Timeline October 1966

Events in October 1966 11

• 1889 – 1966 Clifton Webb (1889-1966) American actor and dancer, the acid-tongued Waldo Lydecker in Laura and Mr. Belvedere.
• 1966 Black Panther Party founded Huey Newton and Bobby Seale launch a Black self-defense organization in Oakland Huey Newton and Bobby Seale founded the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense in Oakland, California, in October 1966. The group combined armed community patrols with social programs and became a prominent symbol of Black militancy in the United States.
• 1966 Jimi Hendrix forms the Experience With Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell A power trio with two English musicians.
• 1966 – present George Weah King George The only African player to win the Ballon d'Or (1995); later served as President of Liberia.
• 1966 Simon & Garfunkel release Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme Scarborough Fair Their first fully realised album.
• 1966 The Beach Boys release Good Vibrations Pocket symphony Recorded in pieces across four studios over months.
• 1966 – 2019 Luke Perry (1966-2019) Died 4 March 2019, aged 52 Luke Perry was an American actor who rose to fame playing Dylan McKay on the television series Beverly Hills, 90210 in the early 1990s. He later appeared in Riverdale playing Fred Andrews. He died after suffering a massive stroke.
• 1966 Clifton Webb dies in Beverly Hills Clifton Webb dies aged 76.
• 1966 Aberfan disaster Collapsing coal waste tip buries a Welsh school, killing 144 On 21 October 1966, a colliery spoil tip collapsed above the Welsh village of Aberfan, sending a wave of slurry into Pantglas Junior School and nearby houses. The disaster killed 144 people, 116 of them children, and led to sweeping changes in mine waste safety regulation.
• 1966 China tests nuclear-armed ballistic missile First nation to combine a live nuclear warhead with a missile test On 27 October 1966, China conducted its fourth nuclear test by launching a Dongfeng missile fitted with a live nuclear warhead from Shuangchengzi to a target in Lop Nur. It was the first and only time a country has tested a nuclear weapon on an operational missile.
• 1966 Doctor Who introduces its first regeneration William Hartnell hands the role to Patrick Troughton In the episode broadcast on 29 October 1966, the BBC series Doctor Who had its lead character transform into a new physical form for the first time, allowing William Hartnell's Doctor to be replaced by Patrick Troughton. The device let the show continue with new actors and became a defining feature of the series.