* 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 Phuoc Tuy province.

* 1966 – The first Kwanzaa is celebrated by Maulana Karenga, the chair of Black Studies at California State University, Long Beach.

Waters took his information about the date of the end of the Mayan Long Count calendar from the 1966 edition of Michael Coe's The Maya.

In 2000 the American Library Association listed The Long Walk as one of the 100 best books for teenage readers published between 1966 and 2000.

* The protagonist ( Gnossos Pappadopoulis ) in Richard Fariña's 1966 novel Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me believes his best friend to be named Heffalump for the majority of the novel, although Gnossos discovers in Cuba that Heffalump's birth name was Abraham Jackson White.

* 1966: A Horseman Riding By ( published in the USA as two novels, Long Summer Day and Post of Honor )

* 1966 – 1968: A Horseman Riding By is a trilogy comprising " Long Summer's Day ", " Post of Honour " and " The Green Gauntlet ".

* " Goodbat Nightman " / " Long Strong Black Pudding " ( Parlophone R 5548 ) Dec., 1966

They also had a number of other hits, including " With a Girl Like You " ( a UK number 1 in July 1966, US number 29 ), " I Can't Control Myself " ( a UK number 2 in September 1966 — this was also their second and final dual-label release in the US, with Fontana retaining the rights to all subsequent releases ), " Anyway That You Want Me " ( UK number 10 in December 1966 ), all at Olympic Studios, " Night of the Long Grass " ( UK number 17 in May 1967 ), and " Love Is All Around " ( UK number 5 in November 1967 and US number 7 in May 1968 ).

This led in 1966 to the Long Range Patrol or LRP ration, a dehydrated meal stored in a waterproof canvas pouch.

The Quartermaster Branch's insistence on canned wet rations for all postwar field issue, and the failure to develop a suitable lightweight dehydrated or other dry ration for jungle and other extreme environments led directly to the hurried development of the LRP ration or Long Range Patrol ration in 1966.

In 1966, at the request of former National Football League Commissioner Pete Rozelle, Long and Congressman Hale Boggs used their influence to pass legislation that allowed for the merger of the American Football League and the National Football League ( NFL ).

Rozelle complied, and Long and Boggs joined Rozelle in announcing that New Orleans had obtained the New Orleans Saints on November 1, 1966.

Long before Doby was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame came induction in the Indians Hall of Fame in August 1966.

Kadanoff ( 1966 ): " Scaling laws for Ising models near ", Physics ( Long Island City, N. Y .) 2, 263 .</ ref > The blocking idea is a way to define the components of the theory at large distances as aggregates of components at shorter distances.

Other key pieces include " North American Time Capsule " ( 1966 ), which employed a prototype vocoder to isolate and manipulate elements of speech ; Music On A Long Thin Wire ( 1977 ), in which a piano wire is strung across a room and activated by an amplified oscillator and magnets on either end, producing changing overtones and sounds ; Crossings ( 1982 ), in which tones play across a steadily rising sine wave producing interference beats ; Still and Moving Lines of Silence in Families of Hyperbolas ( 1973 – 74 ), in which the interference tones between sine waves create " troughs " and " valleys " of sound and silence ; and Clocker ( 1978 ), which uses biofeedback and reverberation.

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is an American country-folk-rock band that has existed in various forms since its founding in Long Beach, California in 1966.

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band was founded around 1966 in Long Beach, California by singer-guitarist Jeff Hanna and singer-songwriter guitarist Bruce Kunkel who had performed as the New Coast Two and later the Illegitimate Jug Band.

The award was first presented in 1958, and with the exceptions of 1964 and 1966 was given annually through 2002 when it was retired in favor of the newly created Dramatic Presentation ( Long Form ) and Dramatic Presentation ( Short Form ) categories, which divided the category depending on whether the work was longer or shorter than 90 minutes.

After appearing in the short-lived drama series, The Long, Hot Summer, she landed the role of Sandy Webber in the prime-time soap Peyton Place, which she played from 1966 to 1967.

* The Long, Hot Summer – ( TV ) ( 1965 – 1966 ), Eula Harker

They did however have additional USA chart hits with the non UK singles ; ' Pay You Back With Interest ' ( No. 28 in 1966 ), ' Dear Eloise ' ( No. 50 in 1967 ) and ' Long Dark Road ' ( No. 26 in 1971 )

* 1966 Live at El Matador ( with Bola Sete )

* British — Ali Campbell: " Nothing Ever Changes ( Pierrot )", from Flying High ( 2009 ); David Bowie: Pierrot in Turquoise ( 1993 ; includes following songs from the film of the same title: " Threepenny Pierrot ", " Columbine ", " The Mirror ", " When I Live My Dream & 2 "); Michael Moorcock and the Deep Fix: " Birthplace of Harlequin ", " Columbine Confused ", " Pierrot's Song of Positive Thinking ", and " Pierrot in the Roof Garden ", from The Entropy Tango and Gloriana Demo Sessions ( 2008 ); Petula Clark: " Pierrot pendu " (" Hanged Pierrot "), from Hello Mister Brown ( 1966 ); Placebo: " Pierrot the Clown ", from Meds ( 2006 ); Rick Wakeman: " The Dancing Pierrot ", from The Art in Music Trilogy ( 1999 ); Soft Machine: " Thank You Pierrot Lunaire ", from Volume Two ( 1969 ).

It was famous for hosting the annual FA Cup finals, five European Cup finals, the 1948 Summer Olympics, the 1966 World Cup Final, the final of Euro 96 and the 1985 Live Aid concert.

International Artists put out a Live LP c. August 1968, which was old demo tapes and outtakes dating back to 1966 for the most part, with some phony applause added.

Two other albums, featuring Curtis Mayfield present in the Curtom vaults and as yet unissued are, a 1982 / 83 live recording titled " 25th Silver Anniversary " ( which features performances by Curtis, The Impressions and Jerry Butler ) and a live performance, recorded in September 1966 by The Impressions titled ' Live at the Club Chicago '.

4: Bob Dylan Live 1966, The " Royal Albert Hall " Concert, that maintains the erroneous title, but does include details of the actual concert location.

It should also be noted that this album does not capture the same show as the bootleg Live from New York City, 1966 ", despite similar material and packaging.

* 1966: Live at Cafe Montmartre 1966 ( ESP-disk )

Their hits included the hit " I Live for the Sun " ( 1965 ) (# 51 US, # 20 Australia ), " Andrea " ( 1966 ) (# 41 US ) and " Still " ( 1966 ) (# 93 US ).

* C ' Mon Let's Live a Little ( 1966 ) ( soundtrack )

His group at the time, The Zoo, worked a college circuit ranging from New York to Pennsylvania ; this early experience has been captured on a live album issued by Norton Records, Live 1966.

" Baby Let Me Follow You Down " would later return in a driving electric arrangement during his 1965 and 1966 tours with The Hawks ; a live recording was included on Live 1966.

Recordings of the Herman band from that time period, including Woody's Winners, Live in Antibes, Encore, 1963, My Kind of Broadway, Blue Flame, Live in Seattle, Somewhere, Live at Newport 1966, Heavy Exposure, Woody Herman & the Fourth Herd, and Jazz Hoot are considered some of the most exciting in the Herman discography.

He also released two albums of shows recorded live from the Brooklyn Fox Theatre: " Murray the K's Holiday Revue " ( 1964 ) and " Greatest Holiday Revue " ( 1966 ), combined on the two-record set " Live as it Happened " ( 1976 ).

* Live at Small's Paradise ( 1966 )

* Live at the Hot Club de France ( 1966 )

In 1966, Albert was in Japan with other producers scouting locations to film the next James Bond film You Only Live Twice.

* Live in Japan ( 1965 ) ( 1966 )

* Other covers have been by The Hollies, country guitar virtuoso Chet Atkins, Odetta, Dolly Parton, folk chanteuse Judy Collins, The Kingston Trio, Marianne Faithfull ( 1964 single ), Jackie DeShannon, The Seekers, soul singer Sam Cooke, blues belter Etta James, Duke Ellington, Neil Young ( with air raid sound effects ), the Doodletown Pipers, Marlene Dietrich, Bobby Darin, Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Presley, Sielun Veljet, on their single " Blowin ' in the Wind ", Stevie Wonder ( whose version became a top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1966 ), John Fogerty, The Hooters on their 1994 album The Hooters Live, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, and was performed by Jenny in the award-winning film Forrest Gump ( sung by Joan Baez ), and was lampooned in Me, Myself & Irene.