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| 1966 |
| | | Joaquin Balaguer, a close associate of Trujillo, is elected president of the Dominican Republic | |
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| 1966 |
| | | British actor Michael Caine makes his name starring in two outstanding films within the year, Alfie and The Ipcress File | |
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| 1966 |
| | | English novelist Paul Scott publishes The Jewel in the Crown, the first volume in his 'Raj Quartet' | |
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| 1966 |
| | | Leonid Brezhnev, taking the title General Secretary (last used by Stalin), makes it plain that he is the Soviet leader | |
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| 1966 |
| | | NATO headquarters moves to Brussels after de Gaulle expels all NATO personnel from French soil | |
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| 1966 |
| | | Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, leader of the Awami League, demands full autonomy for East Pakistan (Bangladesh) | |
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| 1966 |
| | | Plaid Cymru sends its first MP to Westminster when Gwynfor Evans wins a Carmarthen by-election | |
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| 1966 |
| | | Irish poet Seamus Heaney wins critical acclaim for Death of a Naturalist, his first volume containing more than a few poems | |
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| 1966 |
| | | Communist leaders Liu Shaoqi and Deng Xiaoping are attacked in China's Cultural Revolution as the biggest and worst 'capitalist roaders' | |
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| 1966 |
| | | British fashion designer Mary Quant launches the miniskirt | |
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