What is 1966?
{{Year nav|1966}} {{Year in various calendars|1966}} '''1966''' ([[Roman numerals|MCMLXVI]]) was a [[common year starting on Saturday]] in the [[Gregorian calendar]], the 1966th year of the [[Common Era]] (CE) and ''[[Anno Domini]]'' (AD) designations, {{Year article header/year number|1966}}. == Events == * [[January 8]] – ''[[Shindig!]]'' airs for the last time on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], with musical guests [[the Kinks]] and [[the Who]]. * [[January 12]] – ''[[Batman]]'' debuts on ABC (1966-[[1968]]). * [[February 23]] – Television is first broadcast in [[Greece]] when [[Elliniki Radiophonia Tileorassi|ERT]] went on the air. * [[April 5]] – ''[[The Money Programme]]'' debuts on [[BBC Two|BBC2]] (1966-present). * [[June 27]] – The first episode of the supernatural [[soap opera]] ''[[Dark Shadows]]'' airs on ABC, introducing Victoria Winters ([[Alexandra Moltke]]) to the viewing audience as she applies for a job at the Collinwood Manor. * [[July 1]] – First [[Canada|Canadian]] color [[television]] broadcast. * [[September]] – ABC switches to the color standard, meaning that all three US networks are now broadcasting in color regularly. * [[September 3]] – The last new episode of the [[television series]] ''[[The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet]]'' airs. * [[September 7]] – The final episode of ''[[The Dick Van Dyke Show]]'' airs (the first episode aired on [[October 3]], [[1961]]). * [[September 8]] – The first episode of ''[[Star Trek]]'' airs (1966-1969). * [[September 12]] – ''[[The Monkees]]'' premieres (1966-1968). * [[October 2]] – The four-part serial ''[[Talking to a Stranger]]'', acclaimed as one of the finest [[United Kingdom|British]] television dramas of the [[1960s]], begins transmission in the ''[[Theatre 625]]'' strand on [[BBC Two|BBC2]]. * [[October 27]] – ''[[It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown]]'' airs for the first time on [[CBS]]. * [[November 16]] – ''[[Cathy Come Home]]'', possibly the best-known play ever to be broadcast on British television, is transmitted in [[BBC One|