1966
Class of 1970 is in 9th grade; do you remember the sock hops?
5th Dimension in Downtown Ann Arbor has Jimi Hendrix, Ted Nugent and The Amboy Dukes, Scott Morgan and The Rationals, Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band, SRC: Scott Richardson Case, Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels, The Fugitives, Terry Knight & The Pack, ? and The Mysterians, Brownsville Station, MC5, Deon Jackson, The Who, Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention, etc.
John Lennon declares The Beatles are more popular than Jesus
Time Magazine Easter Cover, "God is Dead"
Beatles perform last concert at Candlestick Park in San Francisco
National Organization for Women (NOW) is founded; Margaret Sanger advocates birth control and dies at the age of 86
400,000 U.S. Troops now in Vietnam
Ronald Reagan becomes Governor of California
Bobby Seale and Huey Newton found the radical Black Panther Party
Soviet spacecrafts orbit, land on the moon and crash on Venus
UTEP defeats Kentucky in NCAA basketball championship; 5 black guys defeat 5 white guys
Houston Astrodome finished
Baltimore Orioles sweep Los Angeles Dodgers in 1966 World Series
Frank Robinson and Kathy Whitworth, LPGA win athletes of the year
Green Bay Packers defeat Dallas Cowboys for 1966 NFL Championship
Steve Spurrier of Florida wins Heisman Trophy; Notre Dame and Michigan State tie, 10-10, for NCAA football title in the Game of the Century
Dave Porter is NCAA Heavyweight Champion in Wrestling
Michigan State wins first NCAA Hockey Championship
Boston Celtics win 1966 NBA Championship
Michigan's Cazzie Russell and Oliver Darden are student teaching at Tappan Junior HS
Montreal Canadians defeat Detroit Red Wings for 1966 Stanley Cup
Jim Ryan sets world record mile at 3:51.3
Jack Nicklaus wins Masters and British Open, but Billy Casper is PGA money leader with $122,000
Kauai King wins Kentucky Derby and Preakness, but falters in Belmont
Buckpasser is Horse of the Year
Sniper Charles Whitman kills 13 at the University of Texas
Robert Griffin is elected in Michigan as U.S. Senator
Howard Hughes moves to Las Vegas
Walt Disney dies of Lung Cancer
Don Knotts in The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
Perry Mason's Final Season
Truman Capote writes In Cold Blood
The Sound of Music and Dr. Zhivago win big at 1966 Academy Awards
Miranda ruling by Supreme Court
Pampers are introduced by Proctor & Gamble
Mao begins cultural revolution in China
Borris Spassky wins World Chess Championship

UFO Sighting near Ann Arbor called Marsh Gas

Michigan finished 2nd in the Big Ten, 6th in the NCAA in Wrestling with 6 All-Americans including NCAA Champ Dave Porter and finish 9-1 in dual meets

1966 Michigan Football finishes 6-4 with losses to #2 Michigan State 7-20, #7 Purdue 21-22, Illinois 21-28 and North Carolina 7-21; Purdue defeats USC in Rose Bowl

1966 Michigan Basketball Team wins Big Ten title for third year in a row and was ranked as high as #2, but loses to Kentucky in Regional Final and ends the season ranked #9; Cazzie Russell (II) averages 30.8 points per game, was selected an All-American for the third year in a row and was the #1 player picked in the NBA Draft

1966 in Television (1965-1966 TV Schedule)

New TV shows include:

1966 Commercials

1966 in Film

Hawaii, The Bible: In the Beginning, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The Sand Pebbles, A Man for All Seasons, The Russians are Coming, The Russians are Coming, Grand Prix, The Professionals, Madame X, Alfie are top box office winners; other top movies are: Batman, Around the World Under the Sea, Born Free, El Dorado, Follow Me, Boys, Gambit, The Good, The Bad and the Ugly, Nevada Smith, The Oscar, Torn Curtain, etc.

1966 in Music

Grammy Awards of 1966

Tony Awards of 1966

Primetime Emmy Awards

Newsreel Almanac: 1966 a Year in Review

Chart Sweep: #1 Songs

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