Editing 1966 (section)

===August===
{{main|August 1966}}
* [[August 1]]
** Sniper [[Charles Whitman]] [[University of Texas tower shooting|kills 15 people and wounds 31]] from roof of the [[University of Texas at Austin]] Main Building tower in the United States, after earlier killing his [[Uxoricide|wife]] and [[Matricide|mother]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hight |first=Bruce |title=UT Tower shooting claims one more life |url=https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2016/09/03/ut-tower-shooting-claims-one-more-life/10008498007/ |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=Austin American-Statesman |language=en-US}}</ref>
** The British [[Colonial Office]] merges with the [[Commonwealth Relations Office]] to form a new [[Commonwealth Office]].
* [[August 5]] – The [[Caesars Palace]] hotel and casino opens in [[Las Vegas]], United States.
* [[August 6]]
** [[Braniff International Airways Flight 250]] crashes in [[Falls City, Nebraska]], United States, killing all 42 of those on board.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident BAC One-Eleven 203AE N1553 Falls City, NE |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19660806-0 |access-date=2020-07-26 |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
** [[René Barrientos]] takes office as the President of [[Bolivia]].
** The [[António de Oliveira Salazar|Salazar]] Bridge (later the [[25 de Abril Bridge]]) opens in [[Lisbon]], Portugal.
* [[August 10]] – [[Lunar Orbiter 1]], the first U.S. spacecraft to orbit the Moon, is launched.
* [[August 11]]
** Indonesia and Malaysia issue a joint peace declaration, formally ending the [[Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation]] which began in 1963.
** [[The Beatles]] hold a press conference in Chicago, during which [[John Lennon]] apologizes for his "[[more popular than Jesus]]" remark, saying, "I didn't mean it as a lousy anti-religious thing."
* [[August 12]] – [[Massacre of Braybrook Street]]: Harry Roberts, John Duddy and Jack Witney shoot dead 3 plainclothes policemen in London; they are later sentenced to life imprisonment.
* [[August 15]] – [[Syria]]n and [[Israel]]i troops clash over Lake Kinneret (also known as the [[Sea of Galilee]]) for 3 hours.
* [[August 17]] – [[Saudi Arabia]] and the [[United Arab Republic]] begin negotiations in [[Kuwait]] to end the war in [[Yemen]].
* [[August 18]] – [[Vietnam War]] – [[Battle of Long Tan]]: D Company, 6th Battalion of the [[Royal Australian Regiment]], meets and defeats a [[Viet Cong]] force estimated to be four times larger, in Phuoc Tuy Province, [[Republic of Vietnam]].
* [[August 19]] – The 6.8 {{M|w|link=y}} [[1966 Varto earthquake|Varto earthquake]] affects the town of Varto in eastern [[Turkey]] with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (''Violent''), killing at least 2,394–3,000 and injuring at least 1,420.
* [[August 21]] – Seven men are sentenced to death in [[Egypt]] for anti-[[Gamal Abdel Nasser|Nasser]] agitation.
* [[August 22]]
** The [[Asian Development Bank]] (ADB) is established.
** The United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC), predecessor of the [[United Farm Workers|United Farm Workers of America]] (UFW), is formed.
* [[August 26]] – The first battle of the South African Air Force and the [[South African Police]] with [[People's Liberation Army of Namibia|PLAN]], the armed wing of the [[South West Africa People's Organization]] (SWAPO), takes place at [[Ongulumbashe]] during Operation Blue Wildebeest, triggering the [[South African Border War]] which continues until [[1989]].
* [[August 29]] – [[The Beatles]] end their [[The Beatles' 1966 US tour|U.S. tour]] with a concert at [[Candlestick Park]] in [[San Francisco]]. It is their last performance as a live touring band.
* [[August 30]] – France offers independence to [[French Somaliland]] ([[Djibouti]] from 1977).