Events of 1966
WORLD
President Sukarno of Indonesia was replaced by President Suharto.
India had its worst famine in 20 years.
The first Star Trek episode, The Man Trap, was broadcast.
The main movies were A Man For All Seasons, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and Alfie.
The main books were Truman Capote's In Cold Blood and Bernard Malamud's The Fixer.
The 'Pill' was declared safe for human consumption.
Walt Disney died.
AUSTRALIA
Harold Holt became Prime Minister following the resignation of Sir Robert Menzies after 16 years as PM.
Police were baffled by the disappearance of the Beaumont children in Adelaide.
Australia dropped pounds, shillings and pence in favour of decimal currency.
Swede designer of Sydney's opera House, Joem Utzon, quit.
The first Australian conscripts fought in the Vietnam War. Many Australians died in the battle of Lon Tan.
Aborigines at Wave Hill cattle station went on strike demanding a wage of $50 a week.
President Sukarno of Indonesia was replaced by President Suharto.
India had its worst famine in 20 years.
The first Star Trek episode, The Man Trap, was broadcast.
The main movies were A Man For All Seasons, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and Alfie.
The main books were Truman Capote's In Cold Blood and Bernard Malamud's The Fixer.
The 'Pill' was declared safe for human consumption.
Walt Disney died.
AUSTRALIA
Harold Holt became Prime Minister following the resignation of Sir Robert Menzies after 16 years as PM.
Police were baffled by the disappearance of the Beaumont children in Adelaide.
Australia dropped pounds, shillings and pence in favour of decimal currency.
Swede designer of Sydney's opera House, Joem Utzon, quit.
The first Australian conscripts fought in the Vietnam War. Many Australians died in the battle of Lon Tan.
Aborigines at Wave Hill cattle station went on strike demanding a wage of $50 a week.
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