What Happened on October 13, 1966

Historical Events

173 US aircraft bomb North Vietnam

Music History

Jimi Hendrix Experience rock trio debuts with American guitarist Jimi Hendrix, British bassist Noel Redding & British drummer Mitch Mitchell in Évreux, Normandy, France

Vice Admiral Rufus L Taylor (USN) becomes deputy director of CIA

1966 History

Famous Birthdays

Eugene Alcalay, Romanian concert pianist, composer, and educator, born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 2019)

Born in 1966

Famous Deaths

'Father' Charles Marriott, English cricketer (one Test for England, 11 wickets), dies at 71
Clifton Webb [Webb Parmelee Hollenbeck], American actor (Razor's Edge, Laura), dies of a heart attack at 76