1966

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| footer = From top to bottom, left to right: The [[Cultural Revolution]] begins in China as [[Mao Zedong]] mobilizes the Red Guards to purge perceived enemies of the Communist ideology, plunging the nation into social and political turmoil; The [[1966 FIFA World Cup]] is held in [[England]], where the host nation defeats West Germany in the final to win its first and only championship title; the [[Beach Boys]] release [[Pet Sounds]], an innovative and influential album that redefines pop music and inspires generations of musicians; the [[University of Texas tower shooting]] in Austin shocks the nation as a gunman kills 16 people and wounds dozens more in one of the first modern mass shootings in U.S. history; the Soviet Union’s [[Luna 9]] becomes the first spacecraft to achieve a soft landing on the Moon and transmit photographic data to Earth; the [[1966 flood of the Arno]] inundates [[Florence, Italy]], causing catastrophic damage to priceless artworks, manuscripts, and historical buildings in one of the worst cultural disasters of the 20th century; the groundbreaking science fiction series [[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]] premieres on NBC, shaping global pop culture and inspiring generations of fans and scientists; the [[Buddhist Uprising]] in South Vietnam intensifies unrest as Buddhist groups protest the U.S.backed military government, exposing internal fractures while American troop deployments continue to rise in the deepening [[Vietnam War]].

| footer = From top to bottom, left to right: The [[Cultural Revolution]] begins in China as [[Mao Zedong]] mobilizes the Red Guards to purge perceived enemies of the Communist ideology, plunging the nation into social and political turmoil; The [[1966 FIFA World Cup]] is held in [[England]], where the host nation defeats West Germany in the final to win its first and only championship title; the [[Beach Boys]] release [[Pet Sounds]], an innovative and influential album that redefines pop music and inspires generations of musicians; the [[Aberfan disaster]] devastates a Welsh village when a coal waste tip collapses onto a school, killing 144 people including 116 children; the [[University of Texas tower shooting]] in Austin shocks the nation as a gunman kills 16 people and wounds dozens more in one of the first modern mass shootings in U.S. history; the Soviet Union’s [[Luna 9]] becomes the first spacecraft to achieve a soft landing on the Moon and transmit photographic data to Earth; the [[1966 flood of the Arno]] inundates [[Florence, Italy]], causing catastrophic damage to priceless artworks, manuscripts, and historical buildings in one of the worst cultural disasters of the 20th century; the groundbreaking science fiction series [[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]] premieres on NBC, shaping global pop culture and inspiring generations of fans and scientists; the [[Buddhist Uprising]] in South Vietnam intensifies unrest as Buddhist groups protest the U.S.backed military government, exposing internal fractures while American troop deployments continue to rise in the deepening [[Vietnam War]].

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