June 1966

Thursday 02:

Surveyor program: Surveyor 1 lands in Oceanus Procellarumon the Moon, becoming the first US spacecraft to soft land on another world.

Monday 06:

James Meredith, civil rights activist, is shot while trying to march across Mississippi.

Monday 13:

The United States Supreme Court rules in Miranda v. Arizona that the police must inform suspects of their rights before questioning them.

Tuesday 14:

The Vatican announces the abolition of the index librorum prohibitum (index of prohibited books), which was originally instituted in 1557.

Monday 20:

Canada sells 336 million bushels (9.14 teragrams) of wheat to Soviet Union.

Monday 27:

The first broadcast of Dark Shadows aired on ABC-TV.