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

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

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.

Sadler debuted the song on television on January 30, 1966 on The Ed Sullivan Show.

On 1 January 1966, following a swift and almost bloodless coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa assumed power as president of the Republic.

The Night of the Steel Assassin is a January 1966 episode of The Wild Wild West TV series.

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 ).

Cover art for paperback edition of The Secret of Saturn's Rings ( 1966 ) Wollheim's first story, " The Man from Ariel ," was published in the January 1934 issue of Wonder Stories when he was nineteen.

He continued as federal Treasurer until January 1966, when Menzies finally retired.

Holt was sworn in as Prime Minister on Australia Day, 26 January 1966.

In January 1966, Loot was revived, with Oscar Lewenstein taking up an option.

Nauru became self-governing in January 1966.

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.

On January 17, 1966, the duo released the album Sounds of Silence, which – helped by the title track's success – hit No. 21, while Wednesday Morning, 3 A. M. was re-released and reached No. 30.

* declared a jubilee from 1 January to 26 May 1966 to urge all Catholics to study and accept the decisions of the council and apply them in spiritual renewal ;

The last three, intended to replace the 7000 series machines, were never sold and were replaced by the 65 and 75, which was first delivered during November 1965, and January 1966, respectively.

Wednesday Morning, 3 A. M. was re-released in January 1966 to capitalize on their newly found radio success with a later re-mixed electric / acoustic version of The Sounds of Silence, and so the album reached # 30 on the Billboard pop charts.

The Doors is the debut album by the American rock band The Doors, recorded in August 1966 and released in January 1967.

strips were originated for the British market in the 1960s ( some Gold Key material was also reprinted ), the most notable for Lady Penelope comic, which launched in January 1966.

There were 24 issues running monthly from February 1966 till January 1968, inclusive.

Sessions in October and November yielded just one usable single (" Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window "), and two days of recording in January 1966 for what was intended to be Dylan's next album, Blonde on Blonde resulted in " One of Us Must Know ( Sooner or Later )", which was released as a single a few weeks later and was subsequently selected for the album.

* January 22 – Fritz Houtermans, Polish physicist ( d. 1966 )

* January 12 – Sergei Korolev, Russian rocket scientist ( d. 1966 )

* 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 ).

* January 13 – Sophie Tucker, Russian-born singer and comedian ( d. 1966 )

The plantation was sold in January, 1845, and Palfrey thought the new owner ought to pay his people two months' wages.

The new promotion manager has been employed by the company since January, 1946, as a commercial artist in the advertising department.

The gathering of ormers is now restricted to a number of ' ormering tides ', from January 1 to April 30, which occur on the full or new moon and two days following.

On January 19, 1879, Alcott and Franklin Benjamin Sanborn wrote a prospectus for a new school which they distributed to potentially interested people throughout the country.

The Jewish holiday Tu Bishvat, the new year for trees, is on the 15th day of the month of Shvat, which usually falls in January or February.

On January 23, Jacksonville Jaguars defensive coach and former linebackers coach for the 2000 Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens Mike Smith was named the Falcons ' new head coach.

* January 23, 2011: The pedestrian zone Akihabara's Chūōdōri High Street is reopened 2 1 / 2 years after the massacre with a memorial service and new rules.

In the January 1997 State of the Union address, Clinton proposed a new initiative to provide coverage to up to five million children.

Bulletins on BBC One moved into a new set in January 2003 although retained the previous ivory Lambie-Nairn titles until February 2004.

In January 2010, he stated in an interview that his new film project is called Bruce vs. Frankenstein.

Frustrated with their lack of concern for quality, Chaplin joined forces with Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, and D. W. Griffith to form a new distribution company — United Artists, established in January 1919.

A new constitution in January 1976 established Democratic Kampuchea as a Communist People's Republic, and a 250-member Assembly of the Representatives of the People of Kampuchea ( PRA ) was selected in March to choose the collective leadership of a State Presidium, the chairman of which became the head of state.

On January 10, 1979, after the Vietnamese army and the KUFNS invaded Cambodia, the new People's Republic of Kampuchea ( PRK ) was established with Heng Samrin as head of state.

Cyprus ratified the new world trade agreement ( General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, GATT ) in 1995 and began implementing it fully on 1 January 1996.

On 1 January 2005, the old schools were replaced by new departments:

On January 29, 2012, for the first time since the team's inception, the Carolina Panthers unveiled a new refined logo and logotype.

In January 2007, the group publicly announced their reformation and on 23 February, after 20 days of auditions, former Beck drummer Matt Sherrod joined Finn, Seymour and Mark Hart to complete the new line up.

To maintain the momentum of the perceived commercial interest in this new investment opportunity, in 1983, the Government itself granted eleven interim franchises for new broadband systems each covering a community of up to around 100, 000 homes, but the competitive franchising process was otherwise left to the new regulatory body, the Cable Authority, which took on its powers from January 1, 1985.

At COCU's 18th plenary meeting in St. Louis, Missouri ( January 1999 ), CUIC was proposed as a new relationship among the nine member communions.

On January 6, 2011, Parton announced her new album would be titled, Better Day.

Although not released until 1984, the filming sessions in January 1969 led to unexpected success when Bowie told the producers, " That film of yours — I've got a new song for it.

He was approaching two years on half pay ( which would trigger automatic retirement from the navy ) when on January 8, 1912 his career was saved by the new First Lord of the Admiralty, Winston Churchill.

Hsieh and his cabinet resigned en masse on January 24 to make way for Su and his new cabinet.