1966 - A helicopter is dispatched from the USS Guam to meet Gemini 11 and its pilots on splashdown.
1966 - Maria Bueno defeats Nancy Richey for the women's title at the US Open.
1966 - Gemini 11 and its Atlas Agena target vehicle are launched from Cape Kennedy.
1966 - Men at a site for French space travel prepare for a rocket launch in Algeria.
1966 - New York City's Mayor Lindsay must walk to City Hall during a transit strike, and other workers must cross the Brooklyn Bridge on foot.
1966 - King Faisal of Saudi Arabia makes a state visit to Washington DC, and meets with LBJ.
1966 - The 1st Cavalry Air Mobile Division begin Operation White Wing in Vietnam, getting dropped off by helicopter and calling in for fighter bomber support for safety from snipers.
1966 - In Operation White Wing, American soldiers kill Viet Cong members and evacuate families of villagers by helicopter.
1966 - An airman attends a formal dance with his wife and he encounters his flight instructor at the event.
1966 - Ronald Reagan campaigns and is elected governor of California.
1966 - Women model pop art ensembles in a fashion show for designer Jacques Esterel.
1966 - Parisian models admire metallic ensembles with geometric designs.
1966 - An American commentator is skeptical of the unique pieces in Parisian designer Jacques Esterel's fashion show.
1966 - The family of PFC Milton Lee Olive receives his posthumous Medal of Honor from LBJ at the White House.
1966 - The Apollo Saturn 1B rocket is successfully launched at night from Cape Kennedy in Florida.
1966 - Manuel Santana defeats Dennis Ralston at Wimbledon.
1966 - Women model fashionable vacation clothes at the Grand Canyon.
1966 - George Romney of Michigan and Charles Percy of Illinois cast their ballots on Election Day, when they are running for governor and senator respectively.
PACIFIC OCEAN - 1966 - The Apollo 2 spacecraft is brought in from the flight deck of the USS Hornet.
1966 - NASA's Gemini IX is launched from Cape Kennedy, and US Navy sailors aboard the recovery ship the USS Wasp eagerly welcome astronauts Tom Stafford and Gene Cernan after splashdown.
1966 - LBJ and Lady Bird Johnson are present for the unveiling of a statue of Abraham Lincoln in Mexico City, Mexico.
1966 - Astronauts Charles Conrad and Richard Gordon enter the Gemini 11 space capsule.
1966 - A Jewish leader and leaders of different Christian sects are honored at the convocation ceremony of Fordham University in New York City.
1966 - Indira Gandhi visits Lincoln Center in New York City, New York, where she sees an exhibition of children's artwork. She then visits a shop of Indian craftsmanship in the city.
1966 - The Gemini 10 spacecraft goes through re-entry and lands in the ocean, with astronauts Michael Collins and John Young safe.
1966 - Japan's first attempt to launch a satellite into space is unsuccessful.
1966 - Airmen throw a student pilot into a swimming pool to celebrate his successful solo flight and, later, at a payphone, he is told that his wife has given birth.
A Chief Warrant Officer meets with a certified Examiner and a polygraph machine is shown, in an office, in 1966.
1966 - Gemini 11 re-enters earth's atmosphere and successfully splashes down in the Atlantic, with astronauts Charles Conrad and Richard Gordon parachuting out.
1966 - The Indy 500 prepares to get underway.
1966 - A jalopy race concludes on England's Brands Hatch racetrack.
1966 - President de Gaulle controversially sets a withdrawal date for NATO forces from France and French colonies.
1966 - Philippine, South Korean, American, south Vietnamese and Australian troops fight together in Vietnam.
After another interview with a dubious suspect in a case of robbery, a Chief Warrant Officer schedules a polygraph test, in 1966.
1966 - Jockey Tim Norman rides Anglo to victory at the Grand National Steeplechase, held in Aintree, England.
1966 - Chiang Kai-Shek is inaugurated for his fourth term as President of Taiwan, and the celebrations involve dragon dances and stilt walkers.
1966 - The musical group Up With People begins an uplifting number.
1966 - Astronauts Charles Conrad and Richard Gordon are welcomed aboard the USS Guam after being recovered from the Gemini 11 splashdown.
1966 - Santa Claus and his reindeer bring up the rear at a Christmas parade.
1966 - Black and white voters head to the polls in Alabama. George and Lurleen Wallace are seen at the state house in Montgomery after she is elected governor.