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  • U.S.
    Aug, 1966
    The Beatles

    The Datebook magazine Publish Lennon's comment

    U.S.
    Aug, 1966

    Lennon's comment went virtually unnoticed in England, but when US teenage fan magazine Datebook printed it five months later – on the eve of the group's August US tour – it sparked a controversy with Christians in the American "Bible Belt". The Vatican issued a protest, and bans on Beatles' records were imposed by Spanish and Dutch stations and South Africa's national broadcasting service.




  • Austin, Texas, U.S.
    Monday Aug 1, 1966
    Mass Shootings in the United States

    University of Texas Tower Shooting

    Austin, Texas, U.S.
    Monday Aug 1, 1966

    On August 1, 1966, after stabbing his mother and his wife to death the night before, Charles Whitman, a former Marine, took rifles and other weapons to the observation deck atop the Main Building tower at the University of Texas at Austin, then opened fire indiscriminately on people on the surrounding campus and streets. Over the next 96 minutes, he shot and killed 13 more people (including a pregnant woman) and injured 31 others.




  • Chicago, U.S.
    Friday Aug 5, 1966
    Martin Luther King

    Chicago open housing movement

    Chicago, U.S.
    Friday Aug 5, 1966

    King later stated and Abernathy wrote that the movement received a worse reception in Chicago than in the South. Marches, especially the one through Marquette Park on August 5, 1966, were met by thrown bottles and screaming throngs. Rioting seemed very possible. King's beliefs militated against his staging a violent event, and he negotiated an agreement with Mayor Richard J. Daley to cancel a march in order to avoid the violence that he feared would result.




  • Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
    Saturday Aug 6, 1966
    Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan

    Emir of Abu Dhabi

    Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
    Saturday Aug 6, 1966

    The discovery of oil in 1958, and the start of oil exports in 1962, led to frustration among members of the ruling family about the lack of progress under Sheikh Shakhbut’s rule. On 6 August 1966, Shakhbut was deposed in a bloodless palace coup. The move to replace Shakhbut with Zayed had the unanimous backing of the Al Nahyan family. The news was conveyed to Shakhbut by British Acting Resident Glen Balfour-Paul who added the support of the British to the consensus of the family. Shakhbut finally accepted the decision and, with the Trucial Oman Scouts providing safe transport, left for Bahrain. He subsequently lived in Korramshahr, Iran before returning to live in Buraimi.




  • St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
    Monday Aug 22, 1966
    Best Buy

    Richard M. Schulze and a business partner opened Sound of Music

    St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
    Monday Aug 22, 1966

    On August 22, 1966, Richard M. Schulze and a business partner opened Sound of Music, an electronics store specializing in high fidelity stereos in St. Paul, Minnesota.




  • Skaneateles, New York, U.S.
    Saturday Aug 27, 1966
    Joe Biden

    Biden married Neilia Hunter

    Skaneateles, New York, U.S.
    Saturday Aug 27, 1966

    On August 27, 1966, Biden married Neilia Hunter (1942–1972), a student at Syracuse University, after overcoming her parents' reluctance for her to wed a Roman Catholic; the ceremony was held in a Catholic church in Skaneateles, New York. They had three children: Joseph R. "Beau" Biden III (1969–2015), Robert Hunter Biden (born 1970), and Naomi Christina "Amy" Biden (1971–1972).




  • Candlestick Park, San Francisco, California, USA
    Monday Aug 29, 1966
    The Beatles

    The last commercial concert a four-year period

    Candlestick Park, San Francisco, California, USA
    Monday Aug 29, 1966

    The band's concert at San Francisco's Candlestick Park on 29 August was their last commercial concert. It marked the end of a four-year period dominated by almost nonstop touring that included over 1,400 concert appearances internationally.


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