May 1966

Friday 06:

Myra Hindley and Ian Brady are sentenced to life imprisonment for the Moors Murders in England.

Busch Memorial Stadium, home of the St. Louis Cardinals major league baseball team, opens in St. Louis, Missouri.

Two extremely influential rock albums are released on the same day: Bob Dylan's Blonde on Blonde and The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds.

Cassius Clay beat Henry Cooper in the sixth round at the Arsenal football ground, North London.

Explorer program: Explorer 32 launches.

British Guiana gains independence, becoming Guyana.

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