At A Glance

7 November 1966 at a glance

Day of the week
7 November 1966 was a Monday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “Reach Out I'll Be There” by Four Tops.
Top Film of 1966
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1966 was The Bible: In the Beginning.
Star sign
The star sign for 7 November is Scorpio.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 7 November 1966 fell in the Year of the Horse.
Birthstone
The birthstone for November is Topaz.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 7 November 1966 was Waning Crescent.

On this day: 7 November

  • 1957 Cold War: The Gaither Report calls for more American missiles and fallout shelters.
  • 1967 Carl B. Stokes is elected as Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, becoming the first African American mayor of a major American city.
  • 1967 US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, establishing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
  • 1972 United States presidential election: U.S. President Richard Nixon is re-elected in the largest landslide victory at the time.
  • 1973 The United States Congress overrides President Richard Nixon's veto of the War Powers Resolution, which limits presidential power to wage war without congressional approval.

Famous people born on 7 November

  • Marie Curie, Polish chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (1867–1934)
  • Gervonta Davis, American boxer (born 1994)
  • Leon Trotsky, Russian theorist and politician, founded the Red Army (1879–1940)
  • Joni Mitchell, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1943)

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Events of 1966 in the United Kingdom

A selection from Wikipedia's '1966 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.

  • 4 March – In an interview published in the Evening Standard, John Lennon of The Beatles comments, "We're more popular than Jesus now".
  • 31 March – The Labour Party led by Harold Wilson win the general election with a landslide majority of 96 seats.
  • 26 May – British Guiana achieves independence from the United Kingdom, becoming Guyana.
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Life in 1966

Prime Minister

Harold Wilson

Monarch

Elizabeth II

Pint of Beer

14p

Loaf of Bread

9p

Average House

£3,840

Weekly Wage

£20.30

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