January 1966

Monday 03:

The first Acid Test at the Fillmore, San Francisco, California.

Saturday 08:

Operation Crimp of the Vietnam War.

Wednesday 12:

Batman the TV series debuts on ABC.

Thursday 13:

Robert C. Weaver becomes the first African American Cabinet member by being appointed United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.

Saturday 15:

1966- First Military Coup in Nigeria, government of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa is overthrown.

Sunday 16:

The Metropolitan Opera House opens at Lincoln Center in New York City.

Monday 17:

Carl Brashear, the first African American United States Navy diver, is involved in an accident on a routine mission which amputates his leg.

Wednesday 19:

Indira Gandhi is elected Prime Minister of India.

Monday 24:

An Air India Boeing 707 jet crashes on Mont Blanc, on the border between France and Italy, killing 117

Wednesday 26:

The Beaumont Children go missing from Glenelg Beach in Adelaide, South Australia.

Saturday 29:

The first of 608 performances of Sweet Charity opens at the Palace Theatre in New York City.