In 1966, the number of babies born in Japan dropped by over 25 % as parents tried to avoid the stigma of having a daughter born in the hinoeuma year.

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 ).

The label agreed to let Parton sing country music after her composition, " Put It Off Until Tomorrow ," as recorded by Bill Phillips ( and with Parton, uncredited, on harmony ), went to number six on the country music charts in 1966.

It included a number of cover songs, among them the 1966 Beach Boys hit " God Only Knows ".

Dr. Carl Sagan, using optimistic numbers, suggested as many as one million communicating civilizations in the Milky Way in 1966, though he later suggested that the actual number could be far smaller.

* Holman Moody: GT40 Mark IIs won third at Le Mans in 1966, still manufacture a small number of GT40s from 1966 blueprints

As a result, on February 24, 1966, a small number of army officers and senior police officials, led by Colonel Emmanuel Kotoka, commander of the Second Army Brigade at Kumasi, Major Akwasi Afrifa, staff officer in charge of army training and operations, Lieutenant General ( retired ) Joseph Ankrah, and J. W. K.

In 1966, Joel E. Goldmacher and Joseph A. Castellano, research chemists in Heilmeier group at RCA, discovered that mixtures made exclusively of nematic compounds that differed only in the number of carbon atoms in the terminal side chains could yield room-temperature nematic liquid crystals.

This fall reflected a dramatic decline in the fertility rate: the average number of children born to women decreased from 6. 5 in 1966 to 2. 5 in 1988.

The air force did not get a combat capability until a number of MiG-17 aircraft were presented by the Soviet Union in 1966.

Scottish folk singer Donovan's transformation to ' electric ' music gave him a series of pop hits, beginning with " Sunshine Superman ", which reached number one in both Britain and the US, to be followed by " Mellow Yellow " ( 1966 ) and " Atlantis " ( 1968 ).

After the 1966 general election, in which Labour won a comfortable majority, Jenkins pushed through a series of police reforms which reduced the number of separate forces from 117 to 49.

Their biggest hits – including " The Sound of Silence " ( 1964 ), " I Am a Rock " ( 1965 ), " Homeward Bound " ( 1965 ), " Scarborough Fair / Canticle " ( 1966 ), " A Hazy Shade of Winter " ( 1966 ), " Mrs. Robinson " ( 1968 ), " Bridge over Troubled Water " ( 1969 ), " The Boxer " ( 1969 ), and " Cecilia " ( 1969 ) – peaked at number one in several charts.

During this period in London he also collaborated on a number of songs with Bruce Woodley of the Seekers, including " I Wish You Could Be Here ", " Cloudy ", and " Red Rubber Ball ", which would be a U. S. No. 1 hit for the Cyrkle in 1966.

In 1966 the General Assembly adopted the two detailed Covenants, which complete the International Bill of Human Rights ; and in 1976, after the Covenants had been ratified by a sufficient number of individual nations, the Bill took on the force of international law.

* October 29 – Vietnam War – Vietnamization: The total number of American troops still in Vietnam drops to a record low of 196, 700 ( the lowest since January 1966 ).

Between 1966 and 1995, 54 Jennings ' albums charted, with 11 reaching number one.

The proportion of council housing rose from 42 % to 50 % of the total, while the number of council homes built increased steadily, from 119, 000 in 1964 to 133, 000 in 1965 and to 142, 000 in 1966.

This legislation was attributed to fall in number of homeless families taken into welfare accommodation each year in the LCC area, from 2, 000 in 1962-64 to 1, 300 in 1965 and 1, 500 in 1966.

The Doctor ’ s Charter of 1966 introduced allowances for rent and ancillary staff, significantly increased the pay scales, and changed the structure of payments to reflect “ both qualifications of doctors and the form of their practices, i. e. group practice .” These changes not only led to higher morale, but also resulted in the increased use of ancillary staff and nursing attachments, a growth in the number of health centres and group practices, and a boost in the modernisation of practices in terms of equipment, appointment systems, and buildings.

One memorable aspect of the show was the regular closing number, where Johnny Young would croon a ballad version of The Beatles ' song " All My Loving " ( with which Young had had an Australian hit in 1966 ), accompanied by the entire cast, in an almost lullaby style, individually wishing all of the cast good night.

In 1966, with his orchestra, he recorded an album on the Ranwood Records label, with top-flight Jazz saxophonist Johnny Hodges, featuring a number of Jazz standards, including " Someone to Watch Over Me ", " Misty " and " Fantastic, That's You ".

Greenspan famously argued the case for returning to a ' pure ' gold standard in his 1966 paper " Gold and Economic Freedom ", in which he described supporters of fiat currencies as " welfare statists " intending to use monetary policies to finance deficit spending.

Soon, the airline made the move to pure jets, with its first BAC One-Eleven arriving in Honolulu on April 16, 1966.

However, prior to the 1966 final, The Football Association made an ( unauthorised ) replica in secret in gilded bronze for use in post-match celebrations due to security concerns – the genuine trophy was made out of close to 2 kg of pure gold.

The pure jet age came to Ozark in 1966 with the introduction of the Douglas DC-9-10 and the network was expanded to include Denver, Indianapolis, Louisville, Washington, D. C., New York City, Miami, Tampa and Orlando.

By 1895, the name Syracuse China appeared in the back stamp of this revolutionary, pure white, vitreous china ; however, the company name was not formally changed until 1966.

* Vanishing Ainu of North Japan excerpt by Takakura, Shin ' ichiro ( Oct 1966 )

Its constitution was ratified 1966 and came into effect 1967.

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.

Apollo ran from 1961 to 1972, and was supported by the two-man Gemini program which ran concurrently with it from 1962 to 1966.

Transmission, Gregory Chaitin also presents this theorem in J. ACM – Chaitin's paper was submitted October 1966 and revised in December 1968, and cites both Solomonoff's and Kolmogorov's papers.

On 1 January 1966 Selkirk's island was officially renamed Robinson Crusoe Island.

It was announced at the 2009 state of the franchise meeting that the Falcons would wear 1966 throwback uniforms for a couple games during the 2009 season.

The word ansible was coined by Ursula K. Le Guin in her 1966 novel Rocannon's World.

His relics, now consisting of only his skull, are venerated in the Church of St. Titus, Heraklion, Crete to which it was returned in 1966 after being removed to Venice during the Turkish occupation.

A merger between the two leagues was sought by the senior league and announced in 1966, but was not finalized until 1970.

Alberto Giacometti (; 10 October 1901 – 11 January 1966 ) was a Swiss sculptor, painter, draughtsman, and printmaker.

By the early 1960s, the monument had grown very blackened from coal soot and automobile exhaust, and during 1965 – 1966 it was cleaned through bleaching.

As early as 1966, resolutions were introduced to the United Nations charging that the U. S. was violating the 1925 Geneva Protocol, which regulated the use of chemical and biological weapons.

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum was made into a musical film in 1966, directed by Richard Lester, with Zero Mostel and Jack Gilford re-creating their Broadway stage roles, Leon Greene reprising his West End stage role and Phil Silvers starred in an expanded role as " Marcus Lycus ".

In between, there was the pressing matter for Charlton of the 1966 World Cup for which England, as hosts, had not needed to qualify.

Charlton's role was developing from traditional inside-forward to what today would be termed an attacking midfield player, with Ramsey planning to build the team for the 1966 World Cup around him.

The only home run ball ever hit completely out of Memorial Stadium was slugged by Robinson on Mother's Day in 1966, off Cleveland Indians pitcher Luis Tiant.

Additionally, Brooks Robinson was named Most Valuable Player in 1964, just two years before the 1966 – 1983 golden era began.

Finally, at the same time as Madison Avenue became one-way northbound and Fifth Avenue became one-way southbound, Broadway was made one-way southbound between Madison Square ( where Fifth Avenue crosses ) and Union Square on January 14, 1966, completing its conversion south of Columbus Circle.

As was his policy, Graham ignored criticism of his campaigns and, in 1966, claimed not to know why the University opposed them ; but members of his staff openly accused Jones of jealousy on the grounds that Jones ’ s evangelistic meetings had never been as large as Graham ’ s.

The song was the # 1 hit in the U. S. for the five weeks encompassing March 1966, the # 1 hit on the Hot 100's end of the year chart for 1966, and the No. 21 song of 1960s, despite the later unpopularity of the Vietnam War and the competing " California Dreaming ", sharply dividing the popular music market.

In 1966, the " Finn VC Estate " was named in honour of Victoria Cross winner James Henry Finn who once lived in the town.

Even after the creation of the Church in Wales 1920, the 1662 book ( and its Welsh equivalent ) was used until 1966, when trials of new services began.