April 1966

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April 18, 1966: Cultural Revolution proclaimed in China (image from a 1972 play)
Chinese Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong, who ordered the Cultural Revolution
April 3, 1966: USSR's Luna 10 becomes first Earth object to orbit the Moon
April 8, 1966: U.S. launches first astronomical observatory to orbit the Earth

The following events occurred in April 1966: