This is a list of 1966 events that occurred in the Socialist Republic of Romania.
Incumbents President: Nicolae CeaușescuBehr, E. (1991). Kiss the hand you cannot bite: the rise and fall of the Ceaușescus. London: Hamish Hamilton. Prime Minister: Ion Gheorghe MaurerProfile of Ion Gheorghe Maurer
Events
March
March 15 – The decennial census is held in Romania, and counted the population of Romania on that date.
June
June 19-25 – 1966 World Ninepin Bowling Classic Championships is held in Bucharest.WC Archive on KZS
July
July 7 – At the Warsaw Pact conference in Bucharest, Romania makes a joint declaration along with the European Communist nations to send volunteers to Vietnam if requested for such support by the North Vietnamese government."Warsaw Bloc Offers Volunteers to North Viet Nam", Chicago Tribune, July 8, 1966, p11
August
August 11 – A Lisunov Li-2 airliner, operated by Tarom crashed in the Lotriora Valley in Romania, near the city of Sibiu, killing all 24 people on board.
October
October 1-9 – EuroBasket Women 1966 of the European Women Basketball Championship is held in Romania.
Decree 770 is personally sanctioned by Ceaușescu, and signed by the communist Romanian government in 1967.
Births
February February 11 –Cristina Elena Grigoraș, retired Romanian artistic gymnast
September September 6 – Emil Boc, 61st Prime Minister of RomaniaBBC News, 13 October 2009. Romanian government falls on vote. Retrieved 2009-10-14.
Deaths
March March 9 – Duiliu Marcu, architect (born 1885).
August August 28 – Leontin Sălăjan, Communist military and political leader (born 1913).
October October 6 – Mitchell Fields (Mendel Feldman), 65, Romanian-American sculptor.Opitz, Glenn B. (editor) Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present. 1984
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