At A Glance
14 December 1966 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 14 December 1966 was a Wednesday.
- Australian No. 1 (Kent retrospective)
- “Good Vibrations” by The Beach Boys was No. 1 on David Kent's retrospective Australian chart. This chart was compiled later by David Kent from radio station charts.
- Top Film of 1966
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1966 was The Bible: In the Beginning.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 14 December is Sagittarius.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 14 December 1966 fell in the Year of the Horse.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for December is Turquoise.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 14 December 1966 was Waxing Crescent.
On this day: 14 December
- 1958 The 3rd Soviet Antarctic Expedition becomes the first to reach the southern pole of inaccessibility.
- 1960 Convention against Discrimination in Education of UNESCO is adopted.
- 1962 NASA's Mariner 2 becomes the first spacecraft to fly by Venus.
- 1964 American Civil Rights Movement: Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Congress can use the Constitution's Commerce Clause to fight discrimination.
- 1972 Apollo program: Eugene Cernan is the most recent person to walk on the Moon, after he and Harrison Schmitt complete the third and final extravehicular activity (EVA) of the Apollo 17 mission.
Famous people born on 14 December
- George VI (1895–1952)
- Raphinha, Brazilian footballer (born 1996)
- Michael Owen, English footballer and sportscaster (born 1979)
- Vanessa Hudgens, American actress and singer (born 1988)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 1966 in Australia
A selection from Wikipedia's '1966 in Australia'. Not a complete list.
- 14 January – Ballet dancer and choreographer Robert Helpmann is named as 1965's Australian of the Year.
- 14 February – Decimalisation of the Australian currency; the Australian dollar replaces the Australian pound at the rate of ten shillings to the dollar.
- 10 March – On advice from Immigration Minister Hubert Opperman, federal cabinet reverses a decision of September 1964, agreeing that non-Europeans could be selected on an individual basis to enter as immigrants with permanent resident status and naturalisation on an equal basis with European applicants.
Life in Australia in 1966
Prime Minister
Harold Holt
Monarch
Queen Elizabeth II
Petrol (per litre)
$0.06
Loaf of Bread
$0.15
Average House
$8,000
Weekly Wage
$35.00
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Famous Faces Born in the 1960s
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