In 1952 the title of General Secretary became First Secretary and the Politburo became the Presidium before reverting to their former names under Leonid Brezhnev in 1966.

* 1966 – Carl Hooper, former West Indian cricket player and captain

The Evoluon is a conference centre and former science museum erected by the electronics and electrical company Philips in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, in 1966.

Ellen Gezina Maria van Langen ( born February 9, 1966 in Oldenzaal, Overijssel ) is a former Dutch middle distance runner.

In September 1966, Weissmuller joined former screen Tarzans James Pierce and Jock Mahoney to appear with Ron Ely as part of the publicity for the upcoming premiere of the Tarzan TV series.

The multi-instrumentalist, founder and former The Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones played koto in the song Take It Or Leave It, on the album Aftermath, 1966.

In 1952 the title of General Secretary became First Secretary and the Politburo became the Presidium before reverting to their former names under Leonid Brezhnev in 1966.

Emmanuelle Seigner ( born 22 June 1966 ) is a French actress, former fashion model, and singer, also known as the wife of Academy Award winning Polish director Roman Polanski, and for her roles in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly ( 2007 ), and Frantic ( 1988 ).

* Marv Cook was born to Marilyn Cook February 24, 1966 in West Branch, Iowa, is a former professional American football player who was selected by the New England Patriots in the third round of the 1989 NFL Draft.

* Sherman Billingsley ( 1900 – 1966 ), American former bootlegger and founder and owner of New York's Stork Club nightclub

To set an example, many were hanged before large audiences, including former Prime Minister Evariste Kimba, who, with three cabinet members-Jérôme Anany ( Defense Minister ), Emmanuel Bamba ( Finance Minister ), and Alexandre Mahamba ( Minister of Mines and Energy )-was tried in May 1966, and sent to the gallows on 30 May, before an audience of 50, 000 spectators.

* The former Franc " Stane " Rozman Barracks ( Vojašnica Franca Rozmana – Staneta ) at Ljubljana-Polje were named after Franc Rozman Stane until July 2012, when they were renamed after Edvard Peperko ( 1966 – 1991 ), one of the first to fall in the Slovenian Ten-Day War.

* Chris Amon, former Formula One driver and considered one of the unluckiest men in the sport, won the 24 Hours Le Mans race in 1966

* In 1966, former Auschwitz doctor Horst Fischer was executed by the German Democratic Republic by guillotine, the last executed by this method outside France.

Later, in 1966 and 1967, some former Tshombe mercenaries and Katangan gendarmes staged the Mercenaries ' Mutinies.

* Sam " Bo " McClelland ( 1966 – 1973 ) Described as a " tough disciplinarian ", he was personally appointed by Spence to succeed him as Chief of Staff, due to his having served in the Korean War with Spence's former regiment, the Royal Ulster Rifles.

The former Iron Bridge and Broseley railway station, on the Severn Valley line ( GWR ) from Hartlebury to Shrewsbury, was situated on the south side of the Iron Bridge until 1966.

Tony Alexander Adams, MBE ( born 10 October 1966 in Romford, London ) is an English football manager and former player.

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.

* Orlando Merced ( born 1966 ), Puerto Rican former Major League Baseball player

However, Paregoric was characterized as " a needlessly complex pharmacopeial mixture ... of a former day " by a 1966 study

Deborah Fátima Carthy-Deu ( born January 5, 1966 in Santurce, Puerto Rico ) is a Puerto Rican actress, host, and former beauty queen.

* Ed de Goey ( born 1966 ), former goalkeeper from the Dutch national soccer team

Charles Joseph Whitman ( June 24, 1941 – August 1, 1966 ) was an engineering student and former Marine who killed 13 people and an unborn child and wounded 32 others in a shooting rampage located in and around the Tower of the University of Texas on the afternoon of August 1, 1966.

The various groups reached a compromise, and in 1966 the governor unveiled the proposal for what would become Battery Park City.

He later became special assistant for community affairs when Rockefeller was re-elected governor of New York in 1966.

In 1966, Pilkinton was the unsuccessful Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor, having narrowly been defeated by the Republican Maurice L. Britt, the running-mate of Winthrop Rockefeller, who won the first of his two two-year terms as governor that year.

In 1966, Annenberg used the pages of The Inquirer to cast doubt on the candidacy of Democrat Milton Shapp, for governor of Pennsylvania.

Conway was long the home of the late Arkansas Supreme Court Associate Justice James D. Johnson ( d. 2010 ), who ran unsuccessful races for governor in 1956 against then fellow Democrat Orval Eugene Faubus and in 1966 against the Republican Winthrop Rockefeller.

After the military coup, Sarney was a member of the ARENA, the political party of the military government and was elected as governor of the state of Maranhão in 1966, serving until 1971.

Christian Archibald Herter ( March 28, 1895December 30, 1966 ) was an American politician and statesman ; 59th governor of Massachusetts from 1953 to 1957, and United States Secretary of State from 1959 to 1961.

Ronald Reagan won an unexpected victory in the fall of 1966 and was elected Governor ; the newly elected governor directed the UC Board of Regents to dismiss UC President Clark Kerr because of the perception that he had been too soft on the protesters.

" Martin lost three races for the U. S. Senate and served one term in the U. S. House, before relinquishing his seat to run in 1966 for governor of Alabama.

Edward William Brooke III ( born October 26, 1919 ) is an American politician and was elected to the United States Senate as a Republican from Massachusetts in 1966, defeating his Democratic opponent, former Massachusetts governor, Endicott Peabody in a landslide.

When Maddox sought the Democratic nomination for governor in 1966, his principal primary opponent was former Governor Ellis Arnall.

Before 1966, the governor was elected to a two-year term.

The state constitution was amended in a 1962 referendum so that beginning with the 1966 election, the governor would be elected to a four-year term ; in 1966, this was further amended to place a term limit of two consecutive terms.

However, a former governor may run again in subsequent gubernatorial elections ( the most recent governor to serve multiple terms was Mills Godwin, 1966 – 70 and 1974 – 78 ).

It looked for a new leader and found one in Ronald Reagan, elected governor of California in 1966 and reelected in 1970.

Cavanagh ran for the United States Senate in 1966 but lost in the Democratic primary to former governor G. Mennen Williams.

The industrial panel was originally created by Democratic Governor Orval Eugene Faubus and first directed by Winthrop Rockefeller, who in 1966 used his experience in the AIDC to get elected as Arkansas ' first Republican governor in modern times.

In 1966, Hays ran again for governor but lost the primary to James D. Johnson, a former associate justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court, who was then defeated by Winthrop Rockefeller.

The following 35 governors of Arkansas, ruling for a total of 90 years, were all Democrats, until Republican Winthrop Rockefeller became governor in 1966.

Ojukwu served as the military governor of the Eastern Region of Nigeria in 1966, the leader of the breakaway Republic of Biafra from 1967 to 1970 and a Nigerian politician from 1983 to 2011, when he died, aged 78.

Ojukwu came into national prominence upon his appointment as military governor in 1966 and his actions thereafter.