Dec 1966 Events

1966 Dec The Bee Gees release Spicks and Specks
Spicks and Specks is the Bee Gees' second album. It was released in Australia in 1966 as Monday's Rain with "Spicks and Specks" released as the album's first single. The album was quickly...
1966 Dec 1 Steve Spurrier Wins Heisman Trophy
“Super Steve” Spurrier, University of Florida quarterback 6’2, 203 pounds, broke many Florida and South eastern Conference records. This brilliant field general had a tremendous gridiron ...
1966 Dec 9 Cream Releases "Fresh Cream"
Fresh Cream is Cream's December 1966 debut album. It was the first LP release of producer Robert Stigwood's new "Independent" Reaction Records label. It reached number 6 in the UK in Febr...
1966 Dec 10 The Rolling Stones Release 'Got Live If You Want It!'
Got Live If You Want It! (capitalized got LIVE if you want it! on the cover) is the first live album by British rock band The Rolling Stones. It was released in the US in late 1966. At...
1966 Dec 12 "A Man For All Seasons" Is Released
A Man for All Seasons is a 1966 film based on Robert Bolt's play of the same name about Sir Thomas More. Paul Scofield, who had played More in the West End stage premiere, also took the r...
1966 Dec 12 Royce Gracie Is Born
Royce is a member of the Gracie family. He is the son of Hélio Gracie (Helio, along with his older brother Carlos Gracie, are the originators of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu - Modern Brazilian Jiu Ji...
1966 Dec 15 "The Good, The Bad And The Ugly" Is Released
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Italian: Il Buono, il Brutto, il Cattivo) is a 1966 Italian epic spaghetti western film directed by Sergio Leone, starring Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, a...
1966 Dec 18 "Blowup" Is Released
Blowup (as shown in the screen credits, also rendered as Blow-Up on promotional and packaging materials) is a 1966 British-Italian film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, that director's...
1966 Dec 18 "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" First Airs
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! is a 1966 American animated television special directed by Chuck Jones. It is based on the homonymous children's book by Dr. Seuss, the story of The Grinch...
1966 Dec 26
to 1967 Jan 1
 The First Kwanzaa Is Celebrated
Kwanzaa is a weeklong celebration held in the United States honoring universal African heritage and culture, marked by participants lighting a kinara (candle holder). It is observed from ...