Timeline Saturday 31 December 1966

Events on Saturday 31 December 1966 7

• 1962 – 1966 Union College Attended Union College, a small liberal arts school in Barbourville, Kentucky, majoring in chemistry and mathematics. Paid his tuition by raising cattle and growing tobacco on the family farm. Graduated with a BA in 1966.
• 1965 – 1966 International Competition Victories Won first prize at the International Vocal Competition 's-Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands in 1965, and the ARD International Music Competition in Munich in 1966, launching her international career.
• 1966 1966: Jack Brabham Brabham Brabham won his third title in a car bearing his own name, becoming the only driver in F1 history to win the championship in a car he built himself.
• 1966 Ballon d'Or Won the Ballon d'Or, awarded to the best footballer in Europe, and was named BBC Sports Personality of the Year and Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year.
• 1966 Fantastic Voyage and One Million Years B.C. Starred in Fantastic Voyage and One Million Years B.C. in the same year. A poster of Welch in a prehistoric doeskin bikini from the latter film became one of the best-selling pin-up posters of the decade and made her an international sex symbol.
• 1966 River Deep – Mountain High Recorded River Deep – Mountain High with producer Phil Spector, a song later recognised as one of the greatest pop recordings ever made.
• 1966 Venice Biennale: Narcissus Garden Participated in the Venice Biennale with Narcissus Garden, an installation of hundreds of mirrored spheres laid out on a lawn. Dressed in a golden kimono, she began selling individual spheres for $2 each — a provocative critique of the art market — until Biennale organisers shut her down.