At A Glance

18 September 1966 at a glance

Day of the week
18 September 1966 was a Sunday.
Irish Chart Song in 1966
The Irish chart song for 1966 was “Michelle” by The Overlanders.
Top Film of 1966
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1966 was The Bible: In the Beginning.
Star sign
The star sign for 18 September is Virgo.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 18 September 1966 fell in the Year of the Horse.
Birthstone
The birthstone for September is Sapphire.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 18 September 1966 was Waxing Crescent.

On this day: 18 September

  • 1950 Korean War: U.S. Eighth Army and United Nations forces break out of the Pusan Perimeter in southeast Korea.
  • 1954 Finnish president J. K. Paasikivi becomes the first Western head of state to be awarded the highest honor of the Soviet Union, the Order of Lenin.
  • 1962 Burundi, Jamaica, Rwanda and Trinidad and Tobago are admitted to the United Nations.
  • 1964 The wedding of Constantine II of Greece and Princess Anne-Marie of Denmark takes place in Athens.
  • 1964 The first television adaptation of Charles Addams's "The Addams Family" premieres on ABC Television.

Famous people born on 18 September

  • Jason Sudeikis, American actor and comedian (born 1975)
  • James Gandolfini, American actor and producer (1961–2013)
  • John McAfee, British-American computer programmer and businessman, founded McAfee (1945–2021)
  • James Marsden, American actor (born 1973)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 1966 in Ireland

A selection from Wikipedia's '1966 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.

  • 13 February – The Bishop of Clonfert, Thomas Ryan, protested against the content of The Late Late Show because an audience member, Eileen Fox, told host Gay Byrne that she wore no nightie on her wedding night.
  • 8 March – Nelson's Pillar in O'Connell Street in Dublin was blown up, probably by former Irish Republican Army volunteers marking this year's 50th anniversary of the Easter Rising.
  • 10 April – Celebrations took place to mark the 50th anniversary of the Easter Rising in 1916. Nine hundred survivors of the rising heard the reading of the Proclamation of the Irish Republic and President Éamon de Valera took the salute at a military parade.

Life in Ireland in 1966

Taoiseach

Seán Lemass

Petrol (per litre)

3s 2d/gal

Loaf of Bread

10d

Average House

£3,400

Weekly Wage

£8

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