* 1966 – Young Man Kang, Korean director

* 1966 – The Church of Satan is established at the Black House in San Francisco, California.

* 1966 – Jeff Brown, Canadian ice hockey player

* 1966 – Dave Meggett, American football player

* 1884 – Vincent Auriol, French politician, 16th President of the French Republic ( d. 1966 )

* 1899 – C. S. Forester, English author ( d. 1966 )

* 1909 – Sylvère Maes, Belgian cyclist ( d. 1966 )

* 1966 – Jeroen Duyster, Dutch rower

* 1966 – Juhan Parts, Estonian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Estonia

* 1966 – Braniff Airlines Flight 250 crashes in Falls City, Nebraska killing all 42 on board.

* 1918 – Giles Cooper Irish playwright ( d. 1966 )

* 1966 – Vinny Del Negro, American basketball player and coach

* 1966 – Shayne Corson, Canadian ice hockey player

* 1966 – Sean Hood, American screenwriter

* 1966 – Takayuki Iizuka, Japanese wrestler

* 1966 – M. V. Sridhar, Indian cricketer

* 1966 – Tim Wakefield, American baseball player

* 1966 – Flann O ' Brien, Irish humorist ( b. 1911 )

* 1966 – Charles Whitman kills 16 people at the University of Texas at Austin before being killed by the police.

* 1966 – Purges of intellectuals and imperialists becomes official China policy at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.

* 1885 – George de Hevesy, Hungarian chemist and Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1966 )

* 1966 – James St. James, American club promoter and author

* 1966 – Brent Butt, Canadian actor

* 1966 – Eric Esch, American boxer

* 1966 – Lenny Bruce, American comedian ( b. 1925 )

* 1966 – Shane Scott, American producer and director

* 1966 – Jason Scott Lee, American actor

* 1966 – Scott Innes, American voice actor

In 1966, Reginald Pound, the first biographer given access to Scott's original sledging journal, revealed personal failings which cast a new light on Scott, although Pound continued to endorse his heroism, writing of " a splendid sanity that would not be subdued ".

One of the great upsets in College Bowl history — or indeed, in the history of any intercollegiate competition — came on March 6, 1966, when a small women's college, Agnes Scott College, took on the defending champions from Princeton University, which had challenged and defeated a team from Mount Holyoke College the previous week.

Agnes Scott came back the next week, but was defeated by Marietta College, 230-115 ; the 1966 games constituted its only College Bowl appearance.

In 1966, Scott appeared as Jud Barker in the NBC western The Road West, starring Barry Sullivan, Kathryn Hays, Andrew Prine, and Glenn Corbett.

* 1966 Charles Ives: Symphony No. 1 in D minor – Morton Gould, conductor ; Howard Scott, producer ( RCA )

1966 Peter Scott 880y Run

John Lemmon and Scott began work on a modal-logic textbook that was interrupted by Lemmon's death in 1966.

Jeffrey Scott " Jeff " Buckley ( November 17, 1966 – May 29, 1997 ), raised as Scotty Moorhead, was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist.

Ronald Ferguson was the second son of Andrew Henry Ferguson ( 1899 – 1966 ) and his wife Lady Marian Louisa Montagu Douglas Scott ( 1908 – 1996 ), a first cousin of Lady Alice Montagu Douglas Scott, who became ( after her wedding to Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester ) Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester and an aunt-by-marriage of Elizabeth II.

Benjamin Scott " Ben " Folds ( born September 12, 1966 ) is an American singer-songwriter and record producer.

* 1966: Shirley Scott: Roll ' Em: Shirley Scott Plays the Big Bands ( Impulse!

The 1965 and 1966 Mr. Olympia were won by Larry Scott, a famous bodybuilder of the time.

Scott subsequently retired after his 1966 victory.

As an astronaut, Scott made his first flight into space as pilot of the Gemini 8 mission, along with Neil Armstrong, in March 1966, spending just under eleven hours in Low Earth orbit.

On March 16, 1966, Scott and command pilot Neil Armstrong were launched into space on the Gemini 8 mission, a flight originally scheduled to last three days, in which Scott was to perform an EVA, but terminated early due to a malfunctioning thruster.

William Scott " Bill " Goldberg ( born December 27, 1966 ) is a former professional wrestler best known for his time in World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ).

Scott Thomas ( born July 19, 1966 ) is the District Attorney for North Carolina Prosecutorial District 3B, which includes Carteret, Craven and Pamlico counties.

The precursor to the MNS was A Quaker Action Group ( AQAG ), founded by Lawrence Scott in 1966.