During their most productive years, the Orioles saw three of its players named MVP: ( Frank Robinson in 1966 ; Boog Powell in 1970 ; and Cal Ripken, Jr. in 1983 ).

The same year, the film of Leslie Thomas's 1966 comic novel The Virgin Soldiers saw Bowie make a brief appearance as an extra.

1966 saw the introduction of the HR, with changes in the form of new front and rear styling and higher-capacity engines.

The first Trips Festival, sponsored by the Merry Pranksters and held at the Longshoremen's Hall in January 1966, saw The Grateful Dead and Big Brother and the Holding Company play to an audience of 10, 000, giving many their first encounter with both acid rock, with its long instrumentals and unstructured jams, and LSD.

In West Germany, 1966 saw the emergence of the first Grand Coalition between the two main parties, the SPD and CDU, under chancellor Kurt Georg Kiesinger.

" In 1966, S. Rajaratnam saw Singapore ’ s challenge as ensuring its sustained survival, peace, and prosperity in a region suffering from mutual jealousies, internal violence, economic disintegration and great power conflicts.

Her Duke Ellington Songbook placed Ellington firmly in the canon known as the Great American Songbook, and the 1960s saw Fitzgerald and the ' Duke ' meet on the Côte d ' Azur for the 1966 album Ella and Duke at the Cote D ' Azur, and in Sweden for The Stockholm Concert, 1966.

In Germany, it saw rapid and prolific use during the Third Reich and was used in the German Democratic Republic as late as 1966.

The general election of 1966 saw the Labour government of Harold Wilson achieve a large increase in seats, however Heath remained Conservative leader.

Even so, 1966 saw the debut of the Corps of Volunteers of the Republic, a vanguard movement designed to mobilize popular support behind Mobutu, who was proclaimed the nation's " Second National Hero " after Lumumba.

One ASH breeder who saw the potential of the Persian / ASH cross proposed and eventually managed to get the Cat Fanciers ' Association to recognize them as a new breed in 1966, under the name Exotic Shorthair.

During this period the band gained their first international recognition when rising British pop star Donovan, who saw them during his stint on the US West Coast in early 1966, mentioned the Airplane in his song " The Fat Angel ," which subsequently appeared on his Sunshine Superman LP.

On the technology front, 1966 saw the introduction of a completely new overhead camshaft 6-cylinder engine in the Tempest, and in an industry first, plastic grilles were used on several models.

But following a fast-paced start, the SIG entered a period of quiescence that saw it meet only three times from late July 1966 to mid-July 1967, reflecting in part Under Secretary of State Nicholas Katzenbach's initial hesitancy to exploit its possibilities upon taking office in October 1966.

The following year saw local services on the Midland Railway route to Gloucester withdrawn and the former Midland route to via was closed on 7 March 1966. and on the line towards Bath survived until 5 January 1970.

The 1950s and early 1960s saw little in the way of building work, the first major work was the creation of new storage space for books in the Art Library in 1966 and 1967.

( Bill ) Bohler was made principal of the school in 1966 and saw the school transition from a high school to an elementary and middle school ( grades 1-7 ) and remained principal until 1972.

1966 saw Ortiz draw with world Jr Welterweight champion Nicolino Locche in a ten round non-title affair in Argentina, and retain his title vs Johnny Bizarro ( KO in 12 in Pittsburgh ), Cuban Sugar Ramos ( another International Boxing Hall Of Fame Member, ko in 5 rounds in Mexico City ) and Filipino Flash Elorde, also by ko in 14 at a New York rematch.

The group lost their record contract with Decca that year, which also saw the release of a single called " I'm Your Witchdoctor " ( produced by Jimmy Page ) in October 1965, the first credited to John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, followed by a return to Decca in 1966.

This tournament saw the return of free-flowing, attacking play after the physical battles of 1962 and 1966, and is considered by many to be the finest World Cup in history.

The following year, 1966, saw another British win, this time Graham Hill in a Lola-Ford.

The Isle of Wight festival saw the return of Bob Dylan to live music after his motorbike accident in 1966.

1966 saw the operation of its first transatlantic flight.

Officials estimated the combined programs would cost 5.1 million dollars the first year and would go up to 21 millions by 1966.

* 1966 – Lunar Orbiter 1 takes the first photograph of Earth from orbit around the Moon.

The Atlanta expansion franchise became the 15th NFL franchise, and they were awarded the first pick in the 1966 NFL Draft as well as the final pick in each of the first five rounds.

Under Head Coach Norb Hecker they lost their first nine regular-season games in 1966 and secured their first victory on the road against the New York Giants.

Gettens and Stout co-authored Painting Materials: A Short Encyclopaedia, first published in 1942 and reprinted in 1966.

The first official acknowledgement of the programs came from the State Department in March 1966.

According to Volume I of her diaries, 1931 – 1934, published in 1966 ( Stuhlmann ), Nin first came across erotica when she returned to Paris with her mother and two brothers in her late teens.

Besides Dick Tracy, Capp parodied many other comic strips in Li ' l Abner — including Steve Canyon, Superman ( at least twice ; first as " Jack Jawbreaker " in 1947, and again in 1966 as " Chickensouperman "), Mary Worth, Peanuts, Rex Morgan, M. D., Little Annie Rooney and Little Orphan Annie ( in which Punjab became " Punjbag ," an oleaginous slob ).

The 1965 constitution led to the first general elections and to independence on 30 September 1966.

In 1966 a military coup deposed the first president of Upper Volta, Maurice Yaméogo, suspended the constitution, dissolved the National Assembly, and placed Lieutenant Colonel Sangoulé Lamizana at the head of a government of senior army officers.

Andersson met Björn Ulvaeus in June 1966, and the two started writing songs together, their first being " Isn't It Easy To Say ", eventually recorded by The Hep Stars.

For the 1966 tour to Australia and New Zealand John Robins became the first Lions Coach, and the trip started off very well for the Lions, who stormed through Australia, winning five non-tests and drawing one ; and most notably defeating Australia in two tests as well.

Both the first method for cladistic analysis and the school of taxonomy originated in the work of the German entomologist Willi Hennig, who referred to it as " phylogenetic systematics " ( also the title of his 1966 book ); the use of the terms cladistics and clade was popularized by other researchers.

The country ’ s first president, David Dacko was overthrown by his army chief-of-staff, Jean-Bédel Bokassa in 1966.

On 28 September 2008, the CSU failed to gain an absolute majority, attaining 43 %, of the vote in the Bavaria state election for the first time since 1966 on a percentage basis and was forced into a coalition with the FDP.

As the anniversary of Confederation, Dominion Day, and later Canada Day, was the date set for a number of important events, such as the first national radio network hookup by the Canadian National Railway ( 1927 ), the inauguration of the CBC's cross-country television broadcast ( 1958 ), the flooding of the Saint Lawrence Seaway ( 1958 ), the first colour television transmission in Canada ( 1966 ), the inauguration of the Order of Canada ( 1967 ), and the establishment of " O Canada " as the country's national anthem ( 1980 ).

After losing a dismal 103 games in 1966, the Cubs brought home consecutive winning records in ' 67 and ' 68, marking the first time a Cub team had accomplished that feat in over two decades.

The Lancer / Ace editions ( 1966 – 1977 ), under the direction of de Camp and Lin Carter, were the first comprehensive paperbacks, compiling the material from the Gnome Press series together in chronological order with all the remaining original Howard material, including that left unpublished in his lifetime and fragments and outlines.

Bet Lynch ( Julie Goodyear ) first appeared in 1966, before becoming a regular in 1970, and went on to become one of the most famous Corrie characters.

It was at the Philadelphia Academy that Lynch made his first short film, which was titled Six Men Getting Sick ( 1966 ).

Time Out was followed by several albums with a similar approach, including Time Further Out: Miro Reflections ( 1961 ), using more 5 / 4, 6 / 4, and 9 / 8, plus the first attempt at 7 / 4 ; Countdown: Time in Outer Space ( dedicated to John Glenn ) ( 1962 ), featuring 11 / 4 and more 7 / 4 ; Time Changes ( 1963 ), with much 3 / 4, 10 / 4 ( which was really 5 + 5 ), and 13 / 4 ; and Time In ( 1966 ).

The 1966 movie Harper starring Paul Newman was based on the first Lew Archer story The Moving Target ( 1949 ).