1966

Timeline

1965 ← 1966 → 1967

Before 1900

Prehistoric eras: Precambrian • Carboniferous • Permian • Jurassic • Cretaceous

BCE: Last Ice Age • 30,000 • 8000 • 1100 • 218

CE: 79 • 1274 • 1348 • 1502 • 1853

1900-1999

1900-1939: 1908 • 1912 • 1915 • 1918 • 1920 • 1926 • 1931 • 1932 • 1933 • 1934 • 1938

'40s: 1940 • 1941 • 1942 • 1943 • 1944 • 1945 • 1946 • 1947 • 1948 • 1949

'50s: 1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 • 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959

'60s: 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969

'70s: 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979

'80s: 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989

'90s: 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999

2000-present

'00s: 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009

'10s: 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019

'20s: 2020 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024 • 2025

Future

2027 • 2028 • 2030 • 2048 • 2097 • 2204 • 22,000

In the real world

• Batman Meets Godzilla is canceled.
• Sam Chan founds Playmates.

January

• 2 January: Ultra Q, the flagship series of the recently-founded Tsuburaya Productions, premieres in Japan on TBS.

April

• 17 April: Daiei releases Daimajin and Gamera vs. Barugon to Japanese theaters as a double feature.

July

• 17 July: Ultraman, a follow-up to Ultra Q, premieres in Japan on TBS.
• 31 July: Toho releases The War of the Gargantuas to Japanese theaters.

August

• 13 August: Daiei releases Return of Daimajin to Japanese theaters.

September

• 6 September: The pilot for The King Kong Show premieres in the U.S. on ABC.

December

• 10 December: Daiei releases Wrath of Daimajin to Japanese theaters.
• 17 December: Toho releases Ebirah, Horror of the Deep to Japanese theaters.
• 21 December: Toei releases Magic Serpent to Japanese theaters.

In fiction

• Two giant, humanoid monsters dubbed Sanda and Gaira emerge. Believed to have been created from the cells of Frankenstein's Monster, the two Gargantuas fight in Tokyo, but are eventually killed in a volcanic eruption. (The War of the Gargantuas)
• Godzilla emerges at Tokai and attacks the Tokai Nuclear Power Plant. (Godzilla vs. Megaguirus)

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