* 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 )

Stephin Raymond Merritt ( born 1966 ) is an American singer-songwriter based in Los Angeles ( formerly in New York City ), best known as the principal singer and songwriter in the band The Magnetic Fields.

* Stephin Merritt ( born 1966 ), American singer-songwriter known for his work in the band The Magnetic Fields

Optimal foraging theory ( OFT ) was first proposed in 1966, in two papers published independently, by Robert MacArthur and Eric Pianka, and by J. Merritt Emlen.

* Constance Merritt ( born 1966 ), American poet

); tenors Carl Tanner ( 1992, 93 ), William Burden ( 1989 – 90 ), Richard Croft ( 1978 ), Chris Merritt ( 1974 – 75 ), and Neil Shicoff ( 1973 ); baritones David Gockley ( 1965 – 67 ; he went on to become general manager of the Houston Grand Opera and, since 2005, the San Francisco Opera ) and Sherrill Milnes ( 1959 ); and basses Mark Doss ( 1983 ), James Morris ( 1969 ) and Samuel Ramey ( 1966 ).

In 1966, two Merritt College students, Huey Newton and Bobby Seale formed the Black Panther Party.

During February 1966, visiting UK acts The Rolling Stones and The Searchers were supported on tour by Max Merritt and The Meteors.

That campus had then served as Merritt College from 1954 to 1966 and is considered the birthplace of the Black Panthers.

The Secretary promulgated the Constitution of American Samoa which was approved by a Constitutional Convention of the people of American Samoa and a majority of the voters of American Samoa voting at the 1966 election, and came into effect in 1967.

* 1966 – John Hudek, American baseball player

* 1966 – Halle Berry, American model and actress

* Adrian Hanauer ( born 1966 ), American businessman and minority owner and general manager of the Seattle Sounders FC

* 1966 – Scott Brosius, American baseball player

* 1966 – Barry Lather, American choreographer and director

* 1966 – Lee Ann Womack, American singer-songwriter

* 1966 – John Wetteland, American baseball player

* 1966 – Albert Belle, American baseball player

* 1966 – Robert Maschio, American actor

* 1966 – Derek Sherinian, American keyboard player, composer, and producer ( Planet X, Dream Theater, and Black Country Communion )

* 1966 – Bill Romanowski, American football player

* 1966 – Michael Michele, American actress

* 1966 – David Justice, American baseball player

* 1966 – Greg Maddux, American baseball player

The Atlanta Falcons hold the record among all major American sports leagues for the longest streak of seasons without consecutive winning seasons, a streak that lasted from 1966 – 2008.