Timeline January 1966

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• 1890 – 1966 Herbert Marshall (1890-1966) English actor with a celebrated voice, the suave star of Trouble in Paradise and The Letter.
• 1901 – 1966 Alberto Giacometti The Walking Man Influential Swiss sculptor and painter known for his elongated, skeletal figures.
• 1966 Australian Open 1966 Men: Roy Emerson · Women: Margaret Smith Emerson's 6th consecutive Australian Open — a record.
• 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 – 1968 Dallas Music Scene Became a fixture of the Dallas music scene, playing in several bands including the Warlocks and American Blues, where he met bassist Dusty Hill. The two also briefly toured as a fake version of the British band The Zombies.
• 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 – 1969 PhD at the University of Illinois Earned his PhD in chemistry from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1969. His thesis focused on the physical chemistry of DNA. During this period, he read the 1966 Cold Spring Harbor Symposium volume on The Genetic Code, which sparked his interest in molecular biology and genetics.
• 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 Simon & Garfunkel's The Sound of Silence reaches number one Overdubbed electric Producer Tom Wilson adds electric backing without telling them.
• 1966 – 1968 University of Birmingham Studied English and drama at the University of Birmingham, graduating with a combined BA in 1968. Decided to concentrate on acting rather than pursue an academic career.
• 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.
• 1966 Batman television series premieres ABC's campy superhero show becomes a cultural phenomenon The live-action Batman series starring Adam West debuted on ABC on 12 January 1966. Its brightly colored, tongue-in-cheek style made it an instant hit and shaped popular perceptions of the character for a generation.
• 1966 First Nigerian military coup Army officers overthrow the civilian government On 15 January 1966 a group of army majors staged a coup, killing Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa and several regional leaders. General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi took power, ending Nigeria's First Republic and setting the stage for further unrest.
• 1966 Palomares nuclear weapons accident US bomber collides with a tanker, scattering nuclear bombs over Spain A US Air Force B-52 bomber collided with a refueling tanker over Palomares, Spain, on 17 January 1966, killing seven crew and dropping four hydrogen bombs. Two bombs' conventional explosives detonated on impact, contaminating farmland with plutonium, though no nuclear explosion occurred.
• 1966 – present Stefan Edberg The Gentleman Six-time major winner known for the most graceful serve-and-volley game in history.
• 1966 Herbert Marshall dies in Beverly Hills Herbert Marshall dies aged 75.
• 1966 Indira Gandhi becomes Prime Minister of India Sworn in after Lal Bahadur Shastri's sudden death Indira Gandhi was sworn in as India's third Prime Minister on 24 January 1966, succeeding Lal Bahadur Shastri. She led the Congress Party government and would dominate Indian politics for the next two decades.