby Dodd, in his 22nd and final year with the team, and played their home games at Grant Field in Atlanta.


1966 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team
An independent, Georgia Tech opened with nine wins, then lost at rival Georgia. They finished the regular season at 9–1 and were ranked eighth in both final polls. The Yellow Jackets were invited to the Orange Bowl, but lost to the Florida Gators.


1966 Georgia gubernatorial election
The 1966 Georgia gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1966. After an election that exposed divisions within the Georgia Democratic Party (giving the Georgia Republican Party a shot at the Governor's Mansion for the first time in the twentieth century), segregationist Democrat Lester Maddox was elected Governor of Georgia by the Georgia General Assembly. The voting also brought future President Jimmy Carter to statewide prominence for the first time. The election was very close.


1966 Georgia gubernatorial election, Democratic nomination
Former Governor Ernest Vandiver was considered the favorite to return to his former job (although governors could not then succeed themselves, they could run again after leaving office), but he dropped out of the race because of health problems. That opened the door for former Governor Ellis Arnall, former Lieutenant Governor Garland T. Byrd, state Senator Jimmy Carter, and two segregationist businessmen, Lester Maddox and James H. Gray, Sr., to run for the Democratic nomination.


1966 Georgia gubernatorial election, Democratic nomination
Gray, a Massachusetts native, publisher of the Albany Herald and founder of what is now Gray Television, was a former Georgia Democratic state chairman who defended segregation in his northern accent before the 1960 Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles. In the primary race, Maddox had often called upon Gray to leave the race, having said that his opponent was "going down like the Titanic". Gray remained in the race and finished fourth in the primary. He declared neutrality in the Maddox-Arnall runoff election, not openly supporting either candidate.


1966 Georgia gubernatorial election, Democratic nomination
However, one of Gray's associates, Roy V. Harris of Augusta, a member of the Georgia State Board of Regents, supported Maddox over Arnall. Gray supporters attempted to entice Maddox to leave the race with a $100,000 payment. Gray denied involvement in the scheme but would not, on Maddox's request, take a lie detector test.


1966 Georgia gubernatorial election, Democratic nomination, Democratic primary election results
Pursuant to Georgia law, as no candidate received a majority of votes in the primary, a runoff was held on September 27.


1966 Georgia gubernatorial election, Democratic nomination, Lieutenant Governor
State House Speaker George T. Smith was the Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Georgia, after he defeated incumbent Peter Zack Geer in the primary. He went on to win the general election.


1966 Georgia gubernatorial election, Republican nomination
The Republican nominee was U.S. Representative  Howard "Bo" Callaway. He was the first Republican Representative from Georgia since Reconstruction.


1966 Georgia gubernatorial election, Republican nomination
No other Republicans sought down-ballot constitutional offices. State Senator Holden Eugene "Gene" Sanders of DeKalb County, a moderate Republican, sought to run for lieutenant governor, but Callaway said that Sanders did not follow the proper procedures. The Republican strategy was to shun all other statewide races for fear that a full ticket would unify the Democrats. The Atlanta Journal, which ultimately endorsed Callaway, claimed that key Republicans were a clique who hoped to build the party from the governor's office. The Athens Daily News depicted traditional Georgia Republican leaders as "would-be politicians [who viewed the party as] personal property and who made no real effort to expand into a broad-based and effective political organization."


1966 Georgia gubernatorial election, General election results
Some people were unhappy with both major nominees and took the "Go Bo" of Callaway's campaign, expanding it to "Go Bo, and take Lester with you".


1966 Georgia gubernatorial election, General election results
Under Georgia law at the time, the Georgia General Assembly would be required to hold a contingent election if no candidate received a majority of the popular vote, with a write-in campaign for Arnall proving decisive: in the Assembly, which was dominated by Democrats, Maddox was elected on the first ballot despite losing the popular vote by 0.31%.


1966 German Grand Prix
The 1966 German Grand Prix was a mixed Formula One and Formula Two motor race held at the Nürburgring Nordschleife on 7 August 1966. It was race 6 of 9 in both the 1966 World Championship of Drivers and the 1966 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. It was the 28th German Grand Prix and the 22nd to be held at the Nordschleife. It was held over 15 laps of the 22 kilometre circuit for a race distance 342 kilometres.


1966 German Grand Prix
The race was won by 1959 and 1960 World Champion Jack Brabham driving his Brabham BT19, his fourth win in succession. Brabham won by 43 seconds over the Cooper T81 driven by 1964 World Champion John Surtees. Surtees' Austrian teammate Jochen Rindt finished third. The first Formula Two driver to finish was French driver Jean-Pierre Beltoise in eighth driving a Matra Sports entered Matra MS5.


1966 German Grand Prix
The race also saw the death of British driver John Taylor after a collision with Jacky Ickx.


1966 German Grand Prix
Brabham had collected 39 points, more than double his nearest rival, BRM driver Graham Hill.


1966 German Grand Prix, Race report
Another wet track provided a duel between Jack Brabham and John Surtees for the whole race. It was not until the Cooper's clutch failed two laps from the end that the Australian's win was guaranteed. Jim Clark, despite qualifying on pole, made a mistake and spun into a ditch after using the wrong tyres. In a far more serious crash, the Tyrrell-entered Matra MS5 of Jacky Ickx and the privately-entered Brabham BT11 of John Taylor crashed near the bridge between Quiddelbacher and Flugplatz. Taylor was badly burned in the accident and succumbed to his injuries four weeks later.


1966 German Grand Prix, Race report
This would be the last Formula One race on the original Nürburgring Nordschleife before the Hohenrain chicane was added to slow the cars coming into the pits.


1966 German Grand Prix, Classification, Race
Note: The race was held with both Formula One and Formula Two cars competing together. Formula Two entries are denoted by a pink background.


1966 Gettysburg Bullets football team
The 1966 Gettysburg Bullets football team was an American football team that represented Gettysburg College during the 1966 NCAA College Division football season. The Bullets placed second in the Middle Atlantic Conference, University Division, but were awarded the Lambert Cup as the best football team at a mid-sized college in the East.


1966 Gettysburg Bullets football team
In their 10th year under head coach Eugene M. Haas, the Bullets compiled a 7–2 record. Rod Albright, Dick Shirk and Brian Tierney were the team captains.


1966 Gettysburg Bullets football team
Gettysburg finished the year on a six-game win streak. After the second straight win, the Bullets entered the national College Division Coaches Poll at No. 18; two weeks later they rose to No. 17, and remained in that rank at the end of the year.


1966 Gettysburg Bullets football team
Both of Gettysburg's early-season losses were to divisional rivals, yielding a 4–2 MAC University Division record, good for only second place. Nonetheless, the Bullets leapfrogged Delaware – which had beaten them in the league standings and in their head-to-head matchup – in the Lambert Cup balloting. Gettysburg had not been the top choice of any of the selectors, but were mentioned among the top 10 on each of the 10 ballots. The surprise selection irked fans of Delaware, which had been named No. 1 on five of the ballots, but entirely omitted from two of them.


1966 Gettysburg Bullets football team
The Bullets played their home games at Musselman Stadium in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.


1966 Gillette Cup
The 1966 Gillette Cup was the fourth Gillette Cup, an English limited overs county cricket tournament. It was held between 28 April and 3 September 1966. The tournament was won by Warwickshire County Cricket Club in the final at Lord's.


1966 Gillette Cup, Format
The seventeen first-class counties, were joined by five Minor Counties: Berkshire, Cheshire, Hertfordshire, Lincolnshire and Suffolk. Teams who won in the first round progressed to the second round. The winners in the second round then progressed to the quarter-final stage. Winners from the quarter-finals then progressed to the semi-finals from which the winners then went on to the final at Lord's which was held on 3 September 1966.


1966 Giro d'Italia
The 1966 Giro d'Italia was the 49th running of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tour races. The Giro started in Monaco's Monte Carlo, on 18 May, with a 149 km (92.6 mi) stage and concluded in Trieste, on 8 June, with a 172 km (106.9 mi) leg. A total of 100 riders from 13 teams entered the 22-stage race, which was won by Italian Gianni Motta of the Molteni team. The second and third places were taken by Italian Italo Zilioli and Frenchman Jacques Anquetil, respectively.


1966 Giro d'Italia, Teams
A total of 10 teams were invited to participate in the 1966 Giro d'Italia. Each team sent a squad of ten riders, so the Giro began with a peloton of 100 cyclists. Out of the 100 riders that started this edition of the Giro d'Italia, a total of 83 riders made it to the finish in Trieste.


1966 Giro d'Italia, Teams
The 10 teams that took part in the race were:


1966 Giro d'Italia, Route and stages
The race route was revealed to the public on 21 February 1966 by race director Vincenzo Torriani. With Monaco hosting the Grande Partenza, it was the second consecutive year, and second time in race history, the race started in a foreign country.


1966 Giro d'Italia, Classification leadership
One jersey was worn during the 1966 Giro d'Italia. The leader of the general classification – calculated by adding the stage finish times of each rider – wore a pink jersey. This classification is the most important of the race, and its winner is considered as the winner of the Giro.


1966 Giro d'Italia, Classification leadership
For the points classification, which awarded no jersey to its leader, cyclists were given points for finishing a stage in the top 15. The classification was also known as the Trofeo Uomo Dreher. The mountains classification leader. The climbs were ranked in first and second categories. In this ranking, points were won by reaching the summit of a climb ahead of other cyclists. Although no jersey was awarded, there was also one classification for the teams, in which the stage finish times of the best three cyclists per team were added; the leading team was the one with the lowest total time.


1966 Giro di Lombardia
The 1966 Giro di Lombardia cycling race took place on 22 October 1966, and was won by Salvarani's Felice Gimondi. It was the 60th edition of the Giro di Lombardia "monument" classic race.


1966 Golden Fleece Cup
The 1966 VFL Golden Fleece Night Premiership was the Victorian Football League end of season cup competition played in September of the 1966 VFL Premiership Season. Run as a knock-out tournament, it was contested by the eight VFL teams that failed to make the 1966 VFL finals series. It was the eleventh VFL Night Series competition. Games were played at the Lake Oval, Albert Park, then the home ground of South Melbourne, as it was the only ground equipped to host night games. North Melbourne won its second night series cup in a row defeating Hawthorn in the final by 53 points.


1966 Golden Fleece Cup
Three rule changes, all of which were eventually permanently adopted in the VFL, were trialled during this series:,


1966 Golden Helmet (Poland)
The Golden Helmet (Polish: Turniej o Złoty Kask, ZK) is an annual motorcycle speedway event, and has been organized by the Polish Motor Union (PZM) since 1961. Currently the race is held in PC Team 3rd from last season (previously Wrocław), with the top twelve riders in the Extraleague and the top four riders in the First League.


1966 Golden Helmet (Poland)
1966 Golden Helmet season was the 6th since its establishment.


1966 Gossage Cup
The 1966 Gossage Cup was the 38th and final edition of the Gossage Cup, before it was rebranded to the Challenge Cup the following year. It was hosted by Zanzibar, and won by Kenya. It was played between September 24 and October 1.


1966 Governor General's Awards
Each winner of the 1966 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.


1966 Grand National
The 1966 Grand National was the 120th renewal of the world-famous Grand National horse race that took place at Aintree near Liverpool, England, on 26 March 1966.


1966 Grand National
The winner was Anglo by 20 lengths, giving Freddie second place for a second consecutive year.


1966 Grand National
The winning jockey Tim Norman had been injured in a car accident two days earlier.


1966 Grand National, Media coverage
David Coleman presented Grand National Grandstand on the BBC. The seventh successive year the race was broadcast live and the sixth time Coleman fronted the coverage. Peter O'Sullevan, Bob Haynes and Tony Preston were the commentators.


1966 Grand Prix de Rouen-les-Essarts
The 14th Grand Prix de Rouen-les-Essarts, was the third round of the 1966 Trophées de France. It was held on the Circuit de Rouen-les-Essarts, in Grand-Couronne, near Rouen, on the 10 July. This Formula Two race was only a week after the previous round at Reims, and the cars were brought over from there and assembled in time for opening qualifying on the Thursday. Qualifying was scheduled for Thursday and Friday. This allowed those drivers competing in the Martini Trophy race at Slverstone to practise and then fly to England for the sportscar race and return to Northern France in time for the race on Sunday.


1966 Grand Prix de Rouen-les-Essarts, Report, Entry
A total of 26 F2 cars were entered for the event, of which 22 took part in qualifying. Of those 22, plenty of big names turned out. The championship leaders, Jack Brabham and Denny Hulme arrived with their Honda S100–powered Brabhams, hoping to continue their good form, as Brabham had won the two previous races at Pau and Reims. Roy Winkelmann brought two Cosworth-powered Brabhams for Jochen Rindt and Alan Rees, while John Surtees, Jacky Ickx, Graham Hill and Jean-Pierre Beltoise were scheduled to drive Matra-BRMs, although Surtees’ car was fitted with a Cosworth engine.


1966 Grand Prix de Rouen-les-Essarts, Report, Qualifying
Thursday’s qualifying session was uneventful, with most teams trying to sort their cars for the weekend ahead. Jack Brabham turned in the fastest lap, timed at 2min 14.9, Jochen Rindt managed a 2:15.8 lap. Denny Hulme was unable to record a time below 2:16, while of the rest of field could not better 2:17.


1966 Grand Prix de Rouen-les-Essarts, Report, Qualifying
Friday’s session was very different, with everyone trying to set a competitive time. Nevertheless, Brabham’s pole time of 2min 10.7 (averaging a speed of 112.018 mph) was a full two seconds quicker than his team-mate Hulme, and nearly 4½ seconds ahead of everyone else. Third was claimed by Jochen Rindt, in a time of 2:15.1, with half a second covering the next four drivers; John Surtees, Graham Hill, Jean-Pierre Beltoise and Richard Attwood. Saturday’s Martini Trophy race at Silverstone, saw Denny Hulme victorious.


1966 Grand Prix de Rouen-les-Essarts, Report, Race
On the Sunday, the Grand Prix de Rouen-les-Essarts was held over 46 laps of the Circuit de Rouen-les-Essarts.


1966 Grand Prix de Rouen-les-Essarts, Report, Race
Jochen Rindt got the jump, when the flag dropped, over the dominant Brabham-Hondas, leading into the first corner. However, by the Virage du Nouveau Monda (turn four), Jack Brabham was past and opened a three-second lead by the end of lap one. Rindt was second, following by Jean-Pierre Beltoise, Graham Hill, Alan Rees and Richard Attwood.


1966 Grand Prix de Rouen-les-Essarts, Report, Race
Meanwhile, back in ninth place was Denny Hulme. Although Brabham was pulling away at a rate of three seconds a lap, Hulme had passed everyone bar his team leader by lap 4, ahead of John Surtees, Beltoise, Rees and Rindt.


1966 Grand Prix de Rouen-les-Essarts, Report, Race
While the Brabham-Hondas headed off into the distance, Rindt made his way back to third, then pulled away from his pursuers. On lap 14, Brabham set the fastest lap of the race, with a 2m 14.6 lap. By this stage, Hulme was 3s behind and a gap of 15s to Rindt.


1966 Grand Prix de Rouen-les-Essarts, Report, Race
By half distance (lap 23), only ten cars remained on the lead lap. Rindt’s excellent drive came to an end, when his gearbox failed, while the Brabham pairing steamed on relentlessly. Then Rees held third, and immediately set about closing the gap to Hulme, halving the gap from 45s to 23s. Hulme’s car began sounding rough, and just six laps from the end of the race, Brabham stopped on the circuit with a broken gearlever, robbing him of a comfortable third straight Trophées de France win.


1966 Grand Prix de Rouen-les-Essarts, Report, Race
Hulme reeled off the remaining laps to secure his first Trophées de France win for two years, with Rees finishing second, 15s behind. Following mechanical problems to many of the cars, Pedro Rodríguez inherited third. Kurt Ahrens, Jr. managed to claim fourth place from Hill, just a few corners from home, Hill finished fifth with Trevor Blokdyk sixth.


1966 Grand Prix de Rouen-les-Essarts, Report, Race
Denny Hulme took the winner's spoils for the works Brabham team, driving their Brabham-Honda BT18. Hulme won in a time of 1hr 46:33.5mins., averaging a speed of 105.313 mph.


1966 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
The 1966 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 18th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix season. The season consisted of twelve Grand Prix races in six classes: 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc, 50cc and Sidecars 500cc. It began on 8 May, with Spanish Grand Prix and ended with Japanese Grand Prix on 17 October.


1966 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Season summary
Honda stepped up their racing program with a new four-cylinder 500cc bike, as well as bikes in the four smaller classes. Despite Honda's increased efforts, Suzuki would claim the 50cc title with Hans-Georg Anscheidt winning the championship from Honda's Luigi Taveri at the last race of the season in Japan. Yamaha would battle Honda all season for the 125 crown, each factory taking five wins, with Honda's Taveri taking the title from Yamaha's Bill Ivy.


1966 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Season summary
Mike Hailwood, having left the MV Agusta team to ride for Honda, stormed to the 250 crown, winning the first eight races of the season, as Phil Read struggled with Yamaha's new v-four race bike. Hailwood would make it a double when he also claimed the 350 class ahead of MV Agusta's Giacomo Agostini. Honda's plan was for Jim Redman to lead their 500 class campaign before he retired. All started well with Redman winning the first two races of the year however, Honda's hopes were dashed when he crashed in the rain in Belgium and broke his wrist. This gave Agostini the championship lead, which he held despite Hailwood taking three of the last six races. Honda took some consolation by winning all five constructor's titles for a clean sweep.


1966 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Standings, Scoring system
Points were awarded to the top six finishers in each race. Only the best of four were counted on 50cc championships, best of five in 350cc and 500cc championships, best of six in 125cc and 250cc championships, while in the Sidecars, only the best of three races were counted.


1966 Grantland Rice Bowl
The 1966 Grantland Rice Bowl was an NCAA College Division game following the 1966 season, between the Tennessee State Tigers and the Muskingum Fighting Muskies. Tennessee State quarterback Eldridge Dickey was named the game's most valuable player.


1966 Grantland Rice Bowl, Notable participants
Multiple players from Tennessee State were selected in the  1967 NFL/AFL Draft – running back Bill Tucker, defensive back Alvin Coleman, return specialist Noland Smith, defensive back Leon Moore, running back Eugens Bowens, and defensive back Howard Finley. Additional Tennessee State players were selected in the 1968 NFL/AFL Draft – defensive end Claude Humphrey, quarterback Eldridge Dickey, wide receiver John Robinson, wide receiver Leo Johnson, and guard Tommy Davis. Humphrey was inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2014. Running back Cid Edwards was not drafted, but later played in the NFL. Muskingum running back Rick Harbold was inducted to his university's hall of fame in 1985.


1966 Grantland Rice Bowl, Notable participants
Both head coaches have been inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame – John Merritt of Tennessee State in 1994, and Ed Sherman of Muskingum in 1996.


1966 Green Bay Packers season
The 1966 Green Bay Packers season was their 48th season overall and their 46th in the National Football League. The defending NFL champions had a league-best regular season record of 12–2, led by eighth-year head coach Vince Lombardi and quarterback Bart Starr, in his eleventh NFL season.


1966 Green Bay Packers season
The Packers beat the Dallas Cowboys in the NFL championship game, the Packers' second consecutive NFL title, fourth under Lombardi, and tenth for the franchise. Two weeks later, the Packers recorded a 35–10 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs in the inaugural AFL-NFL Championship Game, retroactively known as Super Bowl I.


1966 Green Bay Packers season
Quarterback Starr was named the league's most valuable player (MVP) in 1966. Said Cold Hard Football Facts about Starr's 1966 season, "Starr, always underappreciated, was at his classic assassin-like best in 1966, his lone MVP season. He led the league in completion percentage, yards per attempt and passer rating, while his 4.7-to-1 [touchdown-to-interception] ratio remains one of the very best in history.


1966 Green Bay Packers season
Starr, as always, cranked out great performances when he absolutely had to: the 1966 Packers, for example, were the worst rushing team in football, with a meager average of 3.5 [yards-per-attempt] on the ground, despite the reputation Lombardi's Packers still carry with them today as a dominant running team." Cold Hard Football Facts also notes that 1966 Packers had the best passer rating differential (offensive passer rating minus opponents passer rating), +56.0, in the Super Bowl Era.


1966 Green Bay Packers season
In 2007, the 1966 Packers were ranked as the 6th greatest Super Bowl champions on the NFL Network's documentary series America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions, with team commentary from Bill Curry, and Willie Davis, and Bart Starr, and narrated by Donald Sutherland.


1966 Green Bay Packers season, Offseason
The Washington Redskins made overtures to Vince Lombardi about becoming their new head coach. Lombardi refused their offer and the Redskins had to settle for Otto Graham as their new head coach. Lombardi replaced Graham in Washington in 1969.


1966 Green Bay Packers season, Offseason, NFL Draft
In the 1966 NFL draft, held in late November 1965, the Packers selected running back Jim Grabowski of Illinois with the ninth overall pick. Common for pro football in the mid-1960s, the Packers found themselves in a bidding war for Grabowski. The expansion Miami Dolphins of the American Football League selected Grabowski with the first overall selection of the AFL Draft, held the same day. Lombardi's plan was to groom Grabowski to take over for Jim Taylor at fullback. Despite being offered more money by the Dolphins, Grabowski said it was an honor to be drafted by the Packers.


1966 Green Bay Packers season, Offseason, NFL Draft
Grabowski signed with the Packers and landed on the cover of Sports Illustrated in August, with veteran backfield tandem Paul Hornung and Taylor on the main cover and rookies Grabowski and Donny Anderson on the foldout. The signing of Grabowski upset Taylor, who felt that he was underpaid and made it publicly known that he would leave Green Bay once his contract expired. Taylor had been given an offer by the expansion Atlanta Falcons, but agreed to honor his contract before moving to another team and played out his option in 1966.


1966 Green Bay Packers season, Offseason, NFL Draft
Fellow rookie running back Anderson of Texas Tech was the seventh overall selection of the 1965 draft as an underclassman, and he stayed in school for his senior season in 1965. Due to their large contracts, signed during the height of the pre-merger bidding war with the AFL, as well as their high visibility as the apparent replacements for Hornung and Taylor, Anderson and Grabowski were nicknamed the "Gold Dust Twins."


1966 Green Bay Packers season, Offseason, NFL Draft
The 1966 draft (November 1965) was the last one held separately for the two leagues. Following the merger agreement of June 1966, a common draft was conducted in March 1967.


1966 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season
The defending champion Packers finished the regular season with a league best record of 12–2, returning them to the NFL championship game as Western Conference champions. Until 1975, NFL playoff sites were rotated, so the Eastern Conference champion Dallas Cowboys (10–3–1) hosted the title game in 1966 at the Cotton Bowl on January 1, 1967.


1966 Green Bay Packers season, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1966 Green Bay Packers season, Standings, Game summaries, Week 13: at Baltimore Colts
Zeke Bratkowski relieved Bart Starr, who suffered a muscle spasm in the first half. Bratkowski directed an 80-yard drive in the fourth quarter that resulted in a go-ahead touchdown run by Elijah Pitts. 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 crown.


1966 Green Bay Packers season, Postseason, NFL Championship Game
Green Bay took an early 14–0 lead on two first-quarter scores; a 17-yard touchdown pass from Bart Starr to Elijah Pitts and an 18-yard fumble return by Jim Grabowski on the ensuing kickoff. The Cowboys tied the score with two touchdowns towards the end of the quarter.


1966 Green Bay Packers season, Postseason, NFL Championship Game
Starr's third touchdown pass of the game gave the Packers a 34–20 lead with 5:20 left in the game, but the Cowboys responded with a 68-yard touchdown pass from Don Meredith to Frank Clarke. Dallas advanced to the Green Bay 22-yard line on their next drive, when a pass interference penalty gave the Cowboys a first down at the Packer 2-yard line. But Green Bay's Tom Brown intercepted a Meredith pass in the end zone with 28 seconds left to play to preserve the victory for the Packers.


1966 Green Bay Packers season, Postseason, NFL Championship Game
With the win, the Packers earned their 10th NFL championship. It was their second in a row and fourth in six seasons.


1966 Green Bay Packers season, Postseason, Super Bowl I
The first ever AFL-NFL World Championship Game in professional American football, later to be known as Super Bowl I, was played on January 15, 1967, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California. The Packers faced the Kansas City Chiefs from the AFL, who finished their regular season at 11–2–1.


1966 Green Bay Packers season, Postseason, Super Bowl I
The Packers jumped out to an early 7–0 lead with Bart Starr's 37-yard touchdown pass to reserve receiver Max McGee, who had been put into the game just a few plays earlier to fill in for injured starter Boyd Dowler. Early in the second quarter, Kansas City marched 66 yards in 6 plays to tie the game on a 7-yard pass from quarterback Len Dawson to Curtis McClinton. But the Packers responded on their next drive, advancing 73 yards down the field and scoring on fullback Jim Taylor's 14-yard touchdown run with the team's famed "Power Sweep" play. The Chiefs then cut the lead with a minute left in the half, 14–10, on Mike Mercer's 31-yard field goal.


1966 Green Bay Packers season, Postseason, Super Bowl I
Early in the second half Dawson was intercepted by defensive back Willie Wood. He returned the interception 50 yards to the Kansas City 5-yard line. On the next play Elijah Pitts rushed 5-yards for a touchdown, giving the Packers a 21–10 lead. Max McGee scored his second touchdown of the game with a 13-yard reception from Bart Starr. The Packers held the Chiefs' offense to 12 yards in the third quarter. Elijah Pitts scored another touchdown for the Packers in the third quarter on a one-yard touchdown run. The Packers would win the game 35–10. Quarterback Bart Starr was named the MVP of the game, completing 16 of 23 passes for 250 yards and two touchdowns.


1966 Guamanian legislative election
Parliamentary elections were held in Guam in 1966. The Democratic Party of Guam won all 21 seats in a "blackjack victory".


1966 Guamanian legislative election, Electoral system
The 21 members of the Legislature were elected from a single district, with the candidates receiving the most votes being elected. Candidates were required to be at least 25 years old and have lived in Guam for at least five years before the election.


1966 Guamanian legislative election, Campaign
The Democratic Party campaign included attacks on the Territorial Party government for stopping the urban renewal programme, which was popular with voters.


1966 Guamanian legislative election, Results
The Democratic Party won all 21 seats, with the Territorial Party left seatless after its top candidate received around 1,000 votes fewer than the lowest-ranked Democratic Party candidate.


1966 Guatemalan general election
General elections were held in Guatemala on 6 March 1966. After no candidate received 50% or more of the national vote, Julio César Méndez Montenegro was elected President by Congress on 5 May. In the Congressional elections, the Revolutionary Party won 28 of the 54 seats. Voter turnout was 56.27% in the presidential election and 55.01% in the Congressional elections. Despite historical odds he faced, left-of-centre Méndez, a former law professor who held the rank of civilian, would be successfully be elected and sworn in as President of Guatemala, which had at this point been long led by military government since its independence in 1847.


1966 Hamburg state election
On 27 March 1966, elections for members of the sixth legislative period of the Hamburg Parliament (Hamburgische Bürgerschaft) after the Second World War were held in the German state of Hamburg. There were 1,375,491 eligible voters.


1966 Hamburg state election, Results
959,816 voters, meaning a turnout of 69.8%, gave 947,802 valid and 12,014 invalid votes.


1966 Hamburg state election, Post-election
Herbert Weichmann continued to be the First Mayor of Hamburg.


1966 Harelbeke–Antwerp–Harelbeke
The 1966 Harelbeke–Antwerp–Harelbeke was the ninth edition of the E3 Harelbeke cycle race and was held on 26 March 1966. The race started and finished in Harelbeke. The race was won by Rik Van Looy.


1966 Harvard Crimson football team
The 1966 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University during the 1966 NCAA University Division football season. Harvard shared the championship of the Ivy League in a three-way tie.


1966 Harvard Crimson football team
In their tenth year under head coach John Yovicsin, the Crimson compiled an 8–1 record and outscored opponents 231 to 60. Justin P. Hughes was the team captain.


1966 Harvard Crimson football team
Harvard's 6–1 conference record earned a three-way tie for first place in the Ivy League standings. The Crimson outscored Ivy opponents 156 to 53. Harvard defeated one of its co-champions, Dartmouth, and suffered its lone loss to the other co-champion, Princeton.


1966 Harvard Crimson football team
Harvard played its home games at Harvard Stadium in the Allston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.


1966 Harvard Crimson football team
Actor Tommy Lee Jones was a guard on the team.


1966 Hawaii Rainbows football team
The 1966 Hawaii Rainbows football team represented the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa as an independent during the 1966 NCAA College Division football season. In their first season under head coach Phil Sarboe, the Rainbows compiled a 4–6 record.


1966 Hawaii gubernatorial election
The 1966 Hawaii gubernatorial election was Hawaii's third gubernatorial election. The election was held on November 8, 1966, and resulted in a victory for the Democratic candidate,  incumbent Governor of Hawaii John A. Burns over Republican candidate, State Senator Randolph Crossley. Despite the close race, Burns received more votes than Crossley in every county in the state except Honolulu, which Crossley won by less than one percentage point.


1966 Hawaii gubernatorial election, Primaries
Neither the Democratic nor Republican primaries, both of which were held on October 1, 1966, were particularly contentious. In the Democratic primary, John A. Burns received 79.49% of the vote to G.J. Fontes' 20.51%. Randolph Crossley received 98.08% of the Republican primary vote to 1.92% for Gottfried Seitz.


1966 Hawthorn Football Club season
The 1966 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 42nd season in the Victorian Football League and 65th overall. Following the season John Kennedy Sr. returned as coach.


1966 Hobart Carnival
The 1966 Hobart Carnival was the 16th edition of the Australian National Football Carnival, an Australian rules football interstate competition. It was the final time that Tasmania hosted a carnival.


1966 Hobart Carnival
It was competed by two Victorian sides, one from the Victorian Football League (VFL) and another from the Victorian Football Association (VFA), as well as South Australia, Western Australia and the home state Tasmania.


1966 Hobart Carnival
The VFL topped the ladder as the only undefeated team and Peter Hudson was the leading goal-kicker with 20 goals.


1966 Hobart Carnival, Results: Day Two
Attendance: 23,764 at North Hobart Oval (Double header) *Ground Record


1966 Hobart Carnival, All-Australian team
In 1966 the All-Australian team was picked based on the Hobart Carnival.


1966 Hobart Carnival, Tassie Medal
Western Australian Barry Cable won the Tassie Medal on eight votes, two clear of runner up John Goold.


1966 Hofstra Flying Dutchmen football team
The 1966 Hofstra Flying Dutchmen football team was an American football team that represented Hofstra University during the 1966 NCAA College Division football season. Hofstra finished second-to-last in the Middle Atlantic Conference, University Division.


1966 Hofstra Flying Dutchmen football team
In their 17th year under head coach Howard "Howdy" Myers Jr., the Flying Dutchmen compiled a 2–8 record, and were outscored 175 to 133. Mike D'Amato and Frank Marcinowski were the team captains. Hofstra's 1–3 record against MAC University Division opponents earned sixth place in the seven-team division.


1966 Hofstra Flying Dutchmen football team
The Flying Dutchmen played their home games at Hofstra Stadium on the university's Hempstead campus on Long Island, New York.


1966 Holy Cross Crusaders football team
The 1966 Holy Cross Crusaders football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross as an independent during the 1966 NCAA University Division football season. Mel Massucco returned for his second year as head coach. The team compiled a record of 6–3–1.


1966 Holy Cross Crusaders football team
All home games were played at Fitton Field on the Holy Cross campus in Worcester, Massachusetts.


1966 Hong Kong riots
The Hong Kong 1966 riots was a series of disturbances that took place over three nights on the streets of Kowloon, Hong Kong in the spring of 1966. The riots started as peaceful demonstrations against the British colonial government's decision to increase the fare of Star Ferry foot-passenger harbour crossing by 25 percent.


1966 Hong Kong riots
One person died in the riots, dozens were injured, and over 1,800 people were arrested during the turmoil.


1966 Hong Kong riots, Origins, Direct cause
The Star Ferry was an important link between the Kowloon Peninsula and Hong Kong Island before the Cross-Harbour Tunnel was built in 1972. In October 1965, the Government revealed that the Star Ferry had applied to it for fare increases of between 50% and 100%. Star Ferry, which considered this a secret, expressed dismay that the application had been made public. It was further revealed that Star Ferry had solicited the views of the Hongkong and Yaumati Ferry on the increase sought. This sparked public fears that if the increase in fares were approved, other forms of public transport would also  raise their prices.


1966 Hong Kong riots, Origins, Direct cause
When the Transport Advisory Committee (TAC) approved Star Ferry's fare increase in March 1966, Elsie Elliot, an Urban Councillor and dissenting member of the TAC, created a petition against the fare increase and collected the signatures of 20,000 citizens.


1966 Hong Kong riots, Origins, Direct cause
A peaceful and rational protest was conducted by two participants. However, it was severely suppressed by the Hong Kong Government. The public was outraged.


1966 Hong Kong riots, Origins, Underlying cause
The 1960s was a period of mounting dissatisfaction over British colonial rule. Living and working conditions of the general population were poor, and corruption in officialdom was prevalent. Citizens were distrustful of the rampantly corrupt police, and the inequity of policing. As with the subsequent Hong Kong 1967 riots, social unrest was reaching a boiling point.


1966 Hong Kong riots, Protests, Demonstrations
In the morning of 4 April, So Sau-chung (蘇守忠), a 27-year-old young man who worked as a translator, began a hunger strike protest at the Star Ferry Terminal in Central District. So wore a black jacket upon which he had hand-written the words "Hail Elsie", "Join hunger strike to block fare increase". He caught the public mood and quickly drew a crowd of supporters.


1966 Hong Kong riots, Protests, Demonstrations
Another young man, Lo Kei (盧麒), joined So in the hunger strike. At 16:10, the Hong Kong Police arrested So Sau-chung on the charges of obstruction of passageway. A group of young "sympathisers" went to Government House to petition the Governor, David Trench.


1966 Hong Kong riots, Protests, Demonstrations
That evening, over 1,000 people gathered in Tsim Sha Tsui, demonstrating against So's arrest and the government's support for the Star Ferry company's fare increase. Demonstrators marched to Mong Kok, and back again to Tsim Sha Tsui.


1966 Hong Kong riots, Protests, Escalation
So was put on trial in the Western Magistrates' Court, and was sentenced to two months' imprisonment.


1966 Hong Kong riots, Protests, Escalation
Crowds started gathering at around 8 pm, and violence broke out among the protesters in Kowloon about two hours later. On the busy thoroughfare Nathan Road, mobs threw stones at buses and set vehicles on fire. The Yau Ma Tei Police Station was also attacked by a crowd of over 300 people. Riot police fired tear gas in response, but people continued to gather in Nathan Road, with the mob almost doubling in size once Hong Kong's cinemas closed at midnight.


1966 Hong Kong riots, Protests, Escalation
The rioters looted shops, and attacked and set fire to public facilities including fire stations and power stations. Riot police continued to fire tear gas into the crowds and in some cases fired their carbines at looters. During that night, 772 tear gas canisters, 62 wooden shells and 62 carbine rounds were fired.


1966 Hong Kong riots, Protests, Escalation
The British Army was also called into action. Soldiers with bayonets fixed patrolled the streets in Kowloon enforcing a curfew that was imposed after around 1.30 am.


1966 Hong Kong riots, Protests, Escalation
The next day the government announced that the curfew would start earlier, at 7 pm, and warned that any rioters risked being shot. But that night rioters still gathered on Nathan Road near Mong Kok. Again, vehicles were set on fire and shops looted. Hundreds of people attempted, unsuccessfully, to set fire to the Yau Ma Tei and Mong Kok Police stations.


1966 Hong Kong riots, Protests, Escalation
During the course of the evening, 280 rounds of teargas and 218 baton rounds were used. One protester was killed, four injured, and 215 arrests were made.


1966 Hong Kong riots, Protests, Escalation
The next day the government announced that the curfew would start early at 7 pm, and warned that any rioters risked being shot. There were huge queues for public transport when workers went home early, and the city was like a ghost town one hour before the curfew. Some 3,500 police were out patrolling the streets. There were some incidents of stone-throwing in Chungking Mansions and Nam Cheong Street in Sham Shui Po. Raids by plain-clothes police culminated in the arrest of 669 'agitators'.


1966 Hong Kong riots, Aftermath
Some 300 people were brought before the courts, and 258 people received sentences of up to two years' imprisonment. The riots began to die down, and by 10 April the curfew was lifted. The fare increase was approved on 26 April. Damage caused was estimated to be no less than HK$20 million.


1966 Hong Kong riots, Aftermath
After the riot, the colonial government of David Trench set up the Kowloon Disturbances Commission of Inquiry, presided over by Justice Michael Hogan, aimed at identifying the cause, in particular, the social elements that underlay the outbreak of violence. The inquiry report cited one of the main reasons was the general lack of a sense of belonging to society of young people, general insecurity and distrust of the government among grass-roots; all of this was exacerbated by economic recession, unemployment and a housing shortage. The inquiry recommended the Trench government to create the function of district officers (民政事務專員) to improve governance by facilitating communication between the government and the local public. The findings were however derided as "a farce" by Elsie Elliot.


1966 Hong Kong riots, Aftermath
Lo Kei was arrested after the event, allegedly for theft. In January 1967, he was found hanged in an apartment in Ngau Tau Kok. Officially, his death was recorded as a suicide, but Elliot and So challenged the verdict. So, and a few others, staged a protest in Mong Kok until April when So was arrested and sentenced to Castle Peak Psychiatric Hospital for 14 days.


1966 Hong Kong riots, Implications
The 1966 riots marked the birth of civic activism in Hong Kong. It is the first large-scale social movement in Hong Kong with huge number of young people participation. It also reflected widespread social discontent that eventually led to the territory-wide leftist riots in 1967.


1966 Hong Kong riots, Implications
The Edinburgh Place Star Ferry pier, where the riots originated, was included in the controversial Central waterfront redevelopment project in 2007. Many protesters linked their demonstration against the demolition of the pier with So's action.


1966 Houston Astros season
The 1966 Houston Astros season was a season in American baseball. The team finished eighth in the National League with a record of 72–90 (.444), 23 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers.


1966 Houston Astros season
This was the second season for the Astrodome, but its first with a playing surface of AstroTurf. The infield portion was installed in March, and the outfield was ready for play on July 19.


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


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


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


1966 Houston Cougars football team
The 1966 Houston Cougars football team was an American football team that represented the University of Houston as an independent during the 1966 NCAA University Division football season. In its fifth season under head coach Bill Yeoman, the team compiled an 8–2 record, outscored opponents by a total of 335 to 125, and was ranked No. 17 in the final UPI/Coaches Poll. The team led the NCAA in total offense with an average of 437.2 yards per game.


1966 Houston Cougars football team
Halfback Dickie Post was the team captain, led the team with 1,061 rushing yards, and was also selected by the Houston Chronicle as the Player of the Year. Other statistical leaders included quarterback Bo Burris with 1,666 passing yards and split end Ken Hebert with 38 receptions, 800 receiving yards, and 113 points scored (11 touchdowns, 41 extra points, and two field goals). Hebert's 113 points led all major college football players in 1966.


1966 Houston Cougars football team
The team played its home games at the Astrodome in Houston. The attendance at seven home games totaled 287,530, an average of 41,076 per game.


1966 Houston Cougars football team, Records
Houston players set multiple single-season school records during the 1966 season, including the following:


1966 Houston Cougars football team, Records
The team also set single-game scoring and total offense records with 73 points and 585 yards against Tulsa on November 5.


1966 Houston Cougars football team, Professional football
Several players from the 1966 Houston team later played in the NFL or AFL: Tom Beer, Bo Burris, Carl Cunningham, Paul Gipson, Ken Hebert, Warren McVea, and Dickie Post. In addition, Tom Paciorek, who intercepted six passes in 1966, went on to play 18 years in Major League Baseball.


1966 Houston Oilers season
The 1966  Houston Oilers season was the 7th season for the Houston Oilers as a professional AFL franchise;  The team failed to improve on their previous output of 4–10, winning only three games. The Oilers failed to qualify for the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season, and were swept by the expansion Miami Dolphins.


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


1966 Hualien earthquake
The 1966 Hualien earthquake occurred on March 13 at 00:31 local time of Taiwan. The epicenter was located in the offshore area between Yonaguni Island, Japan and Hualien, Taiwan.


1966 Hualien earthquake
The intensity in Yonaguni reached shindo 5. Two people were reported dead in Yonaguni, Japan, and four in Taiwan. Building damage was reported. A tsunami with a run-up height of 50 cm (20 in) was observed.


1966 Hualien earthquake
This earthquake released a seismic moment of 4.86×1020 Nm. The magnitude of this earthquake was put at Ms 8.0, Mw 7.79, MJMA 7.8, or ML 7.8. This earthquake had a strike-slip faulting focal mechanism.


1966 Hualien earthquake
The fault plane solutions of this earthquake suggested that there is a sliver of crust off the east coast of Taiwan other than the Philippine Sea Plate. The map of shallow earthquakes shows that the Philippines are encircled by a zone of seismicity. There is a difference between the slip direction in the east coast of the Philippines and the relative motion between the Philippine Sea Plate and the Eurasian Plate. Together with other evidences, it has been  suggested that most of the Philippines might belong to a minor plate other than the Eurasian Plate.


1966 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team
The 1966 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team represented Humboldt State College during the 1966 NCAA College Division football season. Humboldt State competed in the Far Western Conference (FWC).


1966 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team
The 1966 Lumberjacks were led by first-year head coach Bud Van Deren. They played home games at the Redwood Bowl in Arcata, California. Humboldt State finished with a record of four wins and six losses (4–6, 2–4 FWC). The Lumberjacks were outscored by their opponents 144–210 for the season.


1966 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team, Team players in the NFL
No Humboldt State players were selected in the 1967 NFL Draft.


1966 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
The 1966 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in the East Berlin suburb of Grünau in East Germany. This event was held under the auspices of the International Canoe Federation. From 19 to 21 August, competitors used the regatta course on the Langer See that had previously been used for the canoeing and rowing events at the 1936 Summer Olympics.


1966 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
The men's competition consisted of four Canadian (single paddle, open boat) and nine kayak events. Three events were held for the women, all in kayak. This was the first championships which had one competitor or team per nation per event, a rule that continues as of 2008.


1966 ISSF World Shooting Championships
The 39th UIT World Shooting Championships was the contemporary name of the ISSF World Shooting Championships in all ISSF shooting events that were held in Wiesbaden, West Germany in 1966.


1966 Ice Hockey World Championships
The 1966 Ice Hockey World Championships was the 33rd edition of the Ice Hockey World Championships. The tournament was held in Hala Tivoli, Ljubljana, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia from 3 to 14 March 1966. For the fourth straight year, the Soviet Union won the tournament. For the Soviets, it was their sixth World and tenth European title. The Czechs beat both Canada and Sweden two to one, to take the Silver, while the Swedes' historic loss to East Germany helped put them fourth behind Canada for the Bronze.


1966 Ice Hockey World Championships
The lower two tiers (Groups B and C) were formalized, so there would be no more qualifying tournaments with promotion and relegation taking places between these two tournaments as well. West Germany won all their games to return to the top level of competition while Great Britain went winless and was replaced by Group C winner Italy.


1966 Ice Hockey World Championships, World Championship Group A (Ljubljana)
The Canadian national team players wanted to withdraw from the World Championships in protest of the officiating in a loss to the Czechoslovakian national team in which Canada was the more-penalized team and had two goals disallowed. The team's manager Father David Bauer stayed up all night with the team and talked them into continuing to avoid a national embarrassment and sanctions against the team.


1966 Ice Hockey World Championships, World Championship Group B (Zagreb), Final Round
West Germany was promoted to the top level while Great Britain was relegated to Group C for 1967 (but did not participate again until 1971).


1966 Ice Hockey World Championships, World Championship Group C (Jesenice)
A Yugoslav 'B' team participated unofficially in the tournament, playing games against each of the three other participating nations. This was South Africa's last appearance in the World Championships until 1992.


1966 Ice Hockey World Championships, World Championship Group C (Jesenice), Final Round
Italy was promoted to Group B, France decided not to participate, Yugoslavia B team participated instead of France


1966 Ice Hockey World Championships, Ranking and statistics, European championships final standings
Please note:  At the time of the championship Sweden was awarded the bronze, however, East Germany should have won because of their better record amongst only European clubs. In 1999 this mistake was corrected and living players were presented with the medals they were supposed to have won.


1966 Ice Hockey World Championships, Ranking and statistics, European championships final standings
The final standings of the European championships according to IIHF:


1966 Icelandic Cup
The 1966 Icelandic Cup was the seventh edition of the National Football Cup.


1966 Icelandic Cup
It took place between 16 July 1964 and 23 October 1964, with the final played at Melavöllur in Reykjavik. The cup was important, as winners qualified for the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (if a club won both the league and the cup, the defeated finalists would take their place in the Cup Winners' Cup). Teams from the Úrvalsdeild karla (1st division) did not enter until the quarter finals. In prior rounds, teams from the 2. Deild (2nd division), as well as reserve teams, played in one-legged matches. In case of a draw, the match was replayed.


1966 Icelandic Cup
KR Reykjavik won their 6th Cup in 7 seasons, beating the Icelandic champions, Valur Reykjavik, 1 - 0 in the final.


1966 Idaho Vandals football team
The 1966 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho in the 1966 NCAA University Division football season. The Vandals were led by second-year head coach Steve Musseau and played a second season in the Big Sky Conference, but remained in the NCAA University Division. Home games were played on campus at Neale Stadium in Moscow, with one home game in Boise at old Bronco Stadium at Boise Junior College.


1966 Idaho Vandals football team
Led on the field by quarterbacks John Foruria and Steve Garman and senior fullback Ray McDonald, the Vandals were 4–6 overall and 3–1 in conference play. Idaho nearly won the Battle of the Palouse with neighbor Washington State for the third straight year, but lost 14–7 in the chilly mud at Neale Stadium after giving up two late touchdowns. It remains the last time the rivalry was played in the state of Idaho; the Vandals dropped fourteen straight to the Cougars until consecutive wins in 1999 and 2000.


1966 Idaho Vandals football team
McDonald rushed for 255 yards in the season finale against Weber State and led the NCAA for the season with 1,329 yards. He was the thirteenth overall selection in the 1967 NFL Draft, the highest-ever for a Vandal, taken by the Washington Redskins.


1966 Idaho Vandals football team, All-conference
Fullback Ray McDonald was a unanimous selection to the all-conference team, joined by guard Steve Ulrich, center Bob Skuse, defensive end Tom Stephens, middle guard Dick Arndt, and linebacker Ron Porter. Second team (honorable mention) picks were guard Bob McCray, tackle Gary Fitzpatrick, tight end Tim Lavens, quarterback Steve Garman, defensive tackles John Daniel and Ray Miller, linebacker Jerry Ahlin, and defensive backs Byron Strickland and John Foruria.


1966 Idaho Vandals football team, All-conference
McDonald was a second-team All-American (AP, UPI, NEA), and a first team selection by the Sporting News and Time.


1966 Idaho Vandals football team, NFL Draft
Four Vandal seniors were selected in the 1967 NFL/AFL Draft, the first common draft, which lasted seventeen rounds (445 selections).


1966 Idaho Vandals football team, NFL Draft
Three seniors were previously selected as future picks in the 1966 NFL Draft, which lasted twenty rounds (305 selections).


1966 Idaho gubernatorial election
The 1966 Idaho gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1966. Republican nominee Don Samuelson defeated Democratic nominee Cecil Andrus with 41.41% of the vote.


1966 Illinois Fighting Illini football team
The 1966 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois during the 1966 Big Ten Conference football season. In their seventh year under head coach Pete Elliott, the Illini compiled a 4–6 record and finished in a tie for third place in the Big Ten Conference.


1966 Illinois Fighting Illini football team
The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Bob Naponic with 998 passing yards, running back Bill Huston with 420 rushing yards, and John Wright with 831 receiving yards. Guard Ron Guenther was selected as the team's most valuable player.


1966 Illinois elections
Elections were held in Illinois on Tuesday, November 8, 1966.


1966 Illinois elections, Election information
1966 was a midterm election year in the United States.


1966 Illinois elections, Election information, Turnout
Turnout in the primary was 32.20%, with 1,791,494 ballots cast (1,060,189 Democratic and 731,305 Republican).


1966 Illinois elections, Election information, Turnout
Turnout in the general election was 73.54%, with 3,928,478 ballots cast.


1966 Illinois elections, Federal elections, United States Senate
Incumbent Senator Paul Douglas, a Democrat seeking a fourth term, was defeated by Republican Charles H. Percy.


1966 Illinois elections, Federal elections, United States House
All 24 Illinois seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 1966.


1966 Illinois elections, Federal elections, United States House
Republicans flipped one seat, leaving the Illinois House delegation to consist of 12 Democrats and 12 Republicans.


1966 Illinois elections, State elections, Treasurer
Incumbent Treasurer was William J. Scott, a Republican. Democrat Adlai Stevenson III was elected to succeed him in office.


1966 Illinois elections, State elections, Superintendent of Public Instruction
Incumbent  Superintendent of Public Instruction Ray Page, a Republican, won a second term.


1966 Illinois elections, State elections, State Senate
Seats in the Illinois Senate were up for election in 1966. Republicans retained control of the chamber.


1966 Illinois elections, State elections, State House of Representatives
Seats in the Illinois House of Representatives were up for election in 1966. Republicans flipped control of the chamber.


1966 Illinois elections, State elections, Trustees of University of Illinois
An election was held for three of nine seats for Trustees of University of Illinois.


1966 Illinois elections, State elections, Trustees of University of Illinois
The election saw the election of new Republican members Donald R. Grimes, Ralph Crane Hahn, and James A. Weatherly.


1966 Illinois elections, State elections, Trustees of University of Illinois
Third-term incumbent Democrats Kenney E. Williamson and Frances Best Watkins lost reelection. Incumbent third-term Republican Wayne A. Johnston Sr. was not renominated.


1966 Illinois elections, State elections, Ballot measures
Three ballot measures were put before voters in 1966. One was a legislatively referred state statute, and two were legislatively referred constitutional amendments.


1966 Illinois elections, State elections, Ballot measures
In order to be approved, legislatively referred state statutes required the support of a majority of those voting on the amendment. In order to be placed on the ballot, proposed legislatively referred constitutional amendments needed to be approved by two-thirds of each house of the Illinois General Assembly. In order to be approved, they required approval of either two-thirds of those voting on the amendment itself or a majority of all ballots cast in the general elections.


1966 Illinois elections, State elections, Ballot measures, County Officers' Re-Election
County Officers' Re-Election, a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, was put to a vote. It would have amended Section 8 of Article X of the Illinois Constitution. It failed to meet either threshold for passage.


1966 Illinois elections, State elections, Ballot measures, General Banking Law Amendment
General Banking Law Amendment was approved by voters as a legislatively referred state statute. It modified the state's banking law. To pass, it had required a majority of those voting on the article to approve it.


1966 Illinois elections, State elections, Ballot measures, Revenue Article
Revenue Article, a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, was put to a vote. It would have amended Sections 1, 2, 3, 9, 10, 12, and 13 of Article IX of the Illinois Constitution. It failed to meet either threshold for passage.


1966 Iloilo City fire
A fire in Iloilo City on February 7, 1966 destroyed nearly three quarters of the City Proper area, the central business district, of Iloilo City in the Philippines. It is the single most devastating fire in the city's history.


1966 Iloilo City fire
The 12-hour-long fire began at a lumberyard on Iznart Street then spread across Quezon and Valeria streets. The fire trucks of the government, the now-Bureau of Fire Protection, were ill-equipped to fight the fire because they had to travel 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) to Jaro, Iloilo City to fill their water tanks.


1966 Iloilo City fire
After the fire, commercial activity returned to the area with many of surviving concrete commercial buildings being rebuilt, but the area was left with fewer residents since many homes were replaced by commercial structures. Some survivors were relocated to the district of La Paz in Iloilo City.


1966 Iloilo City fire
Among the commercial buildings impacted was the Majestic Theater, which was rebuilt. New commercial landmarks constructed include the Marymart Center, a shopping mall, and the new Iloilo branch of the Philippine National Bank.


1966 Iloilo City fire
In the aftermath of the fire, the Iloilo Filipino Chinese Fire Prevention Association Incorporated was established. It is now known as Federation Iloilo Volunteer Fire Brigade. It is one of the two private volunteer fire departments, though they include some part-time on-call firefighters.


1966 Indian Rajya Sabha elections
Rajya Sabha elections were held in 1966, to elect members of the Rajya Sabha, Indian Parliament's upper chamber.


1966 Indian Rajya Sabha elections, Elections
Elections were held in 1966 to elect members from various states. The list is incomplete.


1966 Indian Rajya Sabha elections, Elections, Members elected
The following members are elected in the elections held in 1966. They are members for the term 1966-72 and retire in year 1972, except in case of the resignation or death before the term.


1966 Indian Rajya Sabha elections, Bye-elections
The following bye elections were held in the year 1966.


1966 Indiana Hoosiers football team
The 1966 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1966 Big Ten Conference football season. The Hoosiers played their home games at Seventeenth Street Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. The team was coached by John Pont, in his second year as head coach of the Hoosiers.


1966 Indiana State Sycamores football team
The 1966 Indiana State Sycamores football team represented Indiana State University in the 1966 NCAA College Division football season. The Sycamores were represented on the All-Conference team by: John Truitt, Senior, WR, Joe Fiedler, Senior, Center, Randy Payne, Junior, Halfback and Rob Pychinka, Linebacker. Ron Overton, Sophomore, Quarterback & Dean Klink, Sophomore, Fullback were named to the Conference Honorable Mention team.


1966 Indianapolis 500
The 50th International 500-Mile Sweepstakes was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Monday, May 30, 1966. The official program cover for the race celebrated both the 50th running of the race, and 150th anniversary of Indiana statehood.


1966 Indianapolis 500
Eleven of the 33 starters were eliminated in a first-lap accident right after receiving the green flag on the main stretch. Only A. J. Foyt was injured, hurting his hand scaling the catch fence trying to escape the wreck scene. Only seven cars, the fewest finishers ever, were still running by the end of the race. First-time starter Jackie Stewart led by over a lap late in the race in John Mecom's Lola T90-Ford. However, inside ten laps to go, his oil pressure dropped too low due to a broken scavenge pump. Stewart parked the car, and walked back to the pits. Fellow rookie Graham Hill inherited the lead and led a total of 10 laps to win, the first rookie winner since 1927. Despite parking the car, Stewart was voted the rookie of the year over Hill.


1966 Indianapolis 500
Defending race winner Jim Clark spun twice during the race, and finished second. For the second year in a row, the Wood Brothers from the NASCAR Grand National circuit were invited to work pit stops, this time for Dan Gurney. However, the car dropped out of the race in the crash on the opening lap.


1966 Indianapolis 500, Race schedule
* Includes days where trackactivity was significantlylimited due to rain


1966 Indianapolis 500, Practice and time trials, Background
Three-year veteran Johnny Rutherford was injured in a serious crash on April 3 at Eldora, and was forced to sit out the 1966 race.


1966 Indianapolis 500, Practice and time trials, Background
The Mecom Racing Team was scheduled to field drivers Walt Hansgen, Rodger Ward, and Jackie Stewart. However, Hansgen died from injuries suffered in a crash during a test session at Le Mans on April 3. Graham Hill was named as a late replacement, and his name was not even listed on the entry list in the official program.


1966 Indianapolis 500, Practice and time trials, Practice
Practice for the "Golden Anniversary 500" opened on Saturday April 30, but cold temperatures and rainy weather for the first few days kept most cars off the track. Chuck Hulse (149.8 mph) was the fastest car over the first weekend. On Monday May 2, Art Pollard became the first rookie to pass the 145 mph rookie test. Jackie Stewart also passed his rookie test.


1966 Indianapolis 500, Practice and time trials, Practice
On Tuesday May 10, Mario Andretti turned a practice lap of 164.5 mph during practice, establishing himself as an early favorite for the pole position. Among the others over the 160 mph mark were A. J. Foyt, George Snider, and Dan Gurney.


1966 Indianapolis 500, Practice and time trials, Practice
On Friday May 13, the final day of practice before time trials, Mario Andretti shattered the unofficial track record by more than 5 mph, running a lap of 167.411 mph. Rain hampered most of the day, but Andretti put together additional laps of 166 mph, and 164 mph. The next-fastest car was Jim Clark, whose best lap was 165.7 mph.


1966 Indianapolis 500, Practice and time trials, Saturday May 14 – Pole Day time trials
Mario Andretti won the pole position with a four-lap track record of 165.889 mph. His best single lap was a record 166.328 mph.


1966 Indianapolis 500, Practice and time trials, Saturday May 14 – Pole Day time trials
Chuck Rodee was killed in a crash. On his second warmup lap in turn one, Rodee backed into the outside wall, and he died of his injuries at the hospital.


1966 Indianapolis 500, Practice and time trials, Saturday May 14 – Pole Day time trials
A total of 18 cars completed qualifying runs on a chilly pole day.


1966 Indianapolis 500, Practice and time trials, Sunday May 15 – Second Day Time trials
After crashing on pole day, A. J. Foyt qualified at 161.355 mph, the fourth-fastest car in the field.


1966 Indianapolis 500, Practice and time trials, Saturday May 21 – Third Day Time trials
Unser brothers Bobby and Al qualified, with rookie Al (162.272 mph) leading the speeds for the day. Bobby Grim qualified his turbo Offy front-engined roadster at 158.367 mph, the only such car in the field.


1966 Indianapolis 500, Practice and time trials, Sunday May 22 – Bump Day Time trials
Two drivers managed to bump their way into the field, Ronnie Duman and Larry Dickson. Greg Weld wrecked two cars (one of which was a popular Granatelli-Novi), but was uninjured. Bobby Grim, the slowest qualifier, holds on to the make the field in his front-engined roadster.


1966 Indianapolis 500, Race recap, Start
As the field came down the main stretch for the start, Billy Foster was among those jockeying for position. As the green flag fell, he nearly touched wheels with Gordon Johncock and lost control. He spun directly into the outside wall, just beyond the start/finish line, and triggered a huge pileup. Sixteen cars were involved, with debris and loose wheels bouncing all over the racing surface.


1966 Indianapolis 500, Race recap, Start
As the drivers instinctively scurried out of their machines to avoid possible flames (although no significant fires had broken out), A. J. Foyt became the only driver casualty of the incident. He injured his hand climbing over the catch fence on the outside of the track. He was checked out at the infield hospital, and cleared to drive relief if needed. One spectator was hit by a wheel from the crash.


1966 Indianapolis 500, Race recap, Start
Of the sixteen cars, eleven were damaged beyond repair. The red flag came out, and after the cleanup, the race lined up for a restart with only 22 cars. The red flag delay was about 1 hour and 24 minutes.


1966 Indianapolis 500, Race recap, Start
When the race was restarted, the field took several warm up laps, and restarted single file. The yellow light came back on almost immediately when Johnny Boyd crashed in turn 1 on the first green lap.


1966 Indianapolis 500, Race recap, Controversy
After the race, some confusion in the scoring led to a controversy, wherein second place Jim Clark's team thought they were the rightful winner. Clark had spun on two separate occasions during the race, but did not make serious contact during either incident. He did not stall his engine either time, and was able to drive to the pits for the crew to inspect the car quickly both times. Clark's team contended that he did not lose a significant amount of track position, and estimated that they were still one lap ahead of Graham Hill at the finish.


1966 Indianapolis 500, Race recap, Controversy
The scoring pylon, which was manually controlled and unofficial, changed frequently and somewhat sporadically as the scoring was ironed out, much to the dismay of Clark's crew in particular, and much to the confusion of spectators. The unofficial results at the conclusion of the race showed Graham Hill winning by 41.13 seconds over Clark.


1966 Indianapolis 500, Race recap, Controversy
The morning after the race, USAC released the official results, and the standings were unchanged. Colin Chapman and Andy Granatelli, the entrants of Clark's Lotus team, declined to file an official protest. A possible explanation given was that the Lotus crew did not see Hill pass by Clark during the aftermath of the second spin.