Editing 1966 (section)

===May===
{{main|May 1966}}
[[File:Flag of Guyana.svg|thumb|May 26: [[Guyana]] becomes independent]]
* [[May 4]]
** [[Fiat]] signs a contract with the Soviet government to build a car factory in the [[Soviet Union]].
** [[May 1966 lunar eclipse]]: A penumbral lunar eclipse takes place, the 64th lunar eclipse of [[Lunar Saros 111]].
* [[May 5]] – The [[Montreal Canadiens]] defeat the [[Detroit Red Wings]] to win the [[Stanley Cup]] in ice hockey.
* [[May 6]] – The [[Moors murders]] trial ends in the UK with [[Ian Brady]] being found guilty on all three counts of murder and sentenced to three concurrent terms of life imprisonment. [[Myra Hindley]] is convicted on two counts of murder and of being an accessory in the third murder committed by Brady, receiving two concurrent terms of life imprisonment and a seven-year fixed term for being an accessory.
* [[May 7]] – Irish bank workers [[Irish bank strikes (1966–76)|go on strike]]. 
* [[May 12]]
** African members of the UN Security Council say that the British army should blockade Rhodesia.
** [[China Radio International|Radio Peking]] claims that U.S. planes have shot down a Chinese plane over [[Yunnan]] (the U.S. denies the story the next day).
* [[May 14]] – [[Turkey]] and Greece intend to start negotiations about the situation in [[Cyprus]].
* [[May 15]]
** [[Indonesia]] asks [[Malaysia]] for peace negotiations.
** The [[South Vietnam]]ese army besieges [[Da Nang]].
** Tens of thousands of anti-war demonstrators again picket the [[White House]], then rally at the [[Washington Monument]].
* [[May 16]]
** The [[Chinese Communist Party]] issues the '[[May 16 Notification|May 16 Notice']], marking the beginning of the [[Cultural Revolution]].
** A strike is called by the [[National Union of Seamen]] in the United Kingdom.<ref name=Seamenstrike>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/23/newsid_2504000/2504227.stm |title=Emergency laws over seamen's strike |work=On This Day 1950–2005 |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=2020-12-18 |date=1966-05-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080209013952/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/23/newsid_2504000/2504227.stm |archive-date=2008-02-09 |url-status=live}}</ref>
** In New York City, Dr. [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] makes his first public speech on the [[Vietnam War]].
* [[May 19]] – Gertrude Baniszewski is found guilty of torturing and murdering 16-year-old [[Murder of Sylvia Likens|Sylvia Likens]] in Indianapolis, United States, and is sentenced to life in prison (she is released on parole in December [[1985]]).<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.indystar.com/story/news/history/retroindy/2013/10/24/sylvia-likens/3178393/ |title=The 1965 torture and murder of Sylvia Likens |website=The Indianapolis Star}}</ref>
* [[May 24]]
** [[Battle of Mengo Hill]]: [[Uganda]]n army troops arrest [[Mutesa II of Buganda]] and occupy his palace.<ref>{{cite book |author=Uganda. National Assembly |title=Official Report |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=czNVAAAAYAAJ |year=1967 |page=375}}</ref>
** The [[Nigeria]]n government forbids all political activity in the country until January 17, 1969.
* [[May 25]]
** [[Explorer program]]: Satellite [[Explorer 32]] (Atmosphere Explorer-B) is launched from the United States.
** [[No. 9 Squadron RAAF]] becomes part of the 4,500 strong [[Australia]]n Task Force assigned to duties in [[Vietnam]], leaving for [[Southeast Asia]] aboard the aircraft carrier [[HMAS Sydney (R17)|HMAS ''Sydney'']].<ref>Scutts, Colin (1976), ''Helicopter Gunships'', p. 5. Marshall Cavendish. {{ISSN|0307-2886}}</ref>
* [[May 26]] – [[British Guiana]] achieves independence from the United Kingdom, becoming [[Guyana]].
* [[May 28]]
** [[Fidel Castro]] declares [[martial law]] in Cuba because of a possible U.S. attack.
** The [[Indonesia]]n and [[Malaysia]]n governments declare that the [[Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation]] is over (a treaty is signed on [[August 11]]).
** Boat ride "[[It's a Small World]]" opens at [[Disneyland]].
* [[May 29]] – Sports stadium [[Estadio Azteca]] officially opens in [[Mexico City]] in advance of the [[1968 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-07-16 |title=Classic Stadium |url=http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/stadiums/stadium=5000118/ |access-date=2022-01-30 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140716155413/http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/stadiums/stadium=5000118/ |archive-date=16 July 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[May 31]] – The [[Philippines]] reestablishes [[diplomatic relations]] with [[Malaysia]].