1966

For other uses, see 1966.

timeline
years:	1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 (stardates from 1966.0, or reference stardate -1/66)
decades:	1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
centuries:	19th century - 20th century - 21st century

1966 was, on Earth's calendar, the 67th year of the 20th century, and the seventh year of the 1960s decade. Although this was a time period before Human formulation of stardates, this era begins with stardate 1966.0^[1] or reference stardate -1/66^[2].

EventsEdit

• A KGB agent using the identity of Diana Winters infiltrated Project Hercules. She would also recruit Archibald Dumont to the project in this year.^[3]

• Babel-17 is published.^[4][5]

24 January 

Indira Gandhi becomes Prime Minister of India.^[5]

March–November 

The final 5 flights in Project Gemini were flown.^[5]

4 July 

The United States of America has the first Freedom of Information Act signed into law.^[5]

5 August 

Caesars Palace opens.^[5]

16 September 

The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. begins a one-year run as a television series. It would be nostalgically remembered by Roberta Lincoln as she learned skills as a female secret agent.^[6]

1 November 

Chandigarh, India is established.^[7]

PeopleEdit

Births and deathsEdit

2 April 

C.S. Forester dies.^[5]

31 May 

William Blanchard dies.^[5]

AppendicesEdit

References and notesEdit

1. ↑ TOS movie: Star Trek.
2. ↑ Star Trek: The Role Playing Game (FASA).
3. ↑ TOS - Assignment: Earth comic: "Brighter Than a Thousand Suns".
4. ↑ TOS comic: "The Entropy Effect".
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6} Historical accounts.
6. ↑ TOS novel: Assignment: Eternity
7. ↑ TOS novel: The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume 2.

StoriesEdit

Title	Series	Date	Media	Notes	Image
From History's Shadow Chapter 23	The Original Series	16 March, 1966	novel

ReleasesEdit

SeptemberEdit

8 September

• "The Man Trap" is the first episode of Star Trek: The Original Series season 1 to be aired.

15 September

• "Charlie X" is first aired.

22 September

• "Where No Man Has Gone Before" is first aired.

29 September

• "The Naked Time" is first aired.

OctoberEdit

6 October

• "The Enemy Within" is first aired.

13 October

• "Mudd's Women" is first aired.

20 October

• "What Are Little Girls Made Of?" is first aired.

27 October

• "Miri" is first aired.

NovemberEdit

3 November

• "Dagger of the Mind" is first aired.

10 November

• "The Corbomite Maneuver" is first aired.

17 November

• "The Menagerie, Part I" is first aired.

24 November

• "The Menagerie, Part II" is first aired.

DecemberEdit

8 December

• "The Conscience of the King" is first aired.

15 December

• "Balance of Terror" is first aired.

22 December

• "What Are Little Girls Made Of?" is aired as a repeat.

29 December

• "Shore Leave" is first aired.

External linksEdit

• 1966 article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
• 1966 (production) article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
• 1966 article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.