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.

For over a century, they were hunted almost to extinction by whalers until protected by the international community in 1966.

Both girls married and lived abroad for a time after they grew up, yet the photographs continued to hold the public imagination ; in 1966 a reporter from the Daily Express newspaper traced Elsie, who had by then returned to the UK.

In 1966, several rock releases were arguably concept albums in the sense that they presented a set of thematically-linked songs-and they also instigated other rock artists to consider using the album format in a similar fashion: The Beach Boys ' Pet Sounds was a musical portrayal of Brian Wilson's state of mind at the time ( and a major inspiration to Paul McCartney ).

The Cowboys are the only NFL team to record 20 straight winning seasons ( 1966 – 85 ), in which they only missed the playoffs twice ( 1974 and 1984 ), an NFL record that remains unchallenged.

The conjecture was disproven by L. J. Lander and T. R. Parkin in 1966 when they found the following counterexample for k

England won the World Cup in 1966, when they hosted the finals, defeating West Germany 4 – 2 in extra time in the final.

Hoshino Gakki used the Teisco and FujiGen Gakki guitar factories to manufacture Ibanez guitars after they stopped manufacturing their own guitars in 1966 and after the Teisco guitar factory closed down in 1969 / 1970 Hoshino Gakki used the FujiGen Gakki guitar factory to make most Ibanez guitars.

The University of Zambia was opened in Lusaka in 1966, after Zambians all over the country had been encouraged to donate whatever they could afford towards its construction.

In 1966, they moved their training camp to Minnesota State University in Mankato, where it remains to this day.

" Concerned by an increasing use of LSD and other psychedelic drugs, in 1966 Baba stated that they did not convey real benefits.

Following initial work between 1958 – 1964, in 1966, a team at the Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions ( FLNR ) reported that they had been able to detect < sup > 250 </ sup > Fm from the decay of a parent nucleus (< sup > 254 </ sup > No ) with a half-life of ~ 50s, in contradiction to the Berkeley claim.

Among the most successful were The Easybeats, formed in Sydney but who recorded their international hit " Friday on My Mind " ( 1966 ) in London and remained there for their forays into psychedelic-tinged pop until they disbanded in 1970.

He had used topical materials throughout his series, but in 1959, his Starship Troopers was considered by the Scribner's editorial staff to be too controversial for their prestige line, and they rejected it ; Heinlein found another publisher, feeling himself released from the constraints of writing novels for children, and he began to write " my own stuff, my own way ", and he wrote a series of challenging books that redrew the boundaries of science fiction, including his best-known work, Stranger in a Strange Land ( 1961 ), and The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress ( 1966 ).

In 1966, before they went their separate ways, and to capitulize on their previous hits, Verve / MGM issued a " Greatest Hits " comp, of which has been modified twice, in 1983 with 10 tracks, then again in 1990 with 2 more tracks.

The Who's early promotional material tagged them as producing " maximum rhythm and blues ", but by about 1966 they moved from attempting to emulate American R & B to producing songs that reflected the Mod lifestyle.

In 1965, he married Carla Elvira Dall ' Oglio, and they had two children: Maria Elvira, better known as Marina ( born 1966 ), and Pier Silvio ( b. 1969 ).

First appearing in the original Star Trek series in the 1966 episode " Balance of Terror ", they have since made appearances in all the main later Star Trek series: The Animated Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager and Enterprise.

In 1966 Chrysler sold enough of the 426 Hemis to make it available again, and they put it in their new Dodge Charger which had a low-drag rear window that was radically sloped.

Harry Coover said in 1966 that a CA spray was used in the Vietnam War to retard bleeding in wounded soldiers until they could be brought to a hospital.

In the 1966 title game, the Cowboys lost because they failed to score a touchdown on 4 attempts starting from the Packers 2-yard line on the game's final drive.

* The Thin Blue Line, a 1966 documentary film by William Friedkin about the police and the problems they encounter

In 1966 the members headed west for San Francisco, but after their truck broke down in San Mateo, California, they decided to remain there.

Next were films such as The Winds of the Aures ( 1965 ) of Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, Patrol To The East ( 1972 ) of Amar Laskri, Prohibited Area of Ahmed Lallem, ( 1972 ), The Opium and the stick of Ahmed Rachedi, or The Battle of Algiers ( 1966 ) which is an Algerian-Italian film selected three times at the Oscars.

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.

Bardot's other husbands were German millionaire playboy Gunter Sachs ( 14 July 1966 – 1 October 1969 ) and Bernard d ' Ormale ( 16 August 1992 – present ).

Of the eight original American League teams, the Orioles were the last of the eight to win the World Series, doing so in 1966 with its four – game sweep of the heavily favored Los Angeles Dodgers.

The FIA doubled the Formula One engine capacity limit to 3 litres for the 1966 season and suitable engines were scarce.

His home, garden and waterlily pond were bequeathed by his son Michel, his only heir, to the French Academy of Fine Arts ( part of the Institut de France ) in 1966.

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.

They were married until his death from a heart attack in 1966, in Baltimore, Maryland.

Of these, sixteen were held in London, reflecting then-prevailing views of the Commonwealth as the continuation of the Empire and the centralisation of power in the British Commonwealth Office ( the one meeting outside London, in Lagos, was an extraordinary meeting held in January 1966 to coordinate policies towards Rhodesia ).

These excavations, led by archaeologist Leslie Alcock from 1966 – 70, were titled " Cadbury-Camelot ," and won much media attention, even being mentioned in the film of the musical Camelot.

All the inhabitants of Diego Garcia were involuntarily relocated to other islands in the Chagos Archipelago or to Mauritius or Seychelles by 1971 to satisfy the requirements of a UK / US Exchange of Notes signed in 1966 to depopulate the island when the US constructed a base upon it.

DKW cars were made from 1928 until 1966.

On May 30, 1966, she and Carl Thomas Dean ( in Nashville, Tennessee ) were married in Ringgold, Georgia.

In the mid-century and in the following decades, many new concerti were written for the double bass, including Nikos Skalkottas's Concerto ( 1942 ), Eduard Tubin's Concerto ( 1948 ), Lars-Erik Larsson's Concertino ( 1957 ), Gunther Schuller's Concerto ( 1962 ), and Hans Werner Henze's Concerto ( 1966 ).

The other five players were from West Germany's squad of 1966 – 1974, and this record is closely followed by a select group of players who have won two of the awards ( either Gold and Silver or Gold and Bronze, or Silver and Bronze ).

This car took second place overall ( all three top finishers were Ford GT40s ) in the 1966 24 Hours of Daytona.

which were introduced by the FIA in 1966.

During that period, ten GM titles were awarded in 1965, but only one in 1966 and in 1968.

Celebrations were staged in 1966 to mark the 600th anniversary of the founding of the town.

From statehood until the election of 1966, governors were elected to two-year terms.

From 1891 to 1966, an estimated 1, 800 – 2, 000 gray whales were caught, with peak catches of 100 – 200 annually occurring in the 1910s.

The Byrds ' March 1966 single " Eight Miles High " and its B-side " Why " were also influential in originating the musical subgenre.