March 1966

Tuesday 01:

John Kerry officially leaves active duty in Vietnam.

Friday 04:

John Lennon says, "We (The Beatles) are more popular than Jesus" which sparks controversy in the United States.

Saturday 05:

In Luxembourg, Udo Jürgens wins the eleventh Eurovision Song Contest for Austria.

Tuesday 08:

A bomb planted by young Irish protesters destroys Nelson's Pillar in Dublin.

Thursday 10:

Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands marries Claus von Amsberg.

Friday 11:

Henry "Dickie" Marrow" is murdered in a violent racially-motivated crime in Oxford, N.C..

Thursday 17:

Off the coast of Spain in the Mediterranean, the Alvin submarine finds a missing American hydrogen bomb.

Sunday 20:

1966 – The World Cup is stolen from Central Hall, London

Thursday 31:

The Soviet Union launches Luna 10 which later becomes the first spaceprobe to enter orbit around the Moon.