1966 Fun Facts, Trivia and History |
Quick Facts from 1966:
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Top Ten Baby Names of 1966: Lisa, Kimberly, Mary, Michelle, Karen, Michael, David, James, John, Robert |
The Hotties and Fashion Icons: Ursula Andress, Sunny Bippus, Claudia Cardinale, Julie Christie, Yvonne Craig, Doris Day, Catherine Deneuve, Angie Dickinson, Barbara Eden, Barbara Feldon, Jane Fonda, Audrey Hepburn, Sophia Loren, Virna Lisi, Tina Louise, Ann-Margret, Elizabeth Montgomery, Caroline Munro, Julie Newmar, Ingrid Pitt, Diana Rigg, Tura Satana, Elke Sommer, Twiggy, Raquel Welch, Barbara Windsor |
Sex Symbols, Leading Men and Hollywood Hunks: Robert Goulet, Paul McCartney, Tom Jones |
“The Quotes:” “Have it your way” “Fly the friendly skies” |
Time Magazine’s Man of the Year: The Generation Twenty-Five and Under (Baby Boomers) |
Miss America: Deborah Bryant (Overland Park, KS) |
Miss USA: Maria Remenyi (California) |
Pop Culture Facts: Stephanie Kwolek invented Kevlar, pound-for-pound, five times stronger than steel. Allen Astles tiddly-winked 10,000 tiddlywinks in just 3 hours, 51 minutes and 41 seconds at the University of Wales. The 8-track was a new-fangled option on many Ford cars. John Lennon commented that The Beatles were “bigger than Jesus.” In 1966, there was a sharp decrease in the Japanese birthrate because it was considered unlucky for a woman to be born that year, so many families aborted their female babies. |
1st appearances & 1966’s Most Popular Christmas gifts, toys and presents: Spirograph, Twister, Barrel Of Monkeys, Crazy Maze, View-Master* with TV themed reels *View-Master originally came out in 1939 |
Best Film Oscar Winner: The Sound of Music (presented in 1966) |
Broadway Show – Mame (Musical) Opened on May 24, 1966 and Closed: January 3, 1970 Broadway Show – Cabaret (Musical) Opened on November 20, 1966 and Closed: September 6, 1969 |
Popular and Notable Books From 1966: The Adventurers by Harold Robbins Against Interpretation by Susan Sontag All in the Family by Edwin O’Connor Capable of Honor by Allen Drury Capitolism: The Unknown Ideal by Ayn Rand The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon The Double Image by Helen MacInnes The Embezzler by Louis Auchincloss The Fixer by Bernard Malamud In Cold Blood by Truman Capote The Little Red Book, aka Quotations From Chairman Mao by Mao Tse-tung The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein Octopussy and The Living Daylights by Ian Fleming Paradiso by Jose Lezama Lima Tai-Pan by James Clavell Tell No Man by Adela Rogers St. Johns The Source – James Michner The Secret of Santa Vittoria by Robert Crichton Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys |
1966 Most Popular TV shows: 1. Bonanza (NBC) 2. The Red Skelton Show (CBS) 3. The Andy Griffith Show (CBS) 4. The Lucy Show (CBS) 5. The Jackie Gleason Show (CBS) 6. Green Acres (CBS) 7. Daktari (CBS) 8. Bewitched (ABC) 9. The Beverly Hillbillies (CBS) 10. Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C. (CBS) |
1966 Billboard Number One Songs January 8 – January 22: January 29 – February 4: February 5 – February 18: February 19 – February 25: February 26 – March 4: March 5 – April 8: April 9 – April 29: April 30 – May 6: May 7 – May 27: May 28 – June 10: June 11 – July 24: June 25 – July 1: July 2 – July 8: July 9 – July 15: July 16 – July 24: July 30 – August 12: August 13 – September 2: September 3 – September 9: September 10 – September 23: September 24 – October 14: October 15 – October 28: October 29 – November 4: November 5 – November 11: November 12 – November 18: November 19 – December 2: December 3 – December 9: December 10 – December 16: December 17 – December 30: December 31, 1966 – February 17, 1967: |
Sports: World Series Champions: Baltimore Orioles NFL Champions: Green Bay Packers AFL Champions: Kansas City Chiefs NBA Champions: Boston Celtics Stanley Cup Champs: Montreal Canadians U.S. Open Golf Billy Casper U.S. Tennis: (Men/Ladies) Fred Stolle/Maria Bueno Wimbledon (Men/Women): Manuel Santana/Billie Jean King NCAA Football Champions: Michigan State & Notre Dame NCAA Basketball Champions: Texas Western Kentucky Derby: Kauai King World Cup (Soccer): England |