1966

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Contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Films released 5 Hit Songs 6 New Books

[edit] Events

• January 3 - Hullabaloo shows promotional videos of The Beatles songs "Day Tripper" and "We Can Work It Out".
• January 8 - Shindig! airs for the last time on ABC, with musical guests the Kinks and the Who.
• January 12 - Batman debuts on ABC (1966-1968).
• February 23 - Television is first broadcast in Greece when ERT went on the air.
• April 5 - The Money Programme debuts on BBC2 (1966-present).
• June 5 - A taped appearance by The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show. The band debuts their music videos for "Rain" and "Paperback Writer".
• June 27 - The first episode of the supernatural soap opera Dark Shadows airs on ABC, introducing Victoria Winters (Alexandra Moltke) to the viewing audience as she applies for a job at the Collinwood Manor.
• July 1 - First Canadian color television broadcast.
• September - ABC switches to the color standard, meaning that all three US networks are now broadcasting in color regularly.
• September 3 - The last new episode of the television series The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet airs.
• September 7 - The final episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show airs (the first episode aired on October 3, 1961).
• September 12 - The Monkees premieres (1966-1968).
• October 2 - The four-part serial Talking to a Stranger, acclaimed as one of the finest British television dramas of the 1960s, begins transmission in the Theatre 625 strand on BBC2.
• October 27 - It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown airs for the first time on CBS.
• November 16 - Cathy Come Home, possibly the best-known play ever to be broadcast on British television, is transmitted in BBC1's The Wednesday Play anthology strand.

[edit] Births

• June 30 - Mike Tyson
• December 21 - Kiefer Sutherland

[edit] Deaths

• August 3 - Lenny Bruce

[edit] Films released

• A Man for All Seasons
• Alfie
• Batman
• The Battle of Algiers Golden Lion winner
• The Birds, the Bees and the Italians Palme d'Or winner
• Blowup
• Chappaqua
• Cul-de-Sac Golden Bear winner
• Follow Me, Boys!
• Frankie and Johnny
• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
• The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
• Hawaii
• It Happened Here
• A Man and a Woman Palme d'Or winner
• Morgan!
• Our Man Flint
• Paradise, Hawaiian Style
• The Sand Pebbles
• The Singing Nun
• Spinout
• Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (short subject)
• The Wild Angels

[edit] Hit Songs

• "The Sound of Silence" - Simon and Garfunkel
• "We Can Work It Out" - The Beatles
• "My Love" - Petula Clark
• "Lightnin' Strikes" - Lou Christie
• "Ballad of the Green Berets" - Sgt. Barry Sadler (the Top Song of 1966, according to Billboard)
• "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'" - Nancy Sinatra
• "(You're My) Soul and Inspiration'" - Righteous Brothers
• "Good Lovin'" - The Young Rascals
• "Yellow Submarine" - The Beatles
• "Monday Monday" - The Mamas and Papas
• "When A Man Loves a Woman" - Percy Sledge
• "Paint It Black" - The Rolling Stones
• "Paperback Writer" - The Beatles
• "Kicks" - Paul Revere & the Raiders
• "Gloria" - Shadows of Knight
• "Homeward Bound" - Simon and Garfunkel
• "I Am a Rock" - Simon and Garfunkel
• "Sweet Pea" - Tommy Roe
• "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" - Dusty Springfield
• "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" - James Brown
• "A Groovy Kind of Love" - The Mindbenders
• "Along Comes Mary" - The Association
• "Red Rubber Ball" - The Cyrkle
• "Lil' Red Riding Hood" - Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs
• "Born Free" - Roger Williams
• "Strangers In the Night" - Frank Sinatra
• "Wild Thing" - The Troggs
• "Summer in the City" - Lovin' Spoonful
• "Reach Out I'll Be There" - The Four Tops
• "Last Train To Clarksville" - The Monkees
• "You Keep Me Hangin' On" - The Supremes
• "Summertime" - Billy Stewart
• "Winchester Cathedral" - New Vaudeville Band
• "Good Vibrations" - The Beach Boys
• "Mellow Yellow" - Donovan
• "I'm a Believer" - The Monkees
• "Snoopy vs. the Red Baron" - The Royal Guardsmen
• "That's Life" - Frank Sinatra
• "Sugar Town" - Nancy Sinatra
• "Tell It Like It Is" - Aaron Neville
• "Good Thing" - Paul Revere and the Raiders

[edit] New Books

• The Adventurers - Harold Robbins
• The Anti-Death League - Kingsley Amis
• Capable of Honor - Allen Drury
• The Circle Game - Margaret Atwood
• The Dartmoor Worker anthology of William Crossing
• Der Meteor - Friedrich Dürrenmatt
• The Devil's Brigade - Robert H. Adleman
• The Double Image - Helen McInnes
• The Embezzler - Louis Auchincloss
• Expeditions - Margaret Atwood
• Fantastic Voyage - Isaac Asimov
• The Fixer - Bernard Malamud
• In Cold Blood - Truman Capote
• Jean de Florette - Marcel Pagnol
• Last Picture Show - Larry McMurtry
• The Magic Finger - Roald Dahl
• Manon des sources - Marcel Pagnol
• The Master and Margarita - Mihail Bulgakov
• The Moon is a Harsh Mistress - Robert A. Heinlein
• Octopussy and The Living Daylights - Ian Fleming
• The Soldier's Art - Anthony Powell
• The Solid Mandala - Patrick White
• Speeches for Doctor Frankenstein - Margaret Atwood
• The Sun King - Nancy Mitford
• Tai-Pan - James Clavell
• Tell No Man - Adela Rogers St. Johns
• A Thousand Days - Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
• Valley of the Dolls - Jacqueline Susann
• Wide Sargasso Sea - Jean Rhys