*Through the Looking Glass (And What Alice Found There) by Lewis Carroll
is the sequel to Alice in Wonderland
is the sequel to Alice in Wonderland
WHAT HAPPENED AND WHEN?
South African Top 20 Hit Singles of 1966
- THESE BOOTS ARE MADE FOR WALKING - Nancy Sinatra
- DISTANT DRUMS - Jim Reeves
- STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT - Frank Sinatra
- WITH A GIRL LIKE YOU - The Troggs
- LARA'S THEME - Roger Williams
- SOMEWHERE MY LOVE - Ray Conniff Singers
- SWEET PEA - Tommy Roe
- DARLING IT'S WONDERFUL - Virginia Lee
- SEA OF HEARTBREAK - Dickie Loader
- THE SOUNDS OF SILENCE - Simon & Garfunkel
- DIE GEZOEM VAN DIE BYE - Des Lindberg
- WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL - The New Vaudeville Band
- YESTERDAY MAN - Chris Andrews
- THE CARNIVAL IS OVER - The Seekers
- GUANTANAMERA - The Sandpipers
- BEND IT - Dave Dee, Dozy, Beeky, Mick & Tich
- HUNGRY FOR LOVE - A-Cads
- BALLAD OF THE GREEN BERETS - Sgt Barry Sadler
- THE PIED PIPER - Crispian St Peters
- JIMMY COME LATELY - Four Jacks & A Jill
Top 100 Hits of 1966/Top 100 Songs of 1966
1. The Ballad of the Green Berets, Sgt. Barry Sadler
2. Cherish, The Association
3. You're My Soul and Inspiration, The Righteous Brothers
4. Reach Out I'll Be There, The Four Tops
5. 96 Tears, ? and The Mysterians
6. Last Train to Clarksville, The Monkees
7. Monday, Monday, The Mama's and The Papa's
8. You Can't Hurry Love, The Supremes
9. The Poor Side of Town, Johnny Rivers
10. California Dreamin', The Mama's and The Papa's
11. Summer In the City, The Lovin' Spoonful
12. Born Free, Roger Williams
13. These Boots Are Made for Walkin', Nancy Sinatra
14. What Becomes of the Brokenhearted, Jimmy Ruffin
15. Strangers In the Night, Frank Sinatra
16. We Can Work It Out, The Beatles
17. Good Lovin', The Young Rascals
18. Winchester Cathedral, The New Vaudeville Band
19. Hanky Panky, Tommy James and The Shondells
20. When a Man Loves a Woman, Percy Sledge
21. Paint It Black, The Rolling Stones
22. Goodnight My Love (from 'Stowaway'), Petula Clark
23. Lightnin' Strikes, Lou Christie
24. Wild Thing, The Troggs
25. Kicks, Paul Revere and The Raiders
26. Sunshine Superman, Donovan
27. Sunny, Bobby Hebb
28. Paperback Writer, The Beatles
29. See You In September, The Happenings
30. You Keep Me Hangin' On, The Supremes
31. Lil' Red Riding Hood, Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs
32. Devil With the Blue Dress On / Good Golly Miss Molly, Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels
33. Good Vibrations, The Beach Boys
34. A Groovy Kind of Love, The Mindbenders
35. You Don't Have to Say You Love Me, Dusty Springfield
36. Cool Jerk, The Capitols
37. Born a Woman, Sandy Posey
38. Red Rubber Ball, The Cyrkle
39. B-A-B-Y, Carla Thomas
40. Walk Away Renee, The Left Banke
41. Daydream, The Lovin' Spoonful
42. Time Won't Let Me, The Outsiders
43. Hooray for Hazel, Tommy Roe
44. Sweet Pea, Tommy Roe
45. Bus Stop, The Hollies
46. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, B.J. Thomas
47. I'm Your Puppet, James and Bobby Purify
48. Ain't Too Proud to Beg, The Temptations
49. Dirty Water, The Standells
50. Elusive Butterfly, Bob Lind
51. I Am a Rock, Simon and Garfunkel
52. Crying Time, Ray Charles
53. Secret Agent Man, Johnny Rivers
54. The Sound of Silence, Simon and Garfunkel
55. Lady Godiva, Peter and Gordon
56. Homeward Bound, Simon and Garfunkel
57. Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind?, The Lovin' Spoonful
58. Barefootin', Robert Parker
59. Uptight (Everything's Alright), Stevie Wonder
60. Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down), Cher
61. Sloop John B., The Beach Boys
62. 19th Nervous Breakdown, The Rolling Stones
63. Wipe Out, The Surfaris
64. Psychotic Reaction, The Count Five
65. Beauty is Only Skin Deep, The Temptations
66. No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In), The T-Bones
67. Just Like Me, Paul Revere and The Raiders
68. Love Makes the World Go Round, Deon Jackson
69. Pied Piper, Crispian St. Peters
70. Coming On Strong, Brenda Lee
71. Somewhere, My Love (Lara's Theme from "Doctor Zhivago"), Ray Conniff and The Singers
72. Almost Persuaded, David Houston
73. If I Were a Carpenter, Bobby Darin
74. Don't Mess With Bill, The Marvelettes
75. Cherry, Cherry, Neil Diamond
76. Workin' In a Coal Mine Lee Dorsey
77. Message to Michael (Message to Martha), Dionne Warwick
78. Love Is a Hurtin' Thing, Lou Rawls
79. Barbara Ann, The Beach Boys
80. Gloria, The Shadows Of Knight
81. My World Is Empty Without You, The Supremes
82. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35, Bob Dylan
83. Guantanamera, The Sandpipers
84. Land of 1000 Dances, Wilson Pickett
85. Oh How Happy, Shades Of Blue
86. Woman, Peter and Gordo
87. You Baby, The Turtles
88. Five O'Clock World, The Vogues
89. Black Is Black, Los Bravos
90. Nowhere Man, The Beatles
91. Dandy, Herman's Hermits
92. Baby Scratch My Back, Slim Harpo
93. She's Just My Style, Gary Lewis and The Playboys
94. The More I See You, Chris Montez
95. I Fought the Law, The Bobby Fuller Four
96. Yellow Submarine, The Beatles
97. Hungry Paul Revere and The Raiders
98. Zorba the Greek, Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass
99. Shapes of Things, The Yardbirds
100. 634-5789, Wilson Pickett
1. The Ballad of the Green Berets, Sgt. Barry Sadler
2. Cherish, The Association
3. You're My Soul and Inspiration, The Righteous Brothers
4. Reach Out I'll Be There, The Four Tops
5. 96 Tears, ? and The Mysterians
6. Last Train to Clarksville, The Monkees
7. Monday, Monday, The Mama's and The Papa's
8. You Can't Hurry Love, The Supremes
9. The Poor Side of Town, Johnny Rivers
10. California Dreamin', The Mama's and The Papa's
11. Summer In the City, The Lovin' Spoonful
12. Born Free, Roger Williams
13. These Boots Are Made for Walkin', Nancy Sinatra
14. What Becomes of the Brokenhearted, Jimmy Ruffin
15. Strangers In the Night, Frank Sinatra
16. We Can Work It Out, The Beatles
17. Good Lovin', The Young Rascals
18. Winchester Cathedral, The New Vaudeville Band
19. Hanky Panky, Tommy James and The Shondells
20. When a Man Loves a Woman, Percy Sledge
21. Paint It Black, The Rolling Stones
22. Goodnight My Love (from 'Stowaway'), Petula Clark
23. Lightnin' Strikes, Lou Christie
24. Wild Thing, The Troggs
25. Kicks, Paul Revere and The Raiders
26. Sunshine Superman, Donovan
27. Sunny, Bobby Hebb
28. Paperback Writer, The Beatles
29. See You In September, The Happenings
30. You Keep Me Hangin' On, The Supremes
31. Lil' Red Riding Hood, Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs
32. Devil With the Blue Dress On / Good Golly Miss Molly, Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels
33. Good Vibrations, The Beach Boys
34. A Groovy Kind of Love, The Mindbenders
35. You Don't Have to Say You Love Me, Dusty Springfield
36. Cool Jerk, The Capitols
37. Born a Woman, Sandy Posey
38. Red Rubber Ball, The Cyrkle
39. B-A-B-Y, Carla Thomas
40. Walk Away Renee, The Left Banke
41. Daydream, The Lovin' Spoonful
42. Time Won't Let Me, The Outsiders
43. Hooray for Hazel, Tommy Roe
44. Sweet Pea, Tommy Roe
45. Bus Stop, The Hollies
46. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, B.J. Thomas
47. I'm Your Puppet, James and Bobby Purify
48. Ain't Too Proud to Beg, The Temptations
49. Dirty Water, The Standells
50. Elusive Butterfly, Bob Lind
51. I Am a Rock, Simon and Garfunkel
52. Crying Time, Ray Charles
53. Secret Agent Man, Johnny Rivers
54. The Sound of Silence, Simon and Garfunkel
55. Lady Godiva, Peter and Gordon
56. Homeward Bound, Simon and Garfunkel
57. Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind?, The Lovin' Spoonful
58. Barefootin', Robert Parker
59. Uptight (Everything's Alright), Stevie Wonder
60. Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down), Cher
61. Sloop John B., The Beach Boys
62. 19th Nervous Breakdown, The Rolling Stones
63. Wipe Out, The Surfaris
64. Psychotic Reaction, The Count Five
65. Beauty is Only Skin Deep, The Temptations
66. No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In), The T-Bones
67. Just Like Me, Paul Revere and The Raiders
68. Love Makes the World Go Round, Deon Jackson
69. Pied Piper, Crispian St. Peters
70. Coming On Strong, Brenda Lee
71. Somewhere, My Love (Lara's Theme from "Doctor Zhivago"), Ray Conniff and The Singers
72. Almost Persuaded, David Houston
73. If I Were a Carpenter, Bobby Darin
74. Don't Mess With Bill, The Marvelettes
75. Cherry, Cherry, Neil Diamond
76. Workin' In a Coal Mine Lee Dorsey
77. Message to Michael (Message to Martha), Dionne Warwick
78. Love Is a Hurtin' Thing, Lou Rawls
79. Barbara Ann, The Beach Boys
80. Gloria, The Shadows Of Knight
81. My World Is Empty Without You, The Supremes
82. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35, Bob Dylan
83. Guantanamera, The Sandpipers
84. Land of 1000 Dances, Wilson Pickett
85. Oh How Happy, Shades Of Blue
86. Woman, Peter and Gordo
87. You Baby, The Turtles
88. Five O'Clock World, The Vogues
89. Black Is Black, Los Bravos
90. Nowhere Man, The Beatles
91. Dandy, Herman's Hermits
92. Baby Scratch My Back, Slim Harpo
93. She's Just My Style, Gary Lewis and The Playboys
94. The More I See You, Chris Montez
95. I Fought the Law, The Bobby Fuller Four
96. Yellow Submarine, The Beatles
97. Hungry Paul Revere and The Raiders
98. Zorba the Greek, Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass
99. Shapes of Things, The Yardbirds
100. 634-5789, Wilson Pickett
WORLD VIEW
WHAT HAPPENED AND WHEN?
Jan 1st - Military coup by Col Jean-Bédell Bokassa in Central African Republic (some things never change!)
Jan 1st - All US cigarette packs have to carry "Caution Cigarette smoking may be hazardous to your health" (may be hazardous?)
Jan 4th - Doug Walters scores second Test century in his second Test
Jan 8th - Georges Pompidou appointed French premier
Jan 9th - Polish government denies exit visa to Cardinal Wyszynski revisionism
Jan 10th - India & Pakistan sign peace accord (really?)
Jan 11th - 550 die in landslides in mountains behind Rio de Janeiro after rain
Jan 12th - LBJ says US should stay in S Vietnam until communist aggression ends
Jan 12th - Red Auerbach wins his 1,000th game as coach of NBA Boston Celtics
Jan 13th - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Jan 19th - Indira Gandhi elected India's 3rd prime minister
Jan 29th - Lawry & Simpson complete 244 opening stand v England, Adelaide
Jan 31st - USSR launches Luna 9 towards Moon
Feb 2nd - Pakistan suggests a six-point agenda with Kashmir dispute as number one item for the proposed Indo-Pak ministerial talks after 1965 war.
Feb 3rd - 1st operational weather satellite, ESSA-1 launched US
Feb 3rd - 1st soft landing on Moon (Soviet Luna 9)
Feb 4th - All-Nippon Airways 727 crashes off Haneda Airport (Japan); kills 133
Feb 9th - Dow-Jones Index hits record 995 points (and now in 2023 it is at 34,000)
Feb 11th - SF Giant Willie Mays signs highest contract, $130,000 per year
Feb 13th - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
Feb 14th - Australia introduces 1st decimal currency postage stamps
Feb 14th - Wilt Chamberlain breaks NBA career scoring record at 20,884 points
Feb 14th - Australian currency is decimalized.
Feb 16th - Bob Cowper makes 307 v England at the MCG, 727 mins, 20 fours (Brian Lara holds the record of 400 not out vs England in 2004)
Feb 16th - France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeri
Feb 22nd - Soviets launch Kosmos 110 with Veterok & Ugolek, 1st 2-dog crew
Feb 23rd - Military coup in Syria ends Bitar government
Feb 23rd - Premier Obote grabs power in Uganda
Feb 24th - Coup ousts Pres Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana
Feb 24th - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Feb 25th - Syrian military coup under Hafiz al-Assad (and his son continues to hold power and destroy his country to this day)
Mar 1st - Ba'ath-party takes power in Syria
Mar 2nd - 215,000 US soldiers in Vietnam
Mar 3rd - Kwame Nkrumah flees Ghana to Guinee
Mar 4th - Canadian Pacific airliner explodes on landing at Tokyo, 64 die
Mari4th - John Lennon, says "We (Beatles) are more popular than Jesus" (and started a fire storm!)
Mar 4th - North Sea Gas was 1st pumped ashore by BP
Mar 5th - 75 MPH air currents causes BOAC 707 crash into Mount Fuji, 124 die
Mar 5th - Bob Seagren pole vaults 5.19m indoor world record (currently 6.16m set by Renaud Lavillenie of France in 2014)
Mar 5th - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Mar 6th - Barry Sadlers' "Ballad of the Green Berets" becomes #1 (13 weeks) (what are the chances of this being a hit now?)
Mar 7th - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Mar 8th - An IRA bomb destroyed Nelson's Column in Dublin
Mar 8th - Casey Stengel elected to Hall of Fame
Mar 11th - Military coup led by Indonesian Gen Suharto breaks out
Mar 12th - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Mar 15th - Racial riots erupt in the Watts section of Los Angeles
Mar 16th - Gemini 8 launched with Armstrong & Scott, aborted after 6.5 orbits
Mar 17th - South Africa government bans Defense & Aid Fund (what's new?)
Mar 17th - US sub locates missing H-bomb in Mediterranean
Mar 18th - General Suharto forms government in Indonesia
Mar 23rd - 1st official meeting after 400 years of Catholic & Anglican Church (took a while!)
Mar 25th - Beatles pose with mutilated dolls & butchered meat for the cover of the "Yesterday & Today" album, It is later pulled
Mar 27th - Anti Vietnam war demonstrations in US, Europe & Australia
Mar 29th - Muhammad Ali Heavyweight Boxing Champion beats George Chuvalo in 15 for heavyweight boxing title (he fought and won FIVE times in 1966 which is remarkable. Nowadays you are lucky if you see them fight once a year)
Mar 31st - 25,000 anti war demonstrators march in NYC
Mar 31st - Labour Party wins British parliamentary election
Mar 31st - USSR launches Luna 10, 1st lunar orbiter
Apr 1st - China premier Tsjoe en-Lai starts "Cultural revolution"
Apr 2nd - Soviet Union's Luna 10 becomes 1st spacecraft to orbit Moon
Apr 3rd - Luna 10 orbits Moon
Apr 4th - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Apr 8th - Leonid Brezhnev elected secretary-general of communist party
Apr 11th - 30th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 288
Apr 12th - 1st B-52 bombing on North Vietnam
Apr 16th - Rhodesian PM Ian Smith breaks diplomatic relations with Britain
Apr 18th - Bill Russell became 1st black coach in NBA history (Boston Celtics)
Apr 22nd - USSR performs underground nuclear test
Apr 26th - Arnold "Red" Auerbach retires as Boston Celtic's coach
Apr 26th - An earthquake of magnitude 7.5 destroys Tashkent.
May 1st - Last British concert by Beatles (Empire Pool in Wembley)
May 1st - Radio RSA, South Africa begins shortwave transmitting
May 1st - US troops shooting targets in Cambodia
May 2nd - Pulitzer prize awarded Arthur M Schlesinger Jr (Thousand Days)
May 5th - Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 2
May 5th - Willie Mays hit his 512th HR
May 11th - Real Madrid wins 11th Europe Cup I
May 21st - Muhammad Ali TKOs Henry Cooper in 6 for heavyweight boxing title
May 26th - Guyana (formerly British Guiana) declares independence from UK
May 30th - 300 US airplanes bomb North Vietnam
May 30th - Graham Hill wins Indianapolis 500 car race (232.2 kph)
May 30th - US launches Surveyor 1 to Moon
Jun 3rd - Gemini 9 launched; 7th US 2-man flight (Stafford & Cernan)
Jun 6th - Activist James Meredith wounded by white sniper in Mississippi
Jun 6th - Gemini 9 completes 45 orbits after rendezvous with "angry alligator"
Jun 6th - NFL & AFL announce their merger
Jun 6th - Stokely Carmichael launches "Black Power" movement
Jun 7th - NY Mets pass up Reggie Jackson to draft Steve Chilcott #1
Jun 8th - NFL & AFL announce plans to become NFC & AFC in 1970
Jun 13th - Supreme Court's Miranda decision; suspect must be informed of rights
Jun 20th - Sheila Scott completes 1st round-the-world solo flight by a woman
Jun 24th - Bombay-NY Air India flight crashes into Mont Blanc (Switz), 117 die
Jun 25th - Beatles' "Paperback Writer," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 2 weeks
Jun 25th - Kosmos 122, 1st Soviet weather satellite, launched
Apr 4th - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Apr 8th - Leonid Brezhnev elected secretary-general of communist party
Apr 11th - 30th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 288
Apr 12th - 1st B-52 bombing on North Vietnam
Apr 16th - Rhodesian PM Ian Smith breaks diplomatic relations with Britain
Apr 18th - Bill Russell became 1st black coach in NBA history (Boston Celtics)
Apr 22nd - USSR performs underground nuclear test
Apr 26th - Arnold "Red" Auerbach retires as Boston Celtic's coach
Apr 26th - An earthquake of magnitude 7.5 destroys Tashkent.
May 1st - Last British concert by Beatles (Empire Pool in Wembley)
May 1st - Radio RSA, South Africa begins shortwave transmitting
May 1st - US troops shooting targets in Cambodia
May 2nd - Pulitzer prize awarded Arthur M Schlesinger Jr (Thousand Days)
May 5th - Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 2
May 5th - Willie Mays hit his 512th HR
May 11th - Real Madrid wins 11th Europe Cup I
May 21st - Muhammad Ali TKOs Henry Cooper in 6 for heavyweight boxing title
May 26th - Guyana (formerly British Guiana) declares independence from UK
May 30th - 300 US airplanes bomb North Vietnam
May 30th - Graham Hill wins Indianapolis 500 car race (232.2 kph)
May 30th - US launches Surveyor 1 to Moon
Jun 3rd - Gemini 9 launched; 7th US 2-man flight (Stafford & Cernan)
Jun 6th - Activist James Meredith wounded by white sniper in Mississippi
Jun 6th - Gemini 9 completes 45 orbits after rendezvous with "angry alligator"
Jun 6th - NFL & AFL announce their merger
Jun 6th - Stokely Carmichael launches "Black Power" movement
Jun 7th - NY Mets pass up Reggie Jackson to draft Steve Chilcott #1
Jun 8th - NFL & AFL announce plans to become NFC & AFC in 1970
Jun 13th - Supreme Court's Miranda decision; suspect must be informed of rights
Jun 20th - Sheila Scott completes 1st round-the-world solo flight by a woman
Jun 24th - Bombay-NY Air India flight crashes into Mont Blanc (Switz), 117 die
Jun 25th - Beatles' "Paperback Writer," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 2 weeks
Jun 25th - Kosmos 122, 1st Soviet weather satellite, launched
Jun 30th - Leopoldville Congo is renamed Kinshasa
Jun 30th - Richard Helms, promoted from deputy director to 8th director of CIA
Jun 30th - Test cricket debut of Derek Underwood, v WI Trent Bridge, wicketless
Jul 1st - 80th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: M Santana beats D Ralston (64 11-9 64)
Jul 1st - The first color television transmission in Canada takes place from Toronto.
Jul 2nd - 73rd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Billie J King beats Frasier (63 36 61)
Jul 6th - Malawi becomes a republic, Dr Hastings Kamuzu Banda becomes president
Jul 10th - US launches Orbiter 1 to the Moon
Jul 14th - Richard Speck rapes & kills 8 nurses in a Chicago dormitory
Jul 17th - Jim Ryun sets mile record (3:51.3) (Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco is the current men's record holder with his time of 3:43.13 set in 1999)
Jul 17th - Pioneer 7 launched
Jul 18th - Gemini 10 launched (John Young & Michael Collins)
Jul 21st - Gemini X returns to Earth
Jul 25th - Mao Tse Tung swims Yangtse River
Jul 30th - US airplanes bombs demilitarized zone in Vietnam
Jul 31st - Alabamans burn Beatle products due to John Lennon's anti-Jesus remark
Aug 1st - Charles Whitman wounds 31 & kills 16 at University of Texas
Aug 3rd - South African government bans Beatles' records (Really?)
Aug 5th - Martin Luther King Jr stoned during Chicago march
Aug 5th - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
Aug 6th - Muhammad Ali KOs Brian London in 3 for heavyweight boxing title
Aug 8th - South African Broadcasting bans Beatles (Lennon's anti-Jesus remark)
Aug 10th - 1st lunar orbiter launched by US
Aug 11th - Last Beatle concert tour of US begins
Aug 14th - 1st US lunar orbiter begins orbiting Moon
Aug 17th - Pioneer 7 launched into solar orbit
Aug 23rd - Lunar Orbiter 1 takes 1st photograph of Earth from Moon
Aug 24th - USSR launches Luna 11 for orbit around Moon
Aug 27th - Francis Chichester begins 1st solo sail around world
Sep 6th - Race riot in Atlanta Georgia
Sep 10th - Muhammad Ali TKOs Karl Mildenberger in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
Sep 11th - 80th US Womens Tennis: M Esther Bueno-Fraiser beats N Richey (63 61)
Sep 11th - 86th US Mens Tennis: Fred Stolle beats John Newcombe (46 12-10 63 64)
Sep 11th - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
Sep 12th - Gemini XI (Charles Conrad & R Gordon) launched for 71-hour flight
Sep 13th - Johannes Balthazar Vorster sworn in as premier of South Africa
Sep 15th - Gemini XI (Conrad/Gordon) returns to Earth
Sep 17th - Cleve pitchers set AL record striking out 19 batters in 1st 9 innings
Jun 30th - Richard Helms, promoted from deputy director to 8th director of CIA
Jun 30th - Test cricket debut of Derek Underwood, v WI Trent Bridge, wicketless
Jul 1st - 80th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: M Santana beats D Ralston (64 11-9 64)
Jul 1st - The first color television transmission in Canada takes place from Toronto.
Jul 2nd - 73rd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Billie J King beats Frasier (63 36 61)
Jul 6th - Malawi becomes a republic, Dr Hastings Kamuzu Banda becomes president
Jul 10th - US launches Orbiter 1 to the Moon
Jul 14th - Richard Speck rapes & kills 8 nurses in a Chicago dormitory
Jul 17th - Jim Ryun sets mile record (3:51.3) (Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco is the current men's record holder with his time of 3:43.13 set in 1999)
Jul 17th - Pioneer 7 launched
Jul 18th - Gemini 10 launched (John Young & Michael Collins)
Jul 21st - Gemini X returns to Earth
Jul 25th - Mao Tse Tung swims Yangtse River
Jul 30th - US airplanes bombs demilitarized zone in Vietnam
Jul 31st - Alabamans burn Beatle products due to John Lennon's anti-Jesus remark
Aug 1st - Charles Whitman wounds 31 & kills 16 at University of Texas
Aug 3rd - South African government bans Beatles' records (Really?)
Aug 5th - Martin Luther King Jr stoned during Chicago march
Aug 5th - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
Aug 6th - Muhammad Ali KOs Brian London in 3 for heavyweight boxing title
Aug 8th - South African Broadcasting bans Beatles (Lennon's anti-Jesus remark)
Aug 10th - 1st lunar orbiter launched by US
Aug 11th - Last Beatle concert tour of US begins
Aug 14th - 1st US lunar orbiter begins orbiting Moon
Aug 17th - Pioneer 7 launched into solar orbit
Aug 23rd - Lunar Orbiter 1 takes 1st photograph of Earth from Moon
Aug 24th - USSR launches Luna 11 for orbit around Moon
Aug 27th - Francis Chichester begins 1st solo sail around world
Sep 6th - Race riot in Atlanta Georgia
Sep 10th - Muhammad Ali TKOs Karl Mildenberger in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
Sep 11th - 80th US Womens Tennis: M Esther Bueno-Fraiser beats N Richey (63 61)
Sep 11th - 86th US Mens Tennis: Fred Stolle beats John Newcombe (46 12-10 63 64)
Sep 11th - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
Sep 12th - Gemini XI (Charles Conrad & R Gordon) launched for 71-hour flight
Sep 13th - Johannes Balthazar Vorster sworn in as premier of South Africa
Sep 15th - Gemini XI (Conrad/Gordon) returns to Earth
Sep 17th - Cleve pitchers set AL record striking out 19 batters in 1st 9 innings
Sep 29th - Bechuanaland gains independence from England, becomes Botswana
Sep 29th - Sandy Koufax pitches 3rd 300-strikeout season.
Oct 4th - Lesotho (Basutoland) gains independence from Britain
Oct 6th - LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide) is first declared illegal in state of California, other states follow..
Oct 13th - 173 US airplanes bomb North-Vietnam
Oct 14th - 175 US airplanes bomb North Vietnam
Oct 21st - 144 die as a coal waste landslide engulfed a school in Aberfan, South Wales
Oct 26th - US aircraft carrier Oriskany catches fire at Gulf on Tonken, 43 die
Oct 27th - UN deprives South Africa of Namibia
Oct 28th - Belgium's Gaston Roelants runs 12-4/5 miles in 1 hour
Oct 29th - Lunar Orbiter 1 crashes on moon: 6.7°N 162°E
Oct 29th - National Organization of Women founded
Nov 1st - Sandy Koufax becomes 1st 3-time Cy Young Award winner
Nov 2nd - The Cuban Adjustment Act enters force, allowing 123,000 Cubans the opportunity to apply for permanent residence in the United States.
Nov 4th - Flooding of Arno River (Italy) destroys countless art works, kills 113
Nov 10th - Lunar Orbiter 2 reaches 196-1871 km around Moon
Nov 11th - Gemini 12 (Lovell & Aldrin) launched on 4-day flight
Nov 14th - Muhammad Ali TKOs Cleveland Williams in 3 for heavyweight title
Nov 16th - Pirates outfielder Roberto Clemente is named NL MVP
Nov 17th - Leonids meteor shower peaks (150,000+ per hour)
Nov 18th - Sandy Koufax announces his retirement due to arthritic left elbow
Nov 24th - 400 die of respiratory failure & heart attack in killer NYC smog
Nov 24th - The Beatles began recording sessions for "Sgt Pepper"
Nov 30th - Barbados becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
Dec 8th - US & USSR sign treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons in outer space (Phew!)
Dec 10th - Israeli Shmuel Yosef Agnon wins Nobel Prize for literature
Dec 10th - Nobel for chemistry awarded to Robert S Mulliken
Dec 12th - US Supreme Courts votes 4-3 allowing Braves to move to Atlanta
Dec 13th - 1st US bombing of Hanoi
Dec 13th - Test debut of Clive Lloyd, v India Bombay, 82 & 78
Sep 29th - Sandy Koufax pitches 3rd 300-strikeout season.
Oct 4th - Lesotho (Basutoland) gains independence from Britain
Oct 6th - LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide) is first declared illegal in state of California, other states follow..
Oct 13th - 173 US airplanes bomb North-Vietnam
Oct 14th - 175 US airplanes bomb North Vietnam
Oct 21st - 144 die as a coal waste landslide engulfed a school in Aberfan, South Wales
Oct 26th - US aircraft carrier Oriskany catches fire at Gulf on Tonken, 43 die
Oct 27th - UN deprives South Africa of Namibia
Oct 28th - Belgium's Gaston Roelants runs 12-4/5 miles in 1 hour
Oct 29th - Lunar Orbiter 1 crashes on moon: 6.7°N 162°E
Oct 29th - National Organization of Women founded
Nov 1st - Sandy Koufax becomes 1st 3-time Cy Young Award winner
Nov 2nd - The Cuban Adjustment Act enters force, allowing 123,000 Cubans the opportunity to apply for permanent residence in the United States.
Nov 4th - Flooding of Arno River (Italy) destroys countless art works, kills 113
Nov 10th - Lunar Orbiter 2 reaches 196-1871 km around Moon
Nov 11th - Gemini 12 (Lovell & Aldrin) launched on 4-day flight
Nov 14th - Muhammad Ali TKOs Cleveland Williams in 3 for heavyweight title
Nov 16th - Pirates outfielder Roberto Clemente is named NL MVP
Nov 17th - Leonids meteor shower peaks (150,000+ per hour)
Nov 18th - Sandy Koufax announces his retirement due to arthritic left elbow
Nov 24th - 400 die of respiratory failure & heart attack in killer NYC smog
Nov 24th - The Beatles began recording sessions for "Sgt Pepper"
Nov 30th - Barbados becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
Dec 8th - US & USSR sign treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons in outer space (Phew!)
Dec 10th - Israeli Shmuel Yosef Agnon wins Nobel Prize for literature
Dec 10th - Nobel for chemistry awarded to Robert S Mulliken
Dec 12th - US Supreme Courts votes 4-3 allowing Braves to move to Atlanta
Dec 13th - 1st US bombing of Hanoi
Dec 13th - Test debut of Clive Lloyd, v India Bombay, 82 & 78
Dec 24th - Luna 13 lands on Moon
Springbok Radio's programme schedules reflected the White, primarily English-speaking, suburban lifestyle of the period, when many women were housewives. Weekday schedules broadly comprised a breakfast session (05:00 - 08:30), women's programmes (08:30 - 14:00), Afrikaans soap operas (14:00 - 16:15), teatime chat shows (16:15 - 16:45), children's programmes (16:45-18:15), dinnertime programmes (18:15 - 19:00), the main news bulletin (19:00 - 19:15), and family shows (19:15 - 24:00). Saturday programmes were generally light: music, sitcoms and quizzes. Sunday was more sedate: music, chat shows, requests for the armed forces (during the 1970s and 1980s), news commentary and drama.
Up until 1966 the programmes included:
Diclaimer: It is possible that a few shows listed started after 1966
Children
Drama
Drama: supernatural
Up until 1966 the programmes included:
Diclaimer: It is possible that a few shows listed started after 1966
Children
- The Casey Kids (1960s)
- My Pal Shep (1960s)
- Superman (1950–1957) - FROM AUSTRALIA
- Tarzan, King of the Apes (1950–1955) - FROM AUSTRALIA
- The Air Adventures of Hop Harrigan (1950–1957) - FROM AUSTRALIA
- The Twilight Ranger (1950–1953) - ORIGINALLY FROM AUSTRALIA
Drama
- Death Touched My Shoulder (1966–1970)
- General Motors on Safari (1965–1969) - Highly acclaimed series of the African Bushveld. Most episodes were dramatised stories, although some of them were presented as true-life documentary. The series was produced by Michael McCabe & was broadcast on Friday evenings at 19H30. Sponsored throughout its run by General Motors South Africa. The series is being rebroadcast at present on the Internet Radio Service of Springbok Radio & can be heard on Tuesdays.
- Address Unknown (1956–1970) - Originally came from Australia. In 1960 after the Australian run, the series was written & produced in South Africa. Many of the episodes were written in SA by Adrian Steed who also played one of the lead roles. The main role of Henry Simon was played by Stuart Brown. The series aired on Saturday Evenings & was produced at the Herrick Merrill Studios in Johannesburg.
- Consider Your Verdict (1954–1985) - "... it's time for you to take your place on the jury ..." - written & produced by Michael Silver at the CRC Studios in Johannesburg. This series started in 1954 after a run of the Australian series "Famous Jury Trials". The series aired on Tuesday evenings until 1979 when the series moved to Tuesday mornings. The series ended in June 1985.
- The Epic Casebook (1957–1985) - "... in which Inspector Carr investigates ..." - The highly successful detective series, starring Hugh Rouse as Inspector Carr. Written & Produced by Michael Silver at the CRC Studios, Johannesburg. The series aired originally on Thursday evenings at 21H30, sponsored by the Epic Oil Company of S.A. In 1977 the sponsorship ended and the series was renamed "Inspector Carr Investigates" and moved to the earlier slot of 20H30. The first actor to play Inspector Carr was Don Davis, he was replaced in 1959 by Hugh Rouse. Don returned briefly in 1964 for 14 episodes. However Hugh Rouse made this series his own. A short lived television series was made by the SABC in the early 1980s with Michael McCabe, playing the famous Inspector. Sadly the transformation from radio to television was a total disaster. The series ended in June 1985 on Springbok Radio. A local Johannesburg radio station, Radio Today 1485am tried to revive the series in 1997, sadly copyright issues could not be cleared up & the idea was abandoned. The series is currently being rebroadcast on the Internet Radio Service of Springbok Radio & can be heard on Thursdays.
- Paul Vaga
Drama: supernatural
- Call of the Sea
- The Creaking Door (1964-1969) - "... the creaking door is opening, so do come in ..." Based on the long running American radio series "The Inner Sanctum Mysteries". The series was produced by Michael Silver and for many years was sponsored by State Express 555 Cigarettes. The series can currently be heard on the Internet Radio Service of Springbok Radio and is aired every Friday.
- The Eleventh Hour (1963–1971) - The first 52 episodes originated from Australia. From 1964 the stories were all original & produced in South Africa. This series is currently being rebroadcast on the Internet Radio Service of Springbok Radio and can be heard on Saturdays.
- Eyegene Jackpot Show (1964–1971) - Hosted by Bob Courtney
- Hundred Thousand to Go
- More Miles with Mobil
- Number Please
- Pick a Box (1955–1975) - "... the money or the box? ..." Originally hosted by Jack Bryant and Kim Shippey. Produced by National Studios, Durban. Later by Bob Courtney and Peter Lotis.
- Quiz Kids - Hosted by Henry Howell
- Test the Team (1954–1985) - "... the three wise men ..."[1]
- Twenty-One"
- Hospitaaltyd - (1957-1979) "... daar's 'n lied en 'n glimlag vir jou ..." Aired every week day Monday to Friday at 12H30 from 1957 to 1979. Hosted by Dulcie van den Berg & produced at the CRC Studios in Johannesburg. The popular signature tune was composed by Bob Courtney and the vocal is performed by Jimmy Rayson.
- Guess Who with All Gold - Presented by Stuart Brown
- In Town Tonight (later simply "Tonight")
- Tea with Mr Green
- Springbok Spotlight
- Esmé's Music Album - Sunday night music programme presented by Esme Euvrard
- From the Bell Tower (1964-1985) - Religious music programme hosted by Simon Swindell in Cape Town. Broadcast every Sunday at Noon. Can currently be heard every Sunday on the Internet Radio Service of Springbok Radio.
- Mr Walker Wants to Play
- Pepsodent Platter Parade - pop - Presented in London by Bob Holness & Produced in Durban by Henry Diffenthal.
- Radio Jukebox - Radio Speelkas
- Springbok Radio Top 20 - pop
- The Voice of Firestone (1955-1965)
- Deadline Thursday Night - "... for your edification and your delight ..." (LATER "DEADLINE MONDAY NIGHT")
- Top Level
- The World at Seven P.M. (1950-1985)
- World News and Africa Survey
- Castle Playhouse (later Playhouse 90) - "... from the stages and studios, producers and playwrights of the world ..."
- Lux Radio Theatre aka Radio Theatre (1950–1985) - "... the finest in radio drama ..." - This was the longest running series on Springbok Radio, which started on the very first night of Springbok Radio's opening day. Many of the episodes from the early 1950s were rebroadcasts of Australian made episodes. The series originally aired at 20H30 on Monday evenings until 1979 when the series moved to the earlier 20H00 slot. The main sponsors of the series was Lever Brothers until 1978, after which the sponsorship ended & the series was renamed "Radio Theatre". The series ended in June 1985. Certain selected episodes are being rebroadcast on the Internet Radio Service of Springbok Radio & can be heard on Mondays.
- Sunlight Theatre of the Air (1950–67)
- No Place To Hide (1958–1970) - "... the world's strangest investigator, Mark Saxon ..." Created by Monty Doyle. Later scripts were written by Adrian Steed. The serial starred Dewar McCormack, Brian O'Shaughnessy, Paddy O'Byrne, Adrian Steed, Stuart Brown and Bruce Anderson.
- Strangers from Space (1961–1963)
- Springbok Spotlight - "... you're right on the beam ..." Presented by Neville Dawson
- Movie-Go-Round - Presented by Pierre Louw
- Nestlé Greets The Bride
- So Maak Mens (1957–1985) - Hosted by Esme Euvrard and Jan Cronje.Moved to Radio Suid-Afrika after the closure of Springbok Radio in 1985 and finally went off air in 1987.
- Women's Forum
FROM THE CAPE TIMES
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1966
1966
Actor
- Richard Burton in "The Spy Who Came In from the Cold"
- Lee Marvin in "Cat Ballou"
- Laurence Olivier in "Othello"
- Rod Steiger in "The Pawnbroker"
- Oskar Werner in "Ship of Fools"
Actor in a Supporting Role
- Martin Balsam in "A Thousand Clowns"
- Ian Bannen in "The Flight of the Phoenix"
- Tom Courtenay in "Doctor Zhivago"
- Michael Dunn in "Ship of Fools"
- Frank Finlay in "Othello"
Actress
- Julie Andrews in "The Sound of Music"
- Julie Christie in "Darling"
- Samantha Eggar in "The Collector"
- Elizabeth Hartman in "A Patch of Blue"
- Simone Signoret in "Ship of Fools"
Actress in a Supporting Role
- Ruth Gordon in "Inside Daisy Clover"
- Joyce Redman in "Othello"
- Maggie Smith in "Othello"
- Shelley Winters in "A Patch of Blue"
- Peggy Wood in "The Sound of Music"
Directing
- "The Collector" William Wyler
- "Darling" John Schlesinger
- "Doctor Zhivago" David Lean
- "The Sound of Music" Robert Wise
- "Woman in the Dunes" Hiroshi Teshigahara
Foreign Language Film
- "Blood on the Land" Greece
- "Dear John" Sweden
- "Kwaidan" Japan
- "Marriage Italian Style" Italy
- "The Shop on Main Street" Czechoslovakia
Best Picture
- "Darling" Joseph Janni, Producer
- "Doctor Zhivago" Carlo Ponti, Producer
- "Ship of Fools" Stanley Kramer, Producer
- "The Sound of Music" Robert Wise, Producer
- "A Thousand Clowns" Fred Coe, Producer
1966
and then came 1967
the summer of love
................although many of us spent it doing military service! Make love, not war?!
cape town BACK THEN
BETWEEN 1964 - 1969
SA Seafarer grounding - 1July 1966 |
SA Seafarer grounding - 1July 1966 |