Rugby Eye Injury
A rugby injury causes a detached retina and permanently affects Brown's eyesight.
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1966 in Great Britain — Page 9
Explore 355 historical events and records for Great Britain in 1966.
Historical records for Great Britain in 1966
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Scotland Forward During World Cup Year
Law continued to lead Scotland's attack in a period when injury and club demands complicated international selection.
Scottish Cup
Manages Celtic to a domestic treble for the first time in the clubs history, winning the Scottish League Cup, the League Championship and the Scottish Cup
Scottish League Goalscoring Peak
Ferguson finishes the 1965-66 Scottish league season as joint leading scorer, a breakthrough that strengthens his reputation before his later move to Rangers.
Second Shankly Championship Goalkeeper
Tommy Lawrence was Liverpool's regular goalkeeper during the 1965–66 league campaign, when the club claimed another championship under Bill Shankly.
Selective Employment Payments Act
Selective Employment Payments Act 1966 creates payments connected with selective employment tax
Shotgun Express
Sings with Shotgun Express, a short-lived soul group featuring future Fleetwood Mac members.
Southampton Reaches First Division
Saunders helps Southampton earn promotion to the English top flight for the first time, contributing decisive goals during the campaign.
Sports Personality of the Year
BBC Sports Personality Of The Year
Sterling
Produces a paper recommending devaluation & forwards it to Tony Benn
Strike
The strike causes a run on the pound
Suez Canal
The Government reviews Britain's remaining defence commitments east of Suez in response to economic pressure.
The 3rd Degree
Releases The 3rd Degree as an early solo single.
The Crystal World
Publication of "The Crystal World"
The Fountain Overflows
West published The Fountain Overflows, the first novel of her autobiographical family trilogy.
The Great St Trinians Train Robbery
Writer & Diector of The Great St Trinians Train Robbery
The Trap
Plays a mountain fur trapper, with co-star Rita Tushingham, in an action-adventure film The Trap
The Wrong Box
Sellers portrays the eccentric physician Dr Pratt in The Wrong Box.
Treble
Manages Celtic to a domestic treble for the first time in the clubs history, winning the Scottish League Cup, the League Championship and the Scottish Cup
Turing Award
Since 1966, the Turing Award has been given annually by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) for technical or theoretical contributions to the computing community, widely considered to be the computing worlds highest honour, equivalent to the Nobel Prize
Two Goal Performance Against Benfica
Best scores twice in Manchester United’s 5-1 European Cup victory away to Benfica, drawing widespread attention for his fearless attacking display.
Wednesday Cup Final Defensive Role
Swan represented Sheffield Wednesday in the FA Cup final against Everton, a match transformed by Everton's second-half comeback.
Wednesday FA Cup Final Appearance
Fantham took part in Sheffield Wednesday's attack as the team led Everton 2-0 before suffering a dramatic 3-2 Wembley defeat.
Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Second Academy Award, also for Best Actress in a Leading Role, was for her performance as Martha in Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
World Cup
Included in the 1966 World Cup-winning squad but misses out on the tournament through injury.
World Cup
Winner of a World Cup winners medal.
World Cup
Greaves was the first-choice striker for the England team during the 1966 World Cup but suffered a leg injury during a game against France and had to be replaced.
World Cup
Skippers England to World Cup victory.
World Cup Quarter Final Defensive Display
Charlton helps England keep Argentina scoreless during a hard-fought World Cup quarter-final victory at Wembley.
Yardbirds
Page is again offered to join The Yardbirds and at first plays bass guitar with the group after the departure of Paul Samwell-Smith, before finally switching to twin lead guitar with Beck when Chris Dreja moves to bass. Appointed Member of Yardbirds
Yardbirds
Shares a brief twin-guitar Yardbirds line-up with Jimmy Page.
Yardbirds
Page is again offered to join The Yardbirds and at first plays bass guitar with the group after the departure of Paul Samwell-Smith, before finally switching to twin lead guitar with Beck when Chris Dreja moves to bass
Yardbirds
Peter Green replaces Eric Clapton
Yardbirds
Joins the Yardbirds, first on bass and later as lead guitarist.
Yardbirds
Switches to twin lead guitar with Beck when Chris Dreja moves to bass. Page is again offered to join The Yardbirds and at first plays bass guitar
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