1966 in the Vietnam War, June
A crowd of pro-Buddhist demonstrators stormed the U.S. Consulate in Huế and set it on fire.


1966 in the Vietnam War, June
Operation Lam Son II was a military and public relations operation in the village of Tân Phước Khánh, Tân Uyên District.


1966 in the Vietnam War, June
Operation Hawthorne was conducted by the 101st Airborne Division to relieve the ARVN 42nd Regiment, 22nd Division under siege at Toumorong northeast of Đắk Tô. The operation resulted in 688 PAVN killed and 21 captured and a further 506 estimated killed and 48 U.S. and 10 ARVN killed.


1966 in the Vietnam War, June
The Senate of the Philippines voted, 15–8, to authorize President Ferdinand Marcos to send 2,000 soldiers to South Vietnam. With that action, became the fourth nation to join the United States in entering the war, along with South Korea, Australia and New Zealand.


1966 in the Vietnam War, June
The Sunday Times published The General Goes Zapping Charlie Cong, a New Journalism story by Nicholas Tomalin, detailing a day's activities of General James F. Hollingsworth during the war.


1966 in the Vietnam War, June
The Battle of Hill 488 took place in Hiệp Đức District when the U.S. Marines 1st Reconnaissance Battalion engaged a PAVN/VC force. The battle resulted in 42-200 PAVN/VC and 14 Marines killed.


1966 in the Vietnam War, June
Operation Nathan Hale was conducted by the 1st Cavalry Division west of Phú Yên Province. the operation resulted in 450 PAVN killed and a further 300 estimated killed.


1966 in the Vietnam War, June
Thích Trí Quang was arrested and taken to a local military hospital, before being taken to Saigon and permanently put under house arrest.


1966 in the Vietnam War, June
After several days of fighting with protesting Buddhists, the South Vietnamese government regained full control of the city of Huế. The lesson learned in the Buddhist Uprising was that "the dominance of Generals Ky and Thieu could not be contested as long as they had the support of the United States." More than three years of internecine strife in South Vietnam between Buddhists and Catholics and between competing military factions effectively ended.


1966 in the Vietnam War, June
Operation Jay was a U.S. 4th Marine Regiment and ARVN 1st Division search and destroy operation on the Street Without Joy. The operation resulted in 475 PAVN and 24 Marines killed.


1966 in the Vietnam War, June
Sixteen U.S. Navy A-6 Intruders and 12 support aircraft took off from the aircraft carriers USS Constellation and USS Ranger to carry out the first American bombing of North Vietnam's largest cities, striking at fuel and oil facilities near Haiphong, the nation's second biggest city. Twenty-five minutes later 25 USAF F-105 Thunderchief fighter-bombers attacked fuel storage tanks in Hanoi. However, a CIA report two months later would conclude that the daring raids had escalated the war, but failed to have the expected impact, noting "there is no evidence that the air strikes have significantly weakened popular morale."


1966 in the Vietnam War, June
The Fort Hood Three, three soldiers in the 142nd Signal Company, 2nd Armored Division stationed at Fort Hood, Texas refused to be sent to South Vietnam, stating that the war was illegal and immoral. All three were court-martialed and sentenced to three years' hard labor.


1966 in the Vietnam War, July
Thirty-one people were arrested when a demonstration by approximately 4,000 antiwar protesters in front of the U.S. Embassy in London's Grosvenor Square turned violent.


1966 in the Vietnam War, July
Operation Macon was a 1st Marine Division operation around the An Hoa Combat Base. The operation resulted in 380 VC and 24 Marines killed.


1966 in the Vietnam War, July
The Hanoi March was conducted, with 52 U.S. prisoners of war (POWs) forced to walk for 2 miles (3.2 km) through the streets of Hanoi to be shown off before tens of thousands of North Vietnamese civilians. The action came in the wake of the bombing raids near Hanoi a week earlier. The POWs were chained in pairs, and were paraded along Tràng Tiền Street, and then along Hàng Bông and Nguyễn Thái Học streets in front of an increasingly angry mob. Over the next hour, many of the men were beaten by civilians as the planned event went out of control before the group finally reached the relative safety of the Hàng Đây Stadium, before being returned to their prison camps.


1966 in the Vietnam War, July
Air-to-air missiles were used in combat for the first time by the VPAF as two MiG-21 jets fired on USAF F-105 fighters.


1966 in the Vietnam War, July
The Warsaw Pact conference in Bucharest ended with a joint declaration by the European Communist nations to send volunteers to North Vietnam if requested for such support by the North Vietnamese government. The members making the pledge were the Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland and Romania.


1966 in the Vietnam War, July
The U.S. Department of Defense declared a new policy, to take effect immediately, of a hardship discharge from American military service for any men "who become qualified sole surviving sons subsequent to their enlistment or induction", but only if the applicant's brother or father had been in the military and had died "as a result of hazards incident to their service in the armed forces".


1966 in the Vietnam War, July
The Battle of Minh Thanh Road occurred when a VC force attacked a U.S. 1st infantry Division convoy, triggering a prepared U.S. ambush, resulting in 238 VC and 25 U.S. killed.


1966 in the Vietnam War, July
Operation Hastings was conducted by the 3rd Marine Division and ARVN 1st Division to push the PAVN 324B Division back across the DMZ. The operation resulted in 700+ PAVN killed and 17 captured and 126 Marines and 21 ARVN killed.


1966 in the Vietnam War, July
British Prime Minister Harold Wilson flew to Moscow to try to persuade the Soviets to start peace negotiations between the United States and North Vietnam about the war. Despite a warm welcome from Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin, Wilson was told simply that his peace bid was doomed to fail. Wilson arrived only two hours after the departure of India's Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, who had been on a similar peace initiative.


1966 in the Vietnam War, July
As the war escalated, North Vietnam's President Ho Chi Minh ordered a partial mobilization of the PAVN to "extend all-out support" to the VC forces. Ho said: "This war may go on for five more years, ten more years, 20 more years, or even more. Hanoi, Haiphong and a number of our other cities and enterprises may be destroyed, but the people of Vietnam are not afraid. There is nothing more precious than independence and freedom."


1966 in the Vietnam War, July
The Battle of Nam Bac took place in the Nam bac valley in Laos between RLA and the PAVN and Pathet Lao. After initially occupying the area against light resistance, by early 1967 the RLA forces were besieged by the PAVN and Pathet Lao in a battle of attrition. On 13 January 1968 the RLA forces disintegrated and the PAVN 316th Division overran the area capturing over 2,400 RLA soldiers.


1966 in the Vietnam War, July
Lieutenant (j.g.) Dieter Dengler, a U.S. Navy pilot, became the second and last American to successfully escape from a POW camp during the war, when he was rescued 23 days after escaping a camp in Laos.


1966 in the Vietnam War, July
Operation John Paul Jones was conducted by the 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division in Phú Yên Province. The operation resulted in 209 VC and 23 U.S. killed.


1966 in the Vietnam War, July
A million people gathered in Tiananmen Square in Beijing for a rally in support of defending North Vietnam, and to listen to speeches by Communist Party leaders. President Liu Shaoqi told the crowd, "We must warn the United States Aggressors in all seriousness— don't miscalculate, don't misjudge your opponents.... If you think you can unscrupulously 'escalate' the war of aggression without meeting due punishment, then you will find it too late to repent. The 700,000,000 Chinese people provide powerful backing for the Chinese people."


1966 in the Vietnam War, July
U.N. Secretary General U Thant visited Moscow, the third world leader (after Indira Gandhi of India and Harold Wilson of the Britain) in two weeks to try to persuade the Soviet Union to endorse a program for ending the war.


1966 in the Vietnam War, August
The Republic of Korea Marine Corps 2nd Marine Brigade began to arrive at Chu Lai Base Area.


1966 in the Vietnam War, August
A U.S. Navy board of inquiry recommended a court-martial for Captain Archie C. Kuntze for misconduct during his two years as commander of the supply depot operations within South Vietnam. Captain Kuntze, who called himself "The American Mayor of Saigon", would be convicted on 14 November of lesser charges involving a romantic affair and would receive a reprimand.


1966 in the Vietnam War, August
Operation Prairie was a 3rd Marine Division operation to engage PAVN forces south of the DMZ. The operation resulted in 1,329 PAVN killed and 27 captured and a further 1,713 estimated killed, Marine losses were 226 killed.


1966 in the Vietnam War, August
The Soviet Union protested against damage to one of its merchant ships in Haiphong, caused by American air attacks. The Soviet diesel vessel Medyn had been moored when it was struck by large caliber bullets during a U.S. air raid on 2 August. Foy D. Kohler, the U.S. Ambassador to Moscow, responded eight days later that the damage had actually been caused by North Vietnamese anti-aircraft fire and that the U.S. planes conducted no strafing operations.


1966 in the Vietnam War, August
Operation Colorado/Lien Ket 52 was a search and destroy operation by the U.S. 1st Marine Division, Vietnamese Marines and ARVN 2nd Infantry Division in Hiệp Đức District. The operation resulted in 350 PAVN killed and 20+ captured and 14 U.S. and 26 South Vietnamese killed.


1966 in the Vietnam War, August
Seven U.S. warplanes were shot down in a single day over North Vietnam, the highest U.S. air loss since the war had begun breaking the previous record of six aircraft downed on 13 August 1965. Within the space of a month, 25 F-105s, the equivalent of an entire USAF squadron had been shot down, mostly by anti-aircraft guns.


1966 in the Vietnam War, August
In The New York Times former Vice President Richard Nixon called for an increase in American military personnel in South Vietnam to 500,000 and advocated that the U.S. should increase bombing of North Vietnam, including Hanoi.


1966 in the Vietnam War, August
The Battle of Đức Cơ was an engagement between the PAVN 5th Battalion, 88th Regiment and the U.S. 1st Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment and ROKA 3rd Battalion, 1st Cavalry Regiment. The battle resulted in 197 PAVN and seven Koreans killed.


1966 in the Vietnam War, August
Three USAF jets mistakenly attack the USCGC Point Welcome operating offshore from the DMZ, killing two United States Coast Guard crewmen and wounding several other crewmen and photojournalist Tim Page.


1966 in the Vietnam War, August
The House Un-American Activities Committee began an investigation of Americans who had demonstrated against the war, seeking "evidence that communist organizations were instigating their operations". Twelve demonstrators issued subpoenas to testify on activities such as urging donations to the VC. Eight people in attendance were forcibly removed from the hearing and arrested after they began shouting protests, while nine others were arrested outside the Capitol building for disturbance of the peace. U.S. District Judge Howard F. Corcoran had issued an injunction the day before, prohibiting the hearings from going forward, but a Court of Appeals order had reversed the injunction and the hearings took place as scheduled.


1966 in the Vietnam War, August
The Battle of Long Tan was fought between 1 ATF and PAVN/VC forces in a rubber plantation near the village of Long Tần, about 27 kilometres north east of Vung Tau, South Vietnam. The four hour long battle resulted in 245 PAVN/VC killed and three captured and 18 Australians killed. It is arguably the most famous battle fought by the Australian Army during the Vietnam War.


1966 in the Vietnam War, August
The U.S. merchant vessel SS Baton Rouge Victory was sunk at Saigon by a VC mine. Seven civilian crew members were killed.


1966 in the Vietnam War, August
Operation Amarillo was a road security operation conducted by 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division in Bình Dương Province. The operation resulted in 99 VC and 41 U.S. killed.


1966 in the Vietnam War, August
The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly rejected a request by President Johnson for authority to activate the 133,000 military reserve forces (including the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard) for duty in the war. Although the U.S. Senate had approved the plan, the first vote in the House was 162–39 against, and when a roll call was requested, the measure failed 378 to 3.


1966 in the Vietnam War, August
Operation Byrd was a security operation conducted by the U.S. 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment and the ARVN 44th Regiment in Bình Thuận Province. The operation resulted in 913 VC, 11 U.S. and 41 ARVN killed.


1966 in the Vietnam War, September
U.N. Secretary-General U Thant declared that he would not seek re-election, because of the failure of U.N. efforts to end the war. "Today it seems to me, as it has seemed for many months, that the pressure of events is remorselessly leading toward a major war... In my view the tragic error is being repeated of relying on force and military means in a deceptive pursuit of peace."


1966 in the Vietnam War, September
Operation Sunset Beach was an operation conducted by the 2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division in Hậu Nghĩa Province, southeastern Tây Ninh Province and southwestern Bình Dương Province. The operation resulted in 80 VC killed and a further 135 estimated killed and 29 U.S. killed.


1966 in the Vietnam War, September
A VC mortar attack on Camp Radcliff killed four U.S. and wounded 76 and damaged 77 helicopters.


1966 in the Vietnam War, September
Flying a MiG-17 jet, Nguyễn Văn Bảy became the first VPAF ace and first ace of the war, when he shot down his fifth airplane, a U.S. Navy F-8 Crusader fighter. The U.S. pilot, USAF Captain Wilfred K. Abbott, ejected safely, but was captured and would spend more than six years as a prisoner of war.


1966 in the Vietnam War, September
Operation Seward was a harvest security operation conducted by the 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division in Phú Yên Province. The operation resulted in 239 PAVN/VC and 27 U.S. killed.


1966 in the Vietnam War, September
The South Korean 9th Infantry Division (White Horse) arrived in South Vietnam and was deployed near Ninh Hòa.


1966 in the Vietnam War, September
The U.S. Department of Defense announced what would be the largest draft call of the Vietnam War, calling for 49,200 registered men to be inducted into military service for the month of October, the highest numbers since the Korean War.


1966 in the Vietnam War, September
According to a complaint registered by the People's Republic of China on September 16, two American F-105 jets strayed from North Vietnam and into the Guangxi Autonomous Region of China and "wantonly strafed Chinese villages and commune members who were working there", wounding three people, until "Aircraft of the Chinese People's Air Force promptly took off to intercept the enemy planes and damaged one of them." U.S. Secretary of State Dean Rusk said that he had no information about such an encounter and said that the U.S. was "looking into it".


1966 in the Vietnam War, September
USAF Captain Pete Peterson is captured after his F-4 Phantom was shot down on a bombing mission near Hanoi. In April 1997 he would become the first postwar U.S. ambassador to Vietnam.


1966 in the Vietnam War, September
Elections were held in South Vietnam for the first time since the installation of a military regime in November 1963. Despite VC attacks on polling places 80.8% of the 5,288,512 registered voters turned out to elect members of a constituent assembly that would draw up a new constitution.


1966 in the Vietnam War, September
Operations Thayer, Irving and Thayer II were related operations carried out primarily by the 1st Cavalry Division, with support by the ARVN 22nd Division and the ROKA Capital Division, to eliminate PAVN/VC influence in Bình Định Province. The operations resulted in 2,669 PAVN/VC and 296 U.S. killed.


1966 in the Vietnam War, September
The Philippines established the headquarters of the Philippine Civic Action Group in Tây Ninh Province. The total number of Philippine soldiers in South Vietnam was 2,000. The U.S. paid all expenses for the Filipinos deployed to South Vietnam and granted additional aid to the Philippines.


1966 in the Vietnam War, September
Operation Attleboro was a search and destroy operation by the 196th Light Infantry Brigade and elements of the U.S. 1st, 4th and 25th Infantry Divisions northwest of Dau Tieng. The operation resulted in 1,016 PAVN/VC killed and 200+ captured, U.S. losses were 155 killed and five missing.


1966 in the Vietnam War, September
Operation Deckhouse IV was an operation conducted by the Special Landing Force (SLF) Battalion Landing Team (BLT) of 1st Battalion, 26th Marine Regiment in the eastern DMZ. The operation resulted in 200+ PAVN and 36 Marines killed.


1966 in the Vietnam War, September
Buddhist leader Thích Trí Quang ended a 100-day hunger strike that had started after the government had crushed the Buddhist uprising in June. During that time, the 42 year old monk had gone from 130 pounds to only 68 pounds.


1966 in the Vietnam War, September
Operation Golden Fleece 7-1 was a harvest security operation by the 1st Battalion, 7th Marines in Mộ Đức District. The Marines relocated the occupants of Van Ha, a VC stronghold, and killed 240 VC for the loss of one Marine.


1966 in the Vietnam War, September
The U.S. 4th Infantry Division began deploying to Camp Enari, South Vietnam.


1966 in the Vietnam War, September
Two U.S. Marine jets mistakenly bombed a village in the mountains of Quảng Ngãi Province, killing 28 Montagnard civilians and wounding 17 others.


1966 in the Vietnam War, October
The Soviet military newspaper Red Star published an article that officially confirmed suspicions that military advisers were aiding the North Vietnamese. According to the article, missile specialists had been sent to train the Vietnamese on how to fire SAMs and had been forced to dodge U.S. bombing.


1966 in the Vietnam War, October
The West German hospital ship MV Helgoland arrived at Saigon and would treat civilian patients until September 1967 when it moved to Danang.


1966 in the Vietnam War, October
Two days before Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei A. Gromyko met with President Johnson, the Soviet Union announced that it was rejecting the United Kingdom's six-point plan to end the war. British Foreign Secretary George Brown met with Gromyko in London, and proposed that the two nations arrange a peace conference in Geneva. The Soviet position was that, until North Vietnam requested a conference, they would not push for peace negotiations.


1966 in the Vietnam War, October
A Lockheed U-2 crashed in VC territory 65 miles (105 km) east-northeast of Saigon after developing mechanical problems on a mission over North Vietnam. A U.S. Army team was sent to destroy the wreckage.


1966 in the Vietnam War, October
U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara in a memorandum said that communist forces were suffering 60,000 killed per year, "yet there is no sign of an impending break in enemy morale and it appears that he can more than replace his losses by infiltration from North Vietnam and recruitment in South Vietnam." McNamara continued: "enemy...forces...are larger; terrorist and sabotage have increased in scope and intensity; more railroads and highways cut; the rice crop expected to come to market is smaller; we control little, if any, more of the population...in the countryside, the enemy almost completely controls the night."


1966 in the Vietnam War, October
Operation Shenandoah was conducted by 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division in Bình Long Province. The operation resulted in 74 VC and five U.S. killed.


1966 in the Vietnam War, October
Operation Atlanta was a road security operation carried out by the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment in Đồng Nai Province. The operation resulted in 161 VC and 15 U.S. killed.


1966 in the Vietnam War, October
Operation Paul Revere IV was a sweep operation conducted by Brigades of the 4th and 25th Infantry Divisions, 1st Cavalry Division and 101st Airborne Division southeast of the Plei Trap Valley near the South Vietnam-Cambodia border. The operation resulted in 1,200 PAVN and 376 U.S. killed.


1966 in the Vietnam War, October
Former U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower supported Richard Nixon's criticisms of President Johnson for "hesitation, indecision, and even timidity" in South Vietnam.


1966 in the Vietnam War, October
In the 1966 Laotian coup forces loyal to Generals Ouane Rattikone and Bounthone Marthepharak defeated a coup led by Royal Lao Air Force commander Brigadier General Thao Ma and forced him to flee into exile in Thailand.


1966 in the Vietnam War, October
President Johnson met with the leaders of Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines, South Korea, South Vietnam and Thailand in Manila, Philippines. The leaders offered an American troop withdrawal from South Vietnam in six months contingent upon a North Vietnamese withdrawal of its troops and support for the VC. North Vietnam's Prime Minister Pham Van Dong, responded, "Never Munich again, in whatever form," and pledged that his nation "will fight until final victory against the U.S. imperialists."


1966 in the Vietnam War, October
Operation Sea Dragon was a series of American-led naval operations to interdict sea lines of communications and supply going south from North Vietnam to South Vietnam and to destroy land targets with naval gunfire.


1966 in the Vietnam War, October
A fire aboard the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany in the Gulf of Tonkin killed 44 crewmen and seriously injured 15 others. Thirty-four of the dead were officers, and 24 of them were pilots.


1966 in the Vietnam War, October
President Johnson stopped briefly in South Vietnam after the conclusion of a summit meeting in the Philippines. Landing at the Cam Ranh Base in an unannounced visit, Johnson spent almost two and a half hours addressing American troops, then personally presenting medals, including 24 Purple Hearts to wounded men at the base hospital.


1966 in the Vietnam War, October
Operation Geronimo was an operation conducted by the U.S. 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, ROKA 28th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division and ARVN 47th Infantry Regiment, 22nd Division against the PAVN 18B Regiment. The operation resulted in 150 PAVN killed and 76 captured and 16 U.S. killed.


1966 in the Vietnam War, October
Project 100,000 was a program to accept low-IQ draftees who scored in the 10-30 percentile range in the Armed Forces Qualification Test into the U.S. military. These draftees, known pejoratively as "McNamara's Morons" or the "Moron Corps" suffered proportionately higher casualty rates in the war than other draftees.


1966 in the Vietnam War, November
The VC launch an artillery attack on the National Day parade in Saigon firing more than 30 shells into the city, killing seven South Vietnamese and one American officer.


1966 in the Vietnam War, November
MACV and the Joint General Staff promulgated the Combined Campaign Plan 1967 to extend the area controlled by the South Vietnamese Government and to win victories over PAVN/VC units.


1966 in the Vietnam War, November
In the Incident on Hill 192 five men of C Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division kidnapped, gang raped and murdered Phan Thi Mao, a young Vietnamese woman. One of the group later reported the crime and the other four were convicted of murder and served sentences of 22 months to four years.


1966 in the Vietnam War, November
The United States, South Vietnam and their other allies in the Vietnam War agreed to a proposal from the VC and North Vietnam for three ceasefires to coincide with holidays. All fighting would halt from 07:00 24 December, until 07:00 on 26 December, as well as from the morning of New Year's Eve until the morning of 2 January 1967. In addition, there would be a four-day ceasefire during the 1967 Tết holidays, celebrated in both North Vietnam and South Vietnam, that marked the traditional start of the Vietnamese new year, with a truce to last between 8 and 12 February 1967.


1966 in the Vietnam War, December
Operation Fairfax was a joint counterinsurgency/pacification operation conducted by II Field Force, Vietnam and the ARVN in Gia Định Province near Saigon. The operation resulted in 1,200 VC killed or captured.


1966 in the Vietnam War, December
The VC conduct a sapper and mortar attack on Tan Son Nhut Air Base. The attack resulted in 28 VC killed and four captured, three U.S. and three ARVN killed. Twenty aircraft were damaged and three vehicles destroyed.


1966 in the Vietnam War, December
Trần Văn Văn, considered a leading candidate for President of South Vietnam, was assassinated by the VC in Saigon after leaving the office of Prime Minister Kỳ. Tran, a 58 year old politician who had formerly been the Secretary General of the nation's High National Council, had recently been elected as to the 117 member assembly that was to draw up a new constitution. He was riding in a car when a VC on a motorcycle pulled alongside and killed him with four shots.


1966 in the Vietnam War, December
Sixteen U.S. Marines were killed and 11 others injured when a Marine bomber accidentally dropped two 250 pound bombs on them. The Marines were fighting near Đông Hà in Quảng Trị Province, when they came under a mortar attack, and were firing their own 81 mm shells when the bombs "either bounced off a ridge of boulders, or fell about 300 yards (270 m) yards from their intended target."


1966 in the Vietnam War, December
The U.S. Department of Defense confirmed for the first time that a USAF pilot was being held captive in the People's Republic of China, after his F-104 Starfighter went down over China's Hainan Island. China had long maintained that it had an American pilot who had been captured alive in its territory. The United States said that Captain Philip E. Smith had either been shot down or had had a mechanical failure on 20 September 1965.


1966 in the Vietnam War, December
MACV's long-standing estimates were that the PAVN/VC forces in South Vietnam numbered 282,000. CIA analyst Sam Adams wrote a memo stating that "the number of Viet Cong is closer to 600,000 and perhaps more." The memo would initiate a lengthy debate between MACV and the CIA concerning the number of VC.


1966 in the Vietnam War, December
The U.S. Army deployed its new Mobile Riverine Force into combat for the first time, with the 2nd Brigade of the 9th Infantry Division arriving at Vung Tau.


1966 in the Vietnam War, December
The destroyer USS O'Brien became the first U.S. ship to be struck by shells fired from North Vietnamese shore batteries in Quảng Bình Province killing two crewmen and wounding four.


1966 in the Vietnam War, December
A Flying Tiger Line Canadair CL-44 cargo plane crashed into the Hòa Vang District of Da Nang, killing at least 125 civilians and the plane's crew of four. The four-engine turboprop fell short of the runway as it attempted to land in fog at Da Nang Air Base.


1966 in the Vietnam War, December
Starting at 07:00 a 48-hour holiday ceasefire went into effect, five hours into the ceasefire, however, Australian troops were fired upon by VC near Saigon and six other incidents took place, including a small arms and mortar fire attack near Phú Lộc in Thừa Thiên Province, that killed an ARVN soldier.


1966 in the Vietnam War, December
The New York Times published a front page investigative report, "A Visitor to Hanoi Inspects Damage Laid to U.S. Raids", filed by editor Harrison E. Salisbury stating "Contrary to the impression given by U.S. communiques on-the-spot inspection indicates that U.S. bombing has been inflicting considerable civilian casualties and its environs for some time past."


1966 in the Vietnam War, December
The PAVN 22nd Regiment attacked Firebase Bird located in the Kim Son Valley and occupied by C Battery 6th Battalion, 16th Artillery and B Battery 2nd Battalion, 19th Artillery and defended by elements of the 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry. The PAVN breached the perimeter and occupied most of the artillery positions, but were eventually forced out. The U.S. lost 27 killed in the attack and 267 PAVN were killed in the attack and the four day pursuit of the attacking unit.


1966 in the Vietnam War, December
U.S. and ARVN troops crossed the border into the Svay Rieng Province of Cambodia in pursuit of a fleeing VC force, and conducted a ground and air assault on the village of Ba Thu.


1966 in the Vietnam War, December
Operation Marigold, a secret attempt to reach a compromise solution to the war, failed after attempts by Polish diplomat Janusz Lewandowski and the Italian ambassador in Saigon, Giovanni D'Orlandi, in collaboration with American ambassador Lodge.


1966 in the Vietnam War, December
The Selective Service System drafted 382,010 men into military service in 1966, the highest total during the war. By comparison, in 1962, only 82,060 men were drafted


1966 nine-pin bowling World Championships
The 1966 nine-pin bowling World Championships was the sixth edition of the championships and was held in Bucharest, Romania, from 19 to 25 June 1966.


1966 nine-pin bowling World Championships
In the men's competition the title was won by Romania in the team competition, Petre Purge and Constantin Rădulescu (Romania) in the pair competition and by Horst Bräutigam (East Germany) in the individual event. In the women's competition the title was won by Romania in the team competition, Marie Mikulčíková and Vlasta Šindlerová (Czechoslovakia) in the pair competition and by Vlasta  Šindlerová (Czechoslovakia) in the individual event.


1966 nine-pin bowling World Championships, Results, Men - team
The competition was played with 200 throws mixed (100 all, 100 clean). Teams were composed of 6 competitors and the scores were added up.


1966 nine-pin bowling World Championships, Results, Women - team
The competition was played with 100 throws mixed (50 all, 50 clean). Teams were composed of 6 competitors and the scores were added up.


1966 smallpox outbreak in the United Kingdom
The 1966 smallpox outbreak in the United Kingdom was an outbreak of mild smallpox which began with Tony McLennan, a photographer at the Medical School in Birmingham, which housed a smallpox laboratory and where 12 years later a fatal smallpox outbreak would occur, also beginning with a medical photographer.


1966 Úrvalsdeild, Overview
It was contested by 6 teams, and Valur won the championship. Keflavík's Jón Jóhannsson was the top scorer with 10 goals.


1966 Úrvalsdeild karla (basketball)
The 1966 Úrvalsdeild karla was the 15th season of the top tier men's basketball league on Iceland, then known as 1. deild karla. KR won their 2nd title by posting the best record in the league. ÍKF got relegated after posting the worst record in the league.


1966 Úrvalsdeild karla (basketball)
Einar Bollason led the league in total scoring with 210 points.


1966 Úrvalsdeild karla (basketball), Competition format
The participating teams played each other twice for a total of 10 games. The top team won the national championship. If two teams were tied at the top at the end of the season, they would have to play an extra game to decide the national championship.


1966-67 Four Hills Tournament
The 15th annual Four Hills Tournament was won by Norwegian athlete Bjørn Wirkola who secured three dominating victories after a surprising double victory for the East German team in Oberstdorf.


1966-67 Four Hills Tournament, Participating nations and athletes
The national groups of Germany and Austria only competed at the two events in their respective countries.


1966/67 NTFL season
The 1966/67 NTFL season was the 46th season of the Northern Territory Football League (NTFL).


1966/67 NTFL season
St Marys have won their seventh premiership title while defeating Darwin in the grand final by 22 points.


1966–67 1.Lig
Statistics of the Turkish First Football League for the 1966–67 season.


1966–67 1.Lig, Overview
It was contested by 17 teams, and Beşiktaş J.K. won the championship.


1966–67 1re série season
The 1966–67 1re série season was the 46th season of the 1re série, the top level of ice hockey in France. Chamonix Hockey Club won their 23rd league title.


1966–67 A Group
Statistics of Bulgarian A Football Group in the 1966–1967 season.


1966–67 A Group, Overview
It was contested by 16 teams, and Botev Plovdiv won the championship.


1966–67 AHL season
The 1966–67 AHL season was the 31st season of the American Hockey League. Nine teams played 72 games each in the schedule. The Pittsburgh Hornets finished first overall in the regular season, and won their first Calder Cup championship since being resurrected in 1961–62. It would also be the final season for Pittsburgh in the AHL, replaced by the NHL's Penguins the next season.


1966–67 AHL season, Final standings
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points;


1966–67 AHL season, Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes


1966–67 Aberdeen F.C. season
The 1966–67 season was Aberdeen's 54th season in the top flight of Scottish football and their 56th season overall. Aberdeen competed in the Scottish League Division One, Scottish League Cup and Scottish Cup.


1966–67 Albanian National Championship
The 1966–67 Albanian National Championship was the 29th season of the Albanian National Championship, the top professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1930.


1966–67 Albanian National Championship, Overview
It was contested by 12 teams, and Dinamo Tirana won the championship. This championship is not officially recognized by UEFA.


1966–67 Algerian Championnat National
The 1966–1967 Algerian Championnat National was the fifth season of the Algerian Championnat National since its establishment in 1962. A total of 16 teams contested the league, with CR Belcourt as the defending champions.


1966–67 Algerian Cup
The 1966–67 Algerian Cup is the 5th edition of the Algerian Cup. CR Belcourt are the defending champions, having beaten RC Kouba 3–1 in the previous season's final.


1966–67 Allsvenskan (men's handball)
The 1966–67 Allsvenskan was the 33rd season of the top division of Swedish handball. 10 teams competed in the league. Vikingarnas IF won the league and claimed their second Swedish title. IK Tord and Göteborgs IK were relegated.


1966–67 Alpha Ethniki
The 1966–67 Alpha Ethniki was the 31st season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 23 October 1966 and ended on 18 June 1967. Olympiacos won their second consecutive and 17th Greek title.


1966–67 Alpha Ethniki
The point system was: Win: 3 points - Draw: 2 points - Loss: 1 point.


1966–67 American Soccer League
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1966–67 Arsenal F.C. season
During the 1966–67 English football season, Arsenal F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.


1966–67 Arsenal F.C. season, Results, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1966–67 Aston Villa F.C. season
The 1966–67 English football season was Aston Villa's 67th season in the Football League. The period is considered one of decline for the club  and, this season, Villa were relegated from the Football League First Division. Blackpool would join them in the Football League Second Division.


1966–67 Aston Villa F.C. season
In October 1966 Chelsea's offer of £100,000 for Tony Hateley was accepted and he moved to west London. Although manager offered the chance to remain, Manchester United squad player, Willie Anderson decided to join Villa in order to find first team football  for a fee of £20,000 in January 1967.


1966–67 Aston Villa F.C. season
Taylor's heavy investment in new players failed disastrously, resulting in Villa being relegated to the Second Division of English football and plunging the club deep into financial trouble. It was only the third time Aston Villa had been relegated in the club's history. Taylor was sacked not long afterwards.


1966–67 Aston Villa F.C. season
Tommy Cummings was appointed Aston Villa manager in the summer of 1967.


1966–67 Athenian League
The 1966–67 Athenian League season was the 44th in the history of Athenian League. The league consisted of 48 teams.


1966–67 Athenian League, Premier Division
The division featured two new teams, both promoted from last season's Division One:


1966–67 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season
In the 1966–67 season of Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball, the North Carolina Tar Heels team finished in the top position. The same team won the ACC Championship, and won the regional final of the NCAA tournament, reaching the semi-final of the national event.


1966–67 Auburn Tigers men's basketball team
The 1966–67 Auburn Tigers men's basketball team represented Auburn University in the 1966–67 college basketball season. The team's head coach was Bill Lynn, who was in his fourth season at Auburn. The team played their home games at Auburn Sports Arena in Auburn, Alabama. They finished the season 17–8, 12–6 in SEC play.


1966–67 Australia rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and France
Between October 1966 and March 1967 the Australia national rugby union team – the Wallabies – conducted a world tour on which they played five Tests and thirty-one minor tour matches. Under the captaincy of John Thornett they toured UK, Ireland, France and Canada winning nineteen matches, losing fourteen and drawing three. At one stage they failed to win in four successive matches although in the Test match against England they gave the home side its heaviest defeat in 16 years.


1966–67 Australia rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and France
The tour marked the climax of the successful "Thornett Era" of Australian Rugby, buoyed by the leadership skills of skipper John Thornett and the outstanding abilities of greats of the game like Ken Catchpole, Peter Johnson and Rob Heming. Dick Marks and Peter Crittle also toured and would later become among the most influential administrators of Australian rugby.


1966–67 Australia rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and France, Leadership
Following their success on the 1963 Australia rugby union tour of South Africa, team managers Bill McLaughlin and Alan Roper, together with captain John Thornett and vice-captain Ken Catchpole again led the Wallaby tour squad. Manager Bill McLaughlin was a 1936 two Test cap Wallaby, who would later serve a term a President of the Australian Rugby Union. Alan Roper was the Assistant Manager, the traditional coaching role of the touring party. Roper had been a schoolboy coach at Riverview in Sydney in the 1950s but had coached at the top-level in Australia since at least 1962 having success with the 1963 Australia rugby union tour of South Africa and again against the Springboks in a two Test domestic series in 1965.


1966–67 Australia rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and France, Leadership
John Thornett an exceptional leader of men, was the squad captain. Thornett had at the tour's beginning already made 36 Test appearances for Australia, 15 as captain. He had been entrenched as Wallaby captain since 1962, leading the side more times than any player to that point in Australia's rugby history. He was making his eight Wallaby tour, his fourth as the team leader. With Thornett sidelined by illness early in the tour, the Wallabies were captained by half back Ken Catchpole in all but the French Test. Catchpole is considered Australia's greatest scrumhalf.


1966–67 Australia rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and France, Players
31 players toured with the 5th Wallaby squad. The team set out with 30 players, however, hooker Ross Cullen was sent home after the third tour match and was replaced by Dick Taylor. The squad had three veterans of the 4th Wallaby Tour - fullback Jim Lenehan, forward Tony Miller and skipper John Thornett - and comprised the strong nucleus of players of the Thornett Era who had taken Australia to great heights, including scrumhalf Ken Catchpole, hooker Peter Johnson, lineout specialist Rob Heming and breakaways Jules Guerassimoff and Greg Davis. Young rising stars included John Brass and John Hipwell. A number of the players would continue on to influential roles in rugby administration, including centre Dick Marks and forward Peter Crittle.


1966–67 Australia rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and France, Early setbacks
After the Oxford University match – the 2nd match of the tour – Queensland hooker Ross Cullen was accused of biting the ear of Oxford front-rower Ollie Waldron. Waldron's ear needed treatment and McLaughlin acted to ban Cullen from the tour as punishment. Cullen was put on the next flight to Sydney and never played for his country again. The side was further rocked when skipper John Thornett contracted impetigo in a scrum, and dropped himself for the first Test.


1966–67 Australia rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and France, Test matches, Wales
AUSTRALIA: Jim Lenehan, Alan Cardy, Dick Marks, John Brass, Stewart Boyce, Phil Hawthorne, Ken Catchpole (c), Jim Miller, Peter Johnson, Tony Miller, Ross Teitzel, Rob Heming, Michael Purcell, Greg Davis, John O'Gorman.


1966–67 Australia rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and France, Test matches, Wales
WALES: Terry Price, Stuart Watkins, John Dawes, Gerald Davies, Dewi Bebb, Barry John, Allan Lewis, Denzil Williams, Norman Gale, John Lloyd, Brian Price, Delme Thomas, Ken Braddock, Haydn Morgan, Alun Pask (c).


1966–67 Australia rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and France, Test matches, Scotland
AUSTRALIA: Jim Lenehan, Stewart Boyce, Dick Marks, John Brass, Alan Cardy, Paul Gibbs, Ken Catchpole (c), Jim Miller, Peter Johnson, Tony Miller, Ross Teitzel, Peter Crittle, Michael Purcell, Greg Davis, John O'Gorman.


1966–67 Australia rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and France, Test matches, Scotland
SCOTLAND: Stewart Wilson, Sandy Hinshelwood, Jock Turner, Brian Simmers, David Whyte, David Chisolm, ALex Hastie, Norm Suddon, Frank Laidlaw, David Rollo, Peter Stagg, Peter Brown, James Fisher (c), Derrick Grant, Alasdair Boyle.


1966–67 Australia rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and France, Test matches, England
The Test marked Australia's best performance of the tour. With their halves Phil Hawthorne and Ken Catchpole in control the Wallabies gave England its heaviest defeat in 16 years.


1966–67 Australia rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and France, Test matches, England
AUSTRALIA: Jim Lenehan, Alan Cardy, Dick Marks, John Brass, Stewart Boyce, Phil Hawthorne, Ken Catchpole (c), John O'Gorman, Jules Guerassimoff, Greg Davis, Ross Teitzel, Peter Crittle, Roy Prosser, Peter Johnson, Jim Miller


1966–67 Australia rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and France, Test matches, England
ENGLAND: Roger Hosen, Keith Savage, Colin McFadyean, Christopher Jennins, Peter Glover, Richard Sharp (c), Clive Ashby, Phil Judd, George Sherriff, Budge Rogers, Dick Greenwood, Peter Larter, Mike Davis, Stephen Richards, Mike Coulman


1966–67 Australia rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and France, Test matches, Ireland
Ireland's first try was scored by Alan Duggan from a crossfield kick by Rea. A drop-goal followed by Ireland's Gibson from broken play deep in Australia's territory. Kiernan soon after kicked a penalty from out wide following an Australian infringement. Gibson followed with another drop-goal after a scrum close to the Australian line. Five minutes before half-time Hawthorne responded in kind and put the Wallabies on the board. The 3–9 scoreline at the break reflected Ireland's first-half dominance.


1966–67 Australia rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and France, Test matches, Ireland
Australia pressed Ireland for a period after the break but a defensive lapse saw Gibson swoop for Ireland. Then the Australian back-line chimed and Boyce scored in the corner. Jim Lenehan kicked a tremendous conversion from the sideline putting Australia back in the match with the score 8–12. Ireland withstood the Australian effort in the final minutes before Gibson again showed coolness under pressure kicking another dropped goal for a 15–8 victory to Ireland.


1966–67 Australia rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and France, Test matches, Ireland
AUSTRALIA: Jim Lenehan, Alan Cardy, Dick Marks, John Brass, Stewart Boyce, Phil Hawthorne, Ken Catchpole (c), John O'Gorman, Jules Guerassimoff, Greg Davis, Ross Teitzel, Peter Crittle, Roy Prosser, Peter Johnson, Tony Miller


1966–67 Australia rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and France, Test matches, Ireland
IRELAND: Tom Kiernan, Alan Duggan, Barry Bresnihan, Harold Rea, Paddy McGrath, Mike Gibson, Brendan Sherry, Philip O'Callaghan, Ken Kennedy, Thomas Moroney, Willie-John McBride, Mick Molloy, Mick Doyle, Noel Murphy (c), Ken Goodall


1966–67 Australia rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and France, Test matches, France
AUSTRALIA: Jim Lenehan, Stewart Boyce, Dick Marks, John Brass, Alan Cardy, Phil Hawthorne, Ken Catchpole, John Thornett (c), Peter Johnson, Tony Miller, Ross Teitzel, Rob Heming, Jules Guerassimoff, Greg Davis, John O'Gorman.


1966–67 Australia rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and France, Test matches, France
FRANCE: Jean Gachassin, Bernard Duprat, Jean-Pierre Mir, Claude Dourthe, Christian Darrouy (c), Guy Camberabero, Lilian Camberabero, Jean-Claude Berejnoi, Jean-Michael Cabanier, Arnaldo Gruarin, Benoît Dauga, Walter Spanghero, Michel Sitjar, Christian Carrère, André Herrero


1966–67 Austrian Hockey League season
The 1966–67 Austrian Hockey League season was the 37th season of the Austrian Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Austria. Five teams participated in the league, and EC KAC won the championship.


1966–67 Austrian football championship, Overview
It was contested by 14 teams, and SK Rapid Wien won the championship.


1966–67 Balkans Cup
The 1966–67 Balkans Cup was an edition of the Balkans Cup, a football competition for representative clubs from the Balkan states. It was contested by 8 teams and Fenerbahçe won the trophy.


1966–67 Balkans Cup, Finals
1 Fenerbahçe beat AEK Athens 3–1 in a play-off to win the tournament.


1966–67 Baltimore Bullets season
The 1966–67 NBA season was the Bullets' 6th season in the NBA and 4th season in the city of Baltimore.


1966–67 Belgian First Division, Overview
It was contested by 16 teams, and R.S.C. Anderlecht won the championship.


1966–67 Birmingham City F.C. season
The 1966–67 Football League season was Birmingham City Football Club's 64th in the Football League and their 26th in the Second Division. They finished in tenth position in the 22-team division. They entered the 1966–67 FA Cup in the third round proper and lost to Tottenham Hotspur in the sixth round after a replay. They entered at the second round of the League Cup and reached the semi-final, in which they lost heavily to Queens Park Rangers over two legs.


1966–67 Birmingham City F.C. season
Twenty-three players made at least one appearance in nationally organised first-team competition, and there were thirteen different goalscorers. Goalkeeper Jim Herriot played in all 55 first-team matches over the season; among outfield players, half-back Malcolm Beard and forward Geoff Vowden missed only one. Vowden finished as leading goalscorer with 21 goals, of which 16 came in league competition.


1966–67 Blackpool F.C. season
The 1966–67 season was Blackpool F.C. 's 59th season (56th consecutive) in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division One, then the top tier of English football, finishing bottom. As a result, they were relegated to Division Two.


1966–67 Blackpool F.C. season
After eight seasons in charge, Ron Suart resigned as manager in January. He was replaced by former player Stan Mortensen.


1966–67 Blackpool F.C. season
Ray Charnley was the club's top scorer for the ninth consecutive season, with 21 goals (fourteen in the league, one in the FA Cup and six in the League Cup).


1966–67 Boston Bruins season
The 1966–67 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 43rd season in the NHL. Despite the debut of Bobby Orr, the Bruins finished in last place and did not qualify for the playoffs. It was the last time the team would miss the playoffs until 1997, as they would embark on a streak of 29 straight seasons in the playoffs the next season.


1966–67 Boston Bruins season, Regular season, Bobby Orr
In his first professional season—although missing nine games with a knee injury presaging such woes throughout his career—he won the Calder Memorial Trophy as the league's outstanding rookie and, while the perennially cellar-dwelling Bruins finished in last place that season, sparked a renaissance that propelled the Bruins to make the playoffs the following twenty-nine straight seasons. New York Rangers defenseman Harry Howell, the winner of the Norris Trophy as the league's best defenseman in Orr's rookie year, famously predicted that he was glad to win when he did, because "Orr will own this trophy from now on."


1966–67 Boston Celtics season
The 1966–67 NBA season was the Celtics' 21st season in the NBA. The Celtics finished the season with a 60-21 record, the second best in the league. However, they lost to the Philadelphia 76ers in the Eastern Conference Finals 4 games to 1.


1966–67 Botola
The 1966–67 Botola is the 11th season of the Moroccan Premier League. FAR Rabat are the holders of the title.


1966–67 Bradford City A.F.C. season
The 1966–67 Bradford City A.F.C. season was the 54th in the club's history.


1966–67 Bradford City A.F.C. season
The club finished 11th in Division Four, reached the 1st round of the FA Cup, and the 1st round of the League Cup.


1966–67 Bradford City A.F.C. season
The club suffered financial difficulties, and held a public meeting at St George's Hall in January 1967 to save the club from folding.


1966–67 Brentford F.C. season
During the 1966–67 English football season, Brentford competed in the Football League Fourth Division. In a season overshadowed by the events of 19 January 1967, a promotion charge was derailed by five defeats in the final six matches of the campaign.


1966–67 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary
In a bid to buy Brentford out of the bottom two divisions of the Football League, the large transfer funds made available by chairman Jack Dunnett to previous managers Malky MacDonald and Tommy Cavanagh had left the club with mounting debts. Cavanagh had spent £30,000 on seven players since being appointed to the manager's job in January 1965, with five key attacking players (Bloomfield, Lazarus, Ward, Bonson and Fielding) being sold on for a total less than half that sum during the course of the 1965–66 Third Division season, towards the end of which he was sacked.


1966–67 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary
New manager Billy Gray failed to halt Brentford's relegation slide, which meant that the club would be members of the Fourth Division for the 1966–67 season. An average home attendance of 11,000 would be needed to break even, a record which had been falling year on year since the 1963–64 season. A net loss on the previous season of £19,823 on the previous season (equivalent to £372,000 in 2021) meant that manager Gray had no money to buy established players and so brought in a number of youngsters, including his nephew John Richardson.


1966–67 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary
The Bees had a good start to the season, winning the first two matches to sit top of the Fourth Division, but despite the strikeforce being bolstered by experienced Brian Bedford, a winless run of five defeats in eight matches dropped the club into the relegation places in mid-October 1966. Manager Billy Gray then made wholesale changes to the starting XI, introducing a number of youngsters, with the new-look team going on to win five consecutive matches.


1966–67 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary
The establishment of the new lineup led to a clearout of players, with out-of-favour Micky Block, Billy Cobb, John Regan, Mel Scott and Ron Crisp all exiting Griffin Park before the end of the season. The Bees failed to keep up their good form through November and December and dropped back into mid-table. The team weathered the storm caused by the tumultuous events of 19 January 1967, which resulted in the departure of chairman Jack Dunnett and manager Billy Gray.


1966–67 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary
Trainer Jimmy Sirrel took over as acting manager and built on the improved January form under Gray and led the team on a 16-match unbeaten league run, which equalled the club record at the time. The run left Brentford within three points of the promotion places, but an inexplicable five consecutive defeats in the final six matches of the season ended any chances of promotion.


1966–67 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary
The Brentford reserve team had a successful season, beating local rivals Fulham in a replay to win the 1966–67 London Challenge Cup.


1966–67 British Home Championship
The 1966–67 British Home Championship has remained famous in the memories of British Home Nations football fans ever since the dramatic climatic match at Wembley Stadium, where an unfancied Scottish team beat England on the same turf they had won the 1966 FIFA World Cup a year before. England had comfortably disposed of Wales and Ireland in the earlier matches, whilst Scotland had struggled, drawing with Wales and only just beating the Irish.


1966–67 British Home Championship
In the final match however, the Scots outplayed their illustrious opponents who were effectively reduced to 10 men with Jack Charlton hobbling and no substitutes allowed claiming a 3–2 victory, thus becoming "World Champions" in the words of many enthusiastic Scottish supporters, who invaded and stole much of the pitch after the game. In contrast to later pitch invasions, this was non-violent and resulted in no significant police action. The "World Champions" idea has since taken more tangible form in the Unofficial Football World Championships.


1966–67 British Home Championship
The contest was also important as it formed the first half of the qualifying stages for the 1968 UEFA European Football Championship, a competition England would eventually qualify for in the following 1967–68 British Home Championship and reach the semi-finals, ultimately securing third position overall.


1966–67 British Ice Hockey season
The 1966–67 British Ice Hockey season featured a new Northern League for teams from Scotland, Durham and Whitley Bay. Glasgow Dynamos won the Icy Smith Cup.


1966–67 British Ice Hockey season, Northern League, Regular season
(* Perth and Paisley played all their games for 4 points each.)


1966–67 British Ice Hockey season, Icy Smith Cup Final
Glasgow Dynamos defeated Murrayfield Racers by a score of 12-10 in the Icy Smith Cup Final, which was a tournament that was the forerunner of the British Championship play offs.


1966–67 Bulgarian Cup
The 1966–67 Bulgarian Cup was the 27th season of the Bulgarian Cup (in this period the tournament was named Cup of the Soviet Army). Levski Sofia won the competition, beating Spartak Sofia 3–0 in the final at the Vasil Levski National Stadium.


1966–67 Bulgarian Hockey League season
The 1966–67 Bulgarian Hockey League season was the 15th season of the Bulgarian Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Bulgaria. 10 teams participated in the league, and HK CSKA Sofia won the championship.


1966–67 Bundesliga
The 1966–67 Bundesliga was the fourth season of the Bundesliga, West Germany's premier football league. It began on 20 August 1966 and ended on 3 June 1967. 1860 Munich were the defending champions.


1966–67 Bundesliga, Competition modus
Every team played two games against each other team, one at home and one away. Teams received two points for a win and one point for a draw. If two or more teams were tied on points, places were determined by goal average. The team with the most points were crowned champions while the two teams with the fewest points were relegated to their respective Regionalliga divisions.


1966–67 Bundesliga, Team changes to 1965–66
Borussia Neunkirchen and Tasmania Berlin were relegated to the Regionalliga after finishing in the last two places. They were replaced by Fortuna Düsseldorf and Rot-Weiss Essen, who won their respective promotion play-off groups.


1966–67 Bundesliga, Season overview
The 1966–67 season was surprisingly won by Eintracht Braunschweig. The Lower Saxony side, located near the border to the Soviet occupation zone, had previously been a mid-table team and were not expected to have anything to do with the title race before the season. But a strong defense, which only allowed 27 goals in 34 games, an unexpectedly even-balanced league and struggling opposition (for example, runners-up 1860 Munich were in 17th place after one third of the season before starting a comeback) eventually benefitted the team of coach Helmuth Johannsen.


1966–67 Bundesliga, Season overview
In European competitions, the Cup Winners' Cup was transferred from Dortmund to another West German team as FC Bayern beat Rangers from Scotland on a Franz Roth goal in the final at Nuremberg. The team from Munich also defended their domestic cup title, enabling finalists Hamburger SV, who finished the season in a dismal 14th place, to enter the Cup Winners' Cup as well.


1966–67 Bundesliga, Season overview
At the bottom side of the table, newly promoted sides Fortuna Düsseldorf and Rot-Weiss Essen had to leave the league again after only one year. The competitional differences between the professional Bundesliga and the semi-professional Regionalligen had already become very difficult to compensate so that the demotion of both teams was inevitable the more the season continued.


1966–67 Bundesliga, Season overview
On a minor note, Meidericher SV was renamed MSV Duisburg effective to the start of the year 1967.


1966–67 Bundesliga, Champion squad
Defenders: Jürgen Moll (34 / 5); Peter Kaack (34); Walter Schmidt (33); Klaus Meyer (30); Wolfgang Matz (5); Wolfgang Brase (3). Midfielders: Joachim Bäse (33); Hans-Georg Dulz (32 / 5). Forwards: Erich Maas (33 / 11); Gerd Saborowski (33 / 8); Lothar Ulsaß (32 / 14); Klaus Gerwien (21 / 4); Wolfgang Grzyb (15 / 2); Wolf-Rüdiger Krause (2). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)


1966–67 Bundesliga, Champion squad
On the roster but have not played in a league game: Wolfgang Simon; Werner Rinas.


1966–67 CMJHL season
The 1966–67 CMJHL season was the inaugural season of the Canadian Major Junior Hockey League. It was formed by five members of the former Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League along with the Edmonton Oil Kings and the Calgary Buffaloes and was considered an "outlaw league" by the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association.


1966–67 CMJHL season
The CMJHL was made up of seven teams based in Alberta and Saskatchewan that completed a 56 game schedule. The Moose Jaw Canucks won the President's Cup.


1966–67 CMJHL season, Regular season, Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes


1966–67 CMJHL season, All-star game
The 1966–67 WCJHL all-star game was held in Calgary, Alberta, with the Reds defeating the Whites, 7–0 before a crowd of 1,000.


1966–67 CPHL season
The 1966–67 Central Professional Hockey League season was the fourth season of the Central Professional Hockey League, a North American minor pro league. Six teams participated in the regular season, and the Oklahoma City Blazers won the league title.


1966–67 Cardiff City F.C. season
The 1966–67 season was Cardiff City F.C. 's 40th season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing twentieth.


1966–67 Cardiff City F.C. season, Players
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1966–67 Carlisle United F.C. season
For the 1966–67 season, Carlisle United F.C. competed in Football League Division Two.


1966–67 Celtic F.C. season
Celtic competed in five tournaments in the 1966–67 season. They won all five competitions and completed the only ever European Quintuple. Over the course of the season, Celtic scored a world record 196 goals in the major competitions they took part in.


1966–67 Celtic F.C. season
The team from this season are commonly known as the Lisbon Lions, because the European Cup final was held in Lisbon.


1966–67 Celtic F.C. season, Season overview
Season 1966–67 is considered Celtic's annus mirabilis. The club won every competition they entered: the Scottish League, the Scottish Cup, the Scottish League Cup, the Glasgow Cup, and the European Cup; scoring a world record total of 196 goals in the process.


1966–67 Celtic F.C. season, Season overview
The League Cup was the first trophy to be won that season, courtesy of a 1–0 win on 29 October 1966 over Rangers in the final. The Glasgow Cup was secured a week later when Celtic beat Partick Thistle 4–0; Stevie Chalmers opening the scoring, and Bobby Lennox scoring a hat-trick. Celtic's progression to the Scottish Cup was relatively straightforward aside from being taken to replay in the semi-final by Clyde. On 6 April 1967 Celtic met Aberdeen in the final, and two Willie Wallace goals eased Celtic to a 2–0 win.


1966–67 Celtic F.C. season, Season overview
Celtic's league campaign proved to be a more tightly contested affair as, despite only losing twice, with two games remaining Rangers were still in contention. Celtic's penultimate league fixture was against Rangers at Ibrox, with a draw required to clinch the title. A brace by Jimmy Johnstone gave Celtic a 2–2 draw and the championship.


1966–67 Celtic F.C. season, Season overview
Celtic's European Cup campaign in 1966–67 was their first ever participation in Europe's premier club tournament. FC Zurich and Nantes were comfortably disposed of in the first two rounds (5–0 and 6–2 on aggregate respectively). The quarter final in March 1967 pitched Celtic against the Yugoslav champions, Vojvodina. The Yugoslav side won the first leg in Novi Sad 1–0. The return match in Glasgow proved to be a fraught affair. The Yugoslavs defended resolutely and threatened on the counter-attack, but Celtic levelled the tie on aggregate in the second half with a goal by Stevie Chalmers.


1966–67 Celtic F.C. season, Season overview
Celtic pressed for a winner, but Vojvodina defended well and the tie looked like a play-off in neutral Rotterdam would be required. However, in the final minute Billy McNeill headed in a Charlie Gallacher cross to see Celtic progress to the semi-final. Celtic now faced Czechoslovakian side, Dukla Prague. This time the first leg of the tie took place in Glasgow, with Celtic winning 3–1 courtesy of goals from Jimmy Johnstone and a Willie Wallace brace.


1966–67 Celtic F.C. season, Season overview
In respect of his opponents' quality, manager Jock Stein set up Celtic to be ultra-defensive for the second leg and forsake - temporarily - their philosophy of attacking football. The tactics worked as Celtic secured a 0–0 draw to put them in the final. However, Stein was almost apologetic about the manner of Celtic's success in that game and he felt uncomfortable in later years discussing the matter.


1966–67 Celtic F.C. season, Season overview
The final saw Celtic play Inter Milan, with the match taking place at the Estádio Nacional on the outskirts of Lisbon on 25 May 1967. Celtic fell a goal behind after only seven minutes, Jim Craig adjudged to have fouled Renato Cappellini in the penalty box and Sandro Mazzola converting the resultant penalty. Celtic swept into constant attack after that but found Inter goalkeeper Giuliano Sarti in outstanding form. With 63 minutes played, after incessant pressure, Celtic finally equalised when Tommy Gemmell scored with a powerful 25-yard shot.


1966–67 Celtic F.C. season, Season overview
The balance of play remained the same with Inter defending deeply against sustained Celtic attacking. With about five minutes remaining, a long-range shot from Bobby Murdoch was diverted by Stevie Chalmers past a wrong-footed Sarti. It proved to be the winning goal and thus Celtic became the first British team, and the first from outside Spain, Portugal or Italy to win the competition.


1966–67 Celtic F.C. season, Season overview
Winning was important, but it was the way that we won that has filled me with satisfaction. We did it by playing football; pure, beautiful, inventive football. There was not a negative thought in our heads.


1966–67 Celtic F.C. season, Season overview
Celtic are one of only two clubs to have won the trophy with a team composed entirely of players from the club's home country; all of the players in the side were born within 30 miles of Celtic Park in Glasgow, and they subsequently became known as the 'Lisbon Lions'. The entire east stand at Celtic Park is dedicated to The Lisbon Lions, and the west stand to Jock Stein. The sight of captain Billy McNeill holding aloft the European Cup in the Estádio Nacional has become one of the iconic images of Scottish football, immortalized in a bronze statue of McNeill outside Parkhead stadium in 2015, created by John McKenna (sculptor).


1966–67 Celtic F.C. season, Season overview
Two weeks later, on 7 June 1967, Celtic played Real Madrid in a testimonial match for the now retired Alfredo Di Stefano. In front of over 100,000 fans at the Bernabéu Stadium, the sides engaged in a keenly fought contest which saw Bertie Auld and Real Madrid's Amancio sent off. Di Stefano played for the first 15 minutes, but it was Jimmy Johnstone who stole the show with an exhilarating performance that had even the Spanish supporters chanting "Olé!" throughout the game in appreciation of his skill. Johnstone capped an outstanding performance by playing the pass to Bobby Lennox for the only goal in a 1–0 win for Celtic.


1966–67 Celtic F.C. season, Squad and statistics, First team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1966–67 Celtic F.C. season, Squad and statistics, Starting XI
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1966–67 Challenge Cup
The 1966–67 Challenge Cup was the 66th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.


1966–67 Challenge Cup, Final
In the Challenge Cup Final Featherstone Rovers faced Barrow, who were captain-coached by Jim Challinor at Wembley Stadium on Saturday 13 May 1967 in front of a crowd of 76,290.


1966–67 Challenge Cup, Final
Featherstone Rovers won 17-12 and it was their first Cup Final win in two Final appearances.


1966–67 Chester F.C. season
The 1966–67 season was the 29th season of competitive association football in the Football League played by Chester, an English club based in Chester, Cheshire.


1966–67 Chester F.C. season
Also, it was the ninth season spent in the Fourth Division after its creation. Alongside competing in the Football League the club also participated in the FA Cup, Football League Cup and the Welsh Cup.


1966–67 Chicago Black Hawks season
The 1966–67 Chicago Black Hawks season was the Hawks' 41st season in the National Hockey League, and the team was coming off a team record 37 victories in the 1965–66 season, as they finished in second place in the NHL. The Black Hawks then were upset by the fourth place Detroit Red Wings in the NHL semi-finals, losing in six games.


1966–67 Chicago Black Hawks season
Chicago started the season very strong, leading the NHL with a record of 8–2–2 in their first 12 games, and continued their winning ways all season long. The Black Hawks finished the season with a club record in wins with 41, and points with 94, as Chicago finished in first place for the first time in team history. The Hawks were 17 points better than the second place Montreal Canadiens, and heavy favorites to win their second Stanley Cup of the decade.


1966–67 Chicago Black Hawks season
Offensively, the Hawks were led by Stan Mikita, who led the NHL with 97 points, winning the Art Ross Trophy, Hart Memorial Trophy, and the Lady Byng Trophy. His 97 points tied the NHL record, set by teammate Bobby Hull in the 1965–66 season. Hull recorded his second straight 50+ goal season, as he scored 52 goals, and added 28 assists to finish second in the league with 80 points.


1966–67 Chicago Black Hawks season
Kenny Wharram finished fourth in league scoring, as he scored 31 goals and 65 points, while Phil Esposito and Doug Mohns were not far behind, earning 61 and 60 points respectively. Team captain Pierre Pilote anchored the blueline, scoring 6 goals and 52 points. Fellow defenseman Ed Van Impe led the team with 111 penalty minutes.


1966–67 Chicago Black Hawks season
In goal, Denis DeJordy earned the majority of playing time, as he won a team high 22 games, while posting a 2.46 GAA and 4 shutouts. Glenn Hall had his playing time cut back, however, he had a very solid season, winning 19 games, while having a team best 2.38 GAA, and earning 2 shutouts. DeJordy and Hull earned the Vezina Trophy as the Hawks allowed the fewest goals against in the league.


1966–67 Chicago Black Hawks season
The Hawks would open the playoffs against the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Leafs finished the season in third place, as they had a record of 32–27–11, earning 75 points, which was 19 fewer than the Black Hawks. The series opened with two games at Chicago Stadium, and the Hawks had an easy time defeating Toronto in the series opener, with a 5–2 victory, however, the Leafs stormed back in the second game, beating Chicago 3–1 to even the series up.


1966–67 Chicago Black Hawks season
The series shifted to Maple Leaf Gardens for the next two games, and the teams once again split the games, as Toronto won the third game by a 3–1 score, and Chicago took the fourth game, holding off the Leafs for a 4–3 win. The fifth game returned to Chicago, however, it was Toronto who took a 3–2 series lead, beating Chicago 4–2. The sixth game was played in Toronto, and the Maple Leafs completed the upset, winning the game 3–1 to advance to the Stanley Cup finals, and end Chicago's season.


1966–67 Chicago Black Hawks season, Offseason, Draft picks
Chicago's draft picks at the 1966 NHL Amateur Draft held at the Mount Royal Hotel in Montreal, Quebec.


1966–67 Chicago Bulls season
The 1966–67 Chicago Bulls season was the first season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).


1966–67 Chicago Bulls season, Draft picks
Note: This is not an extensive list; it only covers the first and second rounds, and any other players drafted by the franchise that played at least one NBA game.


1966–67 Chicago Bulls season, Regular season
The brand-new Chicago Bulls franchise earned its first victory on October 15, 1966, with a 104–97 win over the St. Louis Hawks. The team's coach was Johnny "Red" Kerr, a former player with the Syracuse Nationals, the Philadelphia 76ers, and the Baltimore Bullets. He is one of a select group of players to surpass the 10,000 mark in both rebounds and points, and he held the league record for consecutive games played with 844 until Randy Smith eclipsed his mark during the 1982–83 season.


1966–67 Chicago Bulls season, Regular season
Chicago's starting lineup on opening night included Len Chappell, Bob Boozer, Don Kojis, Jerry Sloan, and Guy Rodgers. In the team's victorious debut against St. Louis, Rodgers poured in a game-high 37 points. Three days later the Bulls ran their record to 2–0 by defeating the San Francisco Warriors, 119-116. Then, behind 34 points and 18 assists from Rodgers, Chicago upped its winning streak to three games with a 134–124 triumph over the defending Western Division champion Los Angeles Lakers.


1966–67 Chicago Bulls season, Regular season
Chicago finished with a 33–48 record, the best ever by an expansion team in its first year of play. The Bulls secured a playoff berth in the Western Division, but the Hawks eliminated them in the opening round. Kerr was named NBA Coach of the Year, and center Erwin Mueller made the NBA All-Rookie Team. Rodgers led the NBA in assists with 11.2 per game (including a club-record 24 against the New York Knicks on December 21) and also topped the team in scoring at 18.0 points per game. Rodgers and Sloan represented the new franchise in the 1967 NBA All-Star Game.


1966–67 Cincinnati Royals season
The 1966–67 season was the Royals 22nd overall, and their tenth in Cincinnati.


1966–67 Cincinnati Royals season
The season opened in the glare of their disappointing loss to Boston in the previous season's playoffs. It was considered a rebuilding season with some key roster changes. Long-time stars Jack Twyman and Wayne Embry had both retired, both unhappy with their roles on the team the previous year. Tom Hawkins had rejoined the contending Los Angeles Lakers.


1966–67 Cincinnati Royals season
Local college star Conrad 'Connie' Dierking was promoted to starting center, with promising rookie Walt Wesley his backup. First Team All-Pros Jerry Lucas and Oscar Robertson were again the focus of the team. Happy Hairston and Bobby Love saw minutes at forward next to Lucas, while Adrian Smith and Flynn Robinson saw minutes at guard next to Robertson.


1966–67 Cincinnati Royals season
Clearly rebuilding, the Royals had little hope of matching rivals Boston and Philadelphia this season, as they had a season ago. The team finished third in the NBA's Eastern Division.


1966–67 Cincinnati Royals season
Individual performances and off-court activities by Robertson and Lucas marked the season. Robertson was head of the NBA's Player Union and fought for the advancement of players' rights on a number of issues. He also posted another Hall Of Fame-caliber season as a scorer, accurate shooter, passer and free thrower. Lucas was involved in several off-court business ventures, including his own fast-food chain, Jerry Lucas Beef-N-Shakes. While injuries affected him this season, he remained one of the best rebounders in NBA history. He also continued to see time at center for the team as well as at forward. Both he and Robertson continued to play huge minutes for the team, rarely leaving the court during games.


1966–67 Cincinnati Royals season
Art Modell, head of the NFL Cleveland Browns, agreed to sponsor nine home games at the Cleveland Arena over the course of the season. The Cleveland crowds were consistently among the largest the Royals were cheered by that season.


1966–67 Cincinnati Royals season
The Royals made the playoffs for their last time while based in Cincinnati. They drew 68–13 record-setting Philadelphia as their opponent. With a victory on their own court in Game One, the Royals were then routed over the remaining games of the series to conclude their transitional season.


1966–67 Clydebank F.C. season
The 1966–67 season was Clydebank's first season after being elected to the Scottish Football League. They competed in the Scottish League Division Two, Scottish League Cup and Scottish Cup.


1966–67 Colchester United F.C. season
The 1966–67 season was Colchester United's 25th season in their history and their first back in the third tier of English football, the Third Division, following promotion from the Fourth Division the previous season. Alongside competing in the Third Division, the club also participated in the FA Cup and the League Cup.


1966–67 Colchester United F.C. season
Colchester finished comfortably mid-table by finishing 13th. Queens Park Rangers defeated the U's 5–0 in the League Cup, while Peterborough United knocked them out in the second round of the FA Cup.


1966–67 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview
Neil Franklin spent £4,000 to sign Ken Hodgson from Bournemouth in the summer, and alongside Peter Bullock, the pair amassed 31 goals between them. Meanwhile, Reg Stratton scored 24 league goals as Colchester ended their first season back in the Third Division with a mid-table 13th position finish.


1966–67 Colchester United F.C. season, Squad statistics, Player debuts
Players making their first-team Colchester United debut in a fully competitive match.


1966–67 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team
The 1966–67 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Connecticut in the 1966–67 collegiate men's basketball season. The Huskies completed the season with a 17–7 overall record. The Huskies were members of the Yankee Conference, where they ended the season with a 9–1 record. They were the Yankee Conference Regular Season Champions and made it to the first round in the 1967 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The Huskies played their home games at Hugh S. Greer Field House in Storrs, Connecticut, and were led by fourth-year head coach Fred Shabel.


1966–67 Copa del Generalísimo
The 1966–67 Copa del Generalísimo was the 65th staging of the Spanish Cup. The competition began on 23 October 1966 and ended on 2 July 1967 with the final.


1966–67 Coppa Italia
The 1966–67 Coppa Italia, the 20th Coppa Italia was an Italian Football Federation domestic cup competition won by AC Milan.


1966–67 Coppa Italia, First round
* Vicenza, Modena and Palermo qualified after drawing of lots.


1966–67 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season
The 1966–67 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey team represented Cornell University in college ice hockey. In its 4th year under head coach Ned Harkness the team compiled a 27–1–1 record and reached the NCAA tournament for the first time in its history. The Big Red defeated Boston University 4–1 in the championship game at the Onondaga County War Memorial in Syracuse, New York. Cornell tied the record, held by several teams, for the fewest losses by an NCAA champion.


1966–67 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season, Season, Early season
In the first three seasons under Ned Harkness Cornell had steadily risen in the ECAC, finishing third in the conference and ending the season as the conference runner-up. With the Big Red seemingly just hitting their stride, the team suffered a blow before the season even began with senior netminder David Quarrie going down with an ankle injury. The team turned to sophomore Ken Dryden to hold the fort and hope that they could survive until Quarrie's return.


1966–67 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season, Season, Early season
Fortunately they began their season with a relatively easy matchup against McMaster at home and after scoring seven goals in the first period the Big Red skated to a 14–2 win. The game was notable in that the scoring was spread out across all three lines, showing signs that the depth issue that had plagued them the year before may have been addressed.


1966–67 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season, Season, Early season
Cornell opened their ECAC schedule the following game against Rensselaer and while the team as a whole played inconsistently throughout the game, Dryden was particularly notable for how calm and collected he was in goal, holding the Engineers to two goals in Cornell's 7–2 victory. For their third game Cornell took on defending ECAC champion and national runner-up Clarkson. With the Walker Arena filled to capacity Cornell battled the Golden Knights in a very close game that was tied three separate times.


1966–67 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season, Season, Early season
Clarkson opened the scoring with a power play marker, putting Cornell down on the scoresheet for the first time all season. The Big Red failed to score on a two-man advantage but continued to put pressure on Clarkson's goal and eventually potted two quick goals in the later half of the first period. Clarkson knotted the score off of a deflection before the frame was over and the two teams went into the first intermission tied at two-all. Cornell's attack kept the puck in Clarkson's end for much of the next two periods but Clarkson's John Miller held the fort and sent the two teams into overtime. While the boisterous crowd continued to root on the Knights it was Cornell's Harry Orr who netted the game-winner at 4:31.


1966–67 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season, Season, Early season
The Big Red returned home for their next two games, first hosting Guelph where sophomore Bob McGuinn scored a hat-trick in the team's 6–1 victory, then welcomed in a good St. Lawrence team only to trounce the Saints 8–0 with Peter Tufford scoring four times while Ken Dryden earned his first varsity shutout. While the win helped propel Cornell to the top of the ECAC the game was marred by penalties and included a stick-swinging incident from the Larrie's Dick Smith who opened a gash in the side of Mike Doran's face that required 14-15 stitches to close. Smith received a 5 minute major penalty for the infraction Doran was able to return later in the game.


1966–67 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season, Season, Early season
Their next game saw Cornell's first Ivy League match of the year at Yale. The Bulldog's first score was one of the only bad goals Ken Dryden allowed that year and though Cornell tied the game three minutes later, Yale quickly regained the lead. Bobby Ferguson was able to tie the game with a short-handed goal and as the first period was coming to a close Yale took two successive penalties and Dave Ferguson was able to score on both to give Cornell their first lead.


1966–67 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season, Season, Early season
The Big Red's defense had fairly poor game and allowed Yale to have many good scoring opportunities but the heroics from Ken Dryden kept the score in Cornell's favor. Bruce Pattison was cut in the third period after being checked into the wire mesh that surrounded the rink rather than plexiglass, leaving the Big Red with just three defenseman for the final 11 minutes but the team was able to rally and skate to a 5–3 win.


1966–67 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season, Season, Holiday tournaments
With a perfect 6–0 record Cornell headed to Boston to play in the ECAC Holiday Tournament. The Big Red opened against Northeastern at the Boston Garden and, despite playing at what amounted to a home game for the Huskies, Cornell trounced their opponents 9–1 with Doug Ferguson's 4 goals leading the way. The next night Cornell took on defending national champion Michigan State for the tournament title and opened the scoring with a Bobby Ferguson goal.


1966–67 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season, Season, Holiday tournaments
The Spartans played the same tough defense that garnered them the 1966 National Title and held Cornell back until late in the second when Dave Ferguson notched a power-play marker. MSU showed their mettle by scoring twice in the third period, first on the power play and then short-handed, to tie the game. Both teams had chances to end the game but Dryden and fellow netminder Gaye Cooley were both stellar and sent the game into overtime. It only took 59 seconds to decide the game when Mike Doran scored on a screened Cooley to win the tournament for Cornell and keep their perfect record.


1966–67 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season, Season, Holiday tournaments
Just before the winter break Cornell took on Harvard, narrowly escaping with a 4–3 win on the strength of four consecutive goals. Before classes resumed, however, Cornell played in their second holiday championship, this time competing in the Boston Arena Christmas Tournament. Once more they opened against Northeastern and the team appeared to be rusty after their 8-day layoff. The Huskies went ahead twice by one goal before Bobby Ferguson's marker got Cornell their first least with just under nine minutes to play.


1966–67 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season, Season, Holiday tournaments
Tufford got an empty-net goal to close out the game but the injury bug bit the Big Red again when Brian Cornell tore ligaments in his right knee and missed the rest of the season. After their lack-luster performance, Harkness shuffled his lines before the game against Harvard and got an immediate return when Doug Ferguson scored 28 seconds into the game. Cornell scored twice more before the period was out and with Dryden making 33 saves in the game The Big Red won 4–1 and set up a showdown against Boston University.


1966–67 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season, Season, Holiday tournaments
In 'The Game' Cornell and BU entered the contest with a combined 22–1 record with both vying for the top spot in the ECAC. Cornell opened the scoring with Harry Orr's goal on a two-man advantage early in the first but were answered by two BU power play goals before the period was over. Bobby Ferguson tied the game early in the second and was followed a minute later by Skip Stanowski to give the lead back to Cornell.


1966–67 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season, Season, Holiday tournaments
The Big Red were unable to score another goal for the remainder of the game despite the pressure they put on BU's Wayne Ryan. Still holding the narrow lead late in the third, while on the power play Stanowski was beat out to a loose puck by Darrell Abbott who proceeded to flip the puck over Dryden's shoulder and tie the game. With the game heading into overtime, neither team showed the stamina required to prevail after their third game in as many days.


1966–67 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season, Season, Holiday tournaments
After the first 10-minute period ended both coaches agreed to play one more extra frame but the additional time proved nothing and the two teams agreed to end with a tie. Fittingly Dryden shared the tournament MVP award with his counterpart Wayne Ryan while Doug Ferguson, Stanowski and Orr were named to the All-Tournament team along with their netminder.


1966–67 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season, Season, New Year
With BU and Cornell now tied atop the ECAC standing with no more games between the two neither could afford to slip much if they wanted to win the ECAC championship. The Big Red headed home for their next game against Yale and welcomed back David Quarrie in net for his first game since being injured. Though his ankle had not been badly hurt it was the otherworldly play of Dryden that kept Quarrie out of the net.


1966–67 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season, Season, New Year
In Quarrie's return to action he didn't play poorly but he wasn't able to overcome his team's defensive lapses, bad penalties and inability to score when they had their opportunities. Even worse was a second period goal that was waved off by the referee that could have given Cornell the game. It was, however, two power play goals by Yale in the third period put the Bulldogs ahead but with less than five minutes remaining Sophomore Ted Coviello tied the game at 3–3. Despite outshooting Yale 112 to 49 in the contest Cornell was unable to earn a fourth goal and it was Yale's Jack Morrison who scored the game winner at 6:09 of extra time.


1966–67 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season, Season, New Year
Because BU had won their contest against Clarkson, Cornell was now in second-place in the ECAC and would have to hope that BU would slip up. In any event Dryden returned to the net for the next game and the Big Red punished Colgate on the road, winning 8–0 while Ken Dryden earned his second shutout with only light duty. At the same time the NCAA held a vote that ended the Ivy League's petition to eliminate the 1.6 rule from the athletic participation bylaws.


1966–67 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season, Season, New Year
The rule had been put into place the year before and stipulated that the all students must maintain a 1.6 grade point average on a 4.0 scale (equivalent to a D+ average) to be eligible for an athletic scholarship. The Ivy League fought the ruling on the grounds that its member schools did not give out scholarships solely for athletic ability and that the rule violated institutional autonomy. The Ivies received support from the greater ECAC as well as the Southwest and ACC conferences but the proposal was defeated 153 to 113. While the ruling went against their interests, the decision made it so that Cornell would be eligible for the 1967 tournament after having to decline the invitation to the previous year's championship.


1966–67 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season, Season, New Year
Cornell regained their lead in the Ivy League race by defeating Brown 6–1 in a fast-paced game that saw very few shots on net despite the action. Though he was hardly fatigued from making 13 saves, Dryden was replaced in goal for the next game against Colgate by Quarrie. The visiting Red Raiders were mercilessly vanquished by the Big Red who scored the first nine goals of the game before surrendering two fairly meaningless markers in the third. The win was Quarrie's first of the season and it would also end up being the final minutes he would play in a Cornell uniform.


1966–67 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season, Season, Down the stretch
After taking the rest of January off, the team returned to the ice at Boston College on the first of February and fought to a close 3–2 road victory. The Big Red offence remained muted over the next to games against Western Ontario and Princeton, scoring only three times in each contest but Ken Dryden continued to show that he was the best goaltender in the college ranks by surrendering a single score in each game. When Cornell's offensive firepower returned against Dartmouth Dryden upped his game again by recording his third shutout of the season.


1966–67 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season, Season, Down the stretch
In the final four games of their schedule Cornell dominated their Ivy League competition, outscoring their opponents by a combined score of 19–5 and finishing the season 18–1–1 in conference play. Unfortunately, Boston University had not lost a single conference game and finished just ahead of the Big Red, denying Cornell a conference championship despite a .925 winning percentage.


1966–67 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season, Season, ECAC Tournament
The Big Red opened the conference tournament at the Boston Garden as the #2 seed against Brown and took their frustrations out on the Bears. Cornell dispatched their fellow Ivy-Leaguers 11–2 and advanced to the second round where they met BC. While their earlier meeting had been a close affair the Big Red made no mistake in the rematch and posted 12 goals to silence a hostile crowd and send the Eagles packing, as they had done the year before.


1966–67 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season, Season, ECAC Tournament
The championship game brought the meeting that everyone had been waiting for, a rematch between the two best teams in the nation when Cornell and BU faced off for the ECAC championship. The Terriers' defense was a far better match against Cornell's big guns than the previous two opponents and Cornell was limited to a single goal in the first two periods.


1966–67 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season, Season, ECAC Tournament
The skating ability of the Big Red forwards wore down BU in the third, however, and Cornell was able to score three times in the final frame, the last coming from the stick of Mike Doran with under nine minutes to play that proved to be the game-winner and earned Cornell its first conference championship.


1966–67 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season, Season, NCAA Tournament
Cornell was given the automatic berth into the NCAA tournament as the ECAC tournament champion, the first appearance in the history of the program, but despite this, as well as possessing the best record in the nation (25–1–1) Cornell was pitted against the better of the two WCHA teams in the semifinal, North Dakota. This likely happened as a result of Cornell having already played Michigan State earlier in the year but regardless Cornell opened against a strong WCHA champion loaded with players already experienced with the NCAA tournament.


1966–67 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season, Season, NCAA Tournament
Cornell didn't seem to take note at the start, however, and out dueled North Dakota 12 shots to 8. UND netminder Mike Curran fought off the Cornell attack for most of the first frame but a shot from Skip Stanowski finally found its way into the net at the end of the period. North Dakota picked up the pace in the second, equaling Cornell's thirteen shots but neither netminder gave an inch and the game remained in Cornell's favor by the slimmest of margins.


1966–67 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season, Season, NCAA Tournament
After their attack came to naught, North Dakota flagged in the final period and though Curran would continue to hold the fort the Sioux attack could not solve Dryden and Cornell skated to victory. Dryden's fourth shoutout of the season was only the second shutout in any NCAA tournament and by far the lowest-scoring game in history. No game would have fewer goals in regulation until 2004 when a Regional semifinal went into overtime tied 0–0.


1966–67 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season, Season, NCAA Tournament
The championship game saw a third meeting between Cornell and BU, all of which coming in de facto tournament finals. The Terriers were looking for revenge after suffering a loss in the ECAC championship but, perhaps more importantly, this was the first time since 1949 that both finalists came from the eastern region which guaranteed that the east would have a national champion for the first time since 1954.


1966–67 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season, Season, NCAA Tournament
Despite the game being played in Syracuse the crowd was decidedly in favor of BU and the team seemed to feed off of the energy early with an attack on the Cornell net in the first minute. Dryden held the Terriers back and allowed Bob Kinasewich to open the scoring before two minutes had elapsed. Boston University pulled back after the quick change of fortune and Cornell took advantage with their own offensive salvo.


1966–67 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season, Season, NCAA Tournament
As the shots piled up for Cornell, however, Wayne Ryan was up to the task and held Cornell back until late in the first when the Big Red doubled their lead with a power play goal from the combined efforts of the Ferguson twins. Mid -way through the second Cornell connected on another power play to push their lead to three but just 12 seconds later BU finally was able to get a puck past Dryden to cut the lead back to 2.


1966–67 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season, Season, NCAA Tournament
The goal reignited BU's offense and the Terriers began peppering the cage with shots but the nation's top goaltender turned everything back and as the seconds ticked past the chance for the Terriers became more and more remote. When Robert McGuinn scored halfway through the third it was the final nail in BU's coffin and Cornell won their first national championship 4–1.


1966–67 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season, Season, Awards and records
Ken Dryden set an all-time record by allowing just one goal in two games for a goals against average of 0.50 to go along with his .986 save percentage, a record for both the Frozen Four and overall tournament (as of 2018). Despite his historical numbers Dryden was not named as Tournament Most Outstanding Player, that honor instead went to Skip Stanowski, the standout defenseman who finished the tournament with two goals and two assists (contributing on 80% of Cornell's offense) and scored both game-winning goals. Dryden would have to settle for being named to the All-Tournament first team along with Stanowski, Harry Orr and Mike Doran. Dave and Doug Ferguson were also named to the Second Team.


1966–67 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season, Season, Awards and records
Dryden, Orr and Doug Ferguson were named to both the AHCA All-American East Team as well as the All-ECAC Hockey First Team while Doran made the ECAC Second Team. Doug Ferguson was also named as the ECAC Hockey Player of the Year while Harry Orr received the Outstanding Defenseman Award (The last player in history to win the award). Again, despite his setting new NCAA records with a 1.46 GAA and a .945 save percentage, Dryden did not receive the ECAC Rookie of the Year which instead went to BU's Herb Wakabayashi who finished second in scoring in the nation.


1966–67 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season, Season, Awards and records
Part of the trouble in earning recognition for his efforts was the performance of Quarrie and Errol McKibbon the previous year; both played at least ten games for the Big Red and each goaltender had surrendered less than two goals per game. While the voters for these awards may have believed that Cornell had insulated the sophomore, time would show the wiser.


1966–67 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season, Season, Awards and records
Cornell's loss to Yale in January was the last home loss Cornell would suffer for over five years. The winning streak ended at 63 games, by far the longest such stretch in NCAA history.


1966–67 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season, Roster and scoring statistics
* These statistics are inaccurate. The sum total of 164 goals is 32 more than Cornell scored for the season.


1966–67 Coupe de France
The 1966–67 Coupe de France was its 50th edition. It was won by Olympique Lyonnais which defeated FC Sochaux-Montbéliard in the Final.


1966–67 Cuban National Series
Orientales dethroned four-time champion Industriales to win their only Cuban National Series championship. Four teams finished within three games of first place, as Las Villas and Granjeros limped to the finish line.


1966–67 Cupa României
The 1966–67 Cupa României was the 29th edition of Romania's most prestigious football cup competition.


1966–67 Cupa României
The title was won by Steaua București against Foresta Fălticeni.


1966–67 Cupa României, Format
In the first round proper, two pots were made, first pot with Divizia A teams and other teams till 16 and the second pot with the rest of teams qualified in this phase. Each tie is played as a single leg.