Saturn’s moon Epimetheus is discovered by astronomer Richard Walker.
Tag: 1966
18 August 1966
Vietnam War: The Battle of Long Tan ensues after a patrol from the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment clashes with a Viet Cong force in…
14 February 1966
Australian currency is decimalized. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimalisation’]
10 January 1966
Tashkent Declaration, a peace agreement between India and Pakistan signed that resolved the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tashkent_Declaration’]
15 October 1966
The Black Panther Party is founded. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Panther_Party’]
21 May 1966
The Ulster Volunteer Force declares war on the Irish Republican Army in Northern Ireland. 21 May: the UVF issued a statement: From this day, we…
26 May 1966
British Guiana gets its independence to become Guyana. Guyana became an independent nation on Thursday, 26 May 1966, but the independence celebrations began four days…
16 May 1966
The Communist Party of China issues its May 16 Notice to start the Cultural Revolution. The Cultural Revolution, formally the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was…
18 December 1966
Saturn’s moon Epimetheus is first discovered by astronomer Richard Walker. Epimetheus is an inner satellite of Saturn. It is also known as Saturn XI. It…