1966

1966

• Taster's Choice freeze dried coffee is introduced.
• The fourth of four lost H Bombs is found off the Spanish coast.
• U.S. troop strength in Vietnam is 400,000. U.S. deaths: 6,358. Enemy deaths: 77,115.
• The first Acid Test is conducted at the Fillmore, San Francisco.
• The Beatles: In an interview published in The London Evening Standard, John Lennon comments, "We're more popular than Jesus now," eventually sparking a controversy in the United States.
• United States president Lyndon Johnson signs the 1966 Uniform Time Act act dealing with Daylight Saving Time.
• The Church of Satan is formed by Anton Szandor LaVey in San Francisco.
• The final new episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show airs.
• Bob Dylan breaks his neck and nearly dies in a motorcycle accident near Woodstock, New York. He isn't seen in public for over a year.
• The Beatles play their very last concert at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, California.
• Star Trek, the classic science fiction television series, debuts with its first episode, titled "The Man Trap."
• Grace Slick performs live for the first time with Jefferson Airplane.
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas, narrated by Boris Karloff, is shown for the first time on CBS. It will become an annual Christmas tradition, and the best-loved film ever based on a Dr. Seuss book.