Movies set in 1966
11th Lal Bahadur Shastri dies
1st Dieter Dengler is shot down
1st Dieter Dengler is shot down and crash lands in Laos
18th Life magazine profiles the Lovings
11th William Pitsenbarger takes part in a helicopter rescue mission
6th Damien is born
18th the 24 hour long Le Mans race starts
19th the Le Mans race ends, 24 hours after it began
29th Dieter Dengler escapes from the Pathet Lao
13th Richard Speck breaks into a student nurse dormitory
14th Richard Speck murders eight student nurses
16th Richard Speck attempts suicide
17th Richard Speck is recognised in hospital and arrested
17th Ken Miles dies in a car crash
18th the battle
16th nuclear war is begun