Editing 1966 (section)

===January===
{{main|January 1966}}
* [[January 1]] – In a [[coup]], Colonel [[Jean-Bédel Bokassa]] takes over as military ruler of the [[Central African Republic]], ousting President [[David Dacko]].<ref>{{cite book |author=United States. Central Intelligence Agency |title=Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IjESQTqIWWkC&pg=PA1 |year=1966 |pages=1}}</ref>
* [[January 3]] – [[1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état]]: President [[Maurice Yaméogo]] is deposed by a military coup in the [[Republic of Upper Volta]] (modern-day Burkina Faso).<ref name="DarlingtonDarlington1968">{{cite book |author1=Charles F. Darlington |author2=Alice B. Darlington |title=African Betrayal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mGohAAAAMAAJ |year=1968 |publisher=D. McKay Company |page=178}}</ref>
* [[January 10]]
** [[Pakistan]]i–Indian peace negotiations end successfully with the signing of the [[Tashkent Declaration]], a day before the sudden death of Indian prime minister [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.rbth.com/arts/history/2016/01/12/at-tashkent-soviet-peace-over-india-and-pakistan_558665 |title=At Tashkent, Soviet peace over India and Pakistan |last=Bratersky |first=Alexander |date=12 January 2016 |access-date=24 July 2020 |language=en-US |website=Russia Beyond website}}</ref>
** [[Georgia House of Representatives|The House of Representatives of the US state of Georgia]] refuses to allow African-American representative [[Julian Bond]] to take his seat, because of his anti-war stance.<ref>{{cite book |first=Laughlin |last=McDonald |title=A Voting Rights Odyssey: Black Enfranchisement in Georgia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IseKjqX5Dj4C&pg=PA137 |date=27 March 2003 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-01179-2 |pages=137}}</ref>
* [[January 15]] – [[1966 Nigerian coup d'état]]: A bloody military coup is staged in [[Nigeria]], deposing the civilian government and resulting in the death of Prime Minister [[Abubakar Tafawa Balewa]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Siollun |first1=Max |title=Oil, Politics and Violence: Nigeria's Military Coup Culture (1966–1976) |year=2009 |publisher=Algora Publishing |isbn=9780875867106 |page=237}}</ref>
* [[January 17]]
** The Nigerian coup is overturned by another faction of the military, led by Major General [[Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi]], leaving a military government in power and beginning a long period of military rule.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200807290251.html |title=Nigeria: The Forgotten Interim President |work=[[AllAfrica]] |via=[[Daily Trust]] |first=Abubakar |last=Ibrahim |date=29 July 2008 |publisher=AllAfrica Global Media |editor1-first=Esther |editor1-last=Rose |editor2-first=Emmanuel |editor2-last=Aziken |editor3-first=Amadou Mahtar |editor3-last=Ba |editor3-link=Amadou Mahtar Ba |publication-place=[[Lagos]], [[Nigeria]] |access-date=2010-02-28}}</ref>
** [[1966 Palomares B-52 crash]]: A U.S. Air Force [[B-52 Stratofortress|B-52]] bomber collides with a [[KC-135 Stratotanker]] over Spain, dropping three 70-[[kiloton]] [[hydrogen bomb]]s near the town of [[Palomares, Almería|Palomares]], and one into the sea. [[Carl Brashear]], the first African-American [[United States Navy]] diver, is involved in an accident during the recovery of the latter, which results in the amputation of his leg.
* [[January 19]] – [[Indira Gandhi]] is elected [[Prime Minister of India]]; she is sworn in on [[January 24]].
* [[January 20]] – [[1966 Liberal Party of Australia leadership election]]: [[Harold Holt]] is elected leader of the [[Liberal Party of Australia]] unopposed when [[Robert Menzies|Sir Robert Menzies]] retires after an unprecedented [[Menzies Government (1949-66)|16 years in office]]; consequently Holt becomes [[Prime Minister of Australia]] six days later.
* [[January 21]] – Italian Prime Minister [[Aldo Moro]] resigns due to a power struggle in his party.
* [[January 22]] – The military government of [[Nigeria]] announces that ex-prime minister [[Abubakar Tafawa Balewa]] was killed during the coup a week previously.
* [[January 24]] – [[Air India Flight 101]] crashes into [[Mont Blanc]], killing all 117 people on board, including [[Homi J. Bhabha]], chairman of the [[Indian Atomic Energy Commission]].
* [[January 26]] – [[Disappearance of the Beaumont children]]: Three children disappear on their way to [[Glenelg, South Australia]], never to be seen again. Their fate remains unknown.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sutton |first=Candace |url=http://www.news.com.au/national/crime/parents-of-beaumont-childrens-tortured-wait-goes-on/news-story/fb533bc2a34d59bacea04713d1b03732 |title=Tortured wait continues for parents of Beaumont children |work=News.com.au |date=2 February 2018 |access-date=14 February 2018}}</ref>
* [[January 27]]
**The British government promises the U.S. that British troops in [[Malaysia]] will stay until more peaceful conditions occur in the region.
**Britain's [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] unexpectedly retains the parliamentary seat of [[Kingston upon Hull North (UK Parliament constituency)|Hull North]] in a [[1966 Kingston upon Hull North by-election|by-election]], with a swing of 4.5% to their candidate from the opposition Conservatives, and a majority up from 1,181 at the 1964 General Election to 5,351.<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13619462.2018.1503958 |doi=10.1080/13619462.2018.1503958 |title=The campaign of the 'red-bearded radical': Richard Gott and the Hull North by-election, 1966 |date=2018 |last1=Roberts |first1=Sophie |journal=Contemporary British History |volume=32 |issue=3 |pages=336–358 |s2cid=149714126|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
* [[January 31]] – The United Kingdom ceases all trade with [[Rhodesia]].