September 1966

Saturday 03:

The last new episode of the television series The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet airs.

Tuesday 06:

In Cape Town, South Africa, the architect of Apartheid, Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd, is stabbed to death during a parliamentary meeting.

Wednesday 07:

The final new episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show airs (the first episode aired on October 3, 1961).

Thursday 08:

1966 - The Severn Road Bridge was officially opened.

Friday 09:

The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act signed into law by U.S. President Lyndon Johnson.

Thursday 15:

The spaceship Gemini XI, with astronauts Pete Conrad and Dick Gordon aboard, returns to earth.

Friday 16:

The Metropolitan Opera House opens at Lincoln Center in New York City to the world premiere of Samuel Barber's opera, Antony and Cleopatra.

Friday 30:

The British protectorate of Bechuanaland declares its independence, and becomes the Republic of Botswana. Seretse Khama takes office as the first President.