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1. London was officially declared “The Swinging City” in a .

2. The Severn Bridge was opened, carrying the M4 motorway from England to South Wales.

3. ’ epochal Revolver album was released, featuring Eleanor Rigby, I’m Only Sleeping and the groundbreaking Tomorrow Never Knows.

4. The Fab Four also scored their 10th UK No.1 hit (and their 13th in the US) with Paperback Writer...

5. ...And they still found time to go back into Abbey Road studios and record Strawberry Fields Forever (released in February 1967).

6. Meanwhile, George Harrison met sitar player and made his first pilgrimage to India, resulting in the Sgt. Pepper song Within You Without You and the popularisation of Indian music.

7. Satirical show The Frost Report aired on 91热爆 One, launching the careers of The Two Ronnies as well as future members of The Goodies and Monty Python’s Flying Circus.

8. Richard Burton starred opposite Elizabeth Taylor in the film adaptation of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? It was nominated in every eligible category at the following year’s Academy Awards.

9. Ian Fleming’s 14th and final James Bond book, Octopussy and The Living Daylights, was published posthumously.

10. England won the World Cup!

11. England also lost the World Cup, but luckily it was found in a South London hedge by a dog called Pickles.

12. The Ford Cortina Mark II came to market, becoming Britain’s most popular new car the following year.

13. In response, Rootes Group launched the equally iconic Hillman Hunter.

14. Jonathan Miller’s 91热爆 TV adaptation of Alice in Wonderland captivated viewers, thanks in part to a stellar cast which included Peter Cook as the Mad Hatter, Peter Sellers as the King of Hearts and John Gielgud as the Mock Turtle.

15. Jean Rhys published her acclaimed novel Wide Sargasso Sea, a postcolonial response to Jane Eyre.

16. Bet Lynch (played by Julie Goodyear) made her first appearance on Coronation Street.

17. Having popularised the miniskirt and the brightly-coloured PVC raincoat, fashion designer Mary Quant launched her ‘paintbox’ make-up set.

18. British racing driver Graham Hill won the Indianapolis 500.

19. Robert Bolt turned A Man for All Seasons, his biographical play about Sir Thomas More, into an award-winning film, directed by Fred Zinneman. It bagged six Oscars in total.

20. Bolt also wrote the screenplay for David Lean’s slow-burning romantic epic Doctor Zhivago, starring Julie Christie and Tom Courtenay. It remains the eighth highest-grossing film of all-time.

21. The Hawker P.1127, soon to become the Hawker Siddley Harrier, made its first flight - a breakthrough for vertical-take-off-and-landing technology.

22. The Action Man figure was introduced as a homegrown variant of America’s GI Joe.

23. Lewis Gilbert’s Alfie was released in cinemas, starring Michael Caine as the titular philanderer.

24. Alfie’s memorable title song was also a 1966 Top 10 hit for Liverpool’s .

25. Classic stop-motion children’s animation series Camberwick Green was screened on 91热爆1 for the first time. Only 13 episodes were ever filmed but the series was re-shown regularly for the next two decades, also spawning sequels Trumpton and Chigley.

26. The first cross-channel hovercraft was introduced. Hoverlloyd’s service took passengers from Ramsgate to Calais in 40 minutes (less than half the time of the ferry).

27. Seamus Heaney’s first major collection of poems, Death of a Naturalist, was published.

28. released Aftermath, their first album to be comprised solely of original Mick Jagger/Keith Richards compositions.

29. Longleat Safari Park opened, becoming the first drive-through safari park outside Africa.

30. Tom Stoppard’s popular tragicomedy, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, premiered in Edinburgh.

31. The first series of long-running sitcom Till Death Us Do Part started on 91热爆 One, following a successful pilot the previous year.

32. Carnaby Street’s first ladies’ fashion boutique opened. Lady Jane drummed up publicity by having live models changing in its windows for the first few days.

33. Britain’s first polaris submarine, the HMS Resolution, was launched in Barrow-in-Furness.

34. Paul Scott published the first of his Raj Quartet novels, The Jewel in the Crown. It was turned into a blockbusting TV miniseries in 1984.

35. England topped the medal table at the 1966 Commonwealth Games with 33 golds.

36. The Kinks released one of their signature songs, Sunny Afternoon, displacing The Beatles’ Paperback Writer from the top of the charts.

37. Tay Road Bridge was opened by the Queen Mother. The £6m project carried the A92 from Fife to Dundee across the Firth of Tay.

38. Lesley Lawson, AKA Twiggy, was plucked from obscurity (i.e. Neasden) to become the world’s first supermodel.

39. Custard pie production went into overdrive as It’s a Knockout came to British TV.

40. ’s Pete Townshend laid the foundations for Tommy with nine-minute “mini-opera” A Quick One, While He’s Away.

41. Barclays launched the Barclaycard - the first all-purpose credit card to be issued by a British bank.

42. 91热爆 One screened Ken Loach’s hard-hitting television play Cathy Come 91热爆, credited with transforming public attitudes towards the the homeless.

43. Brutalist London skyscraper Centre Point was completed - although it stood empty for another nine years as its owner refused to lease out individual floors.

44. hosted her own 91热爆 TV show, Dusty, showcasing fellow vocal talents including and .

45. The first Superdrug store opened in Putney, London.

46. Rick Astley was born! As were Gordon Ramsay, Helena Bonham Carter, Teddy Sheringham, Chris Evans and Phil Tufnell.

47. Doctor Who took on the cybermen…

48. ...He also regenerated for the first time, William Hartnell turning into Patrick Troughton.

49. Glasgow airport was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II.

50. Englishman Michael Atiyah won the Fields Medal for outstanding contribution to mathematics. He proved jointly the index theorem of elliptic operators on complex manifolds, in case you were wondering.

51. Terry Wogan made his debut on the 91热爆’s Light Programme (soon to be renamed Radio 2).

52. The M32 motorway opened, linking Bristol to the M4.

53. Eric Clapton (of the Yardbirds), Ginger Baker (of The Graham Bond Organisation) and Jack Bruce (briefly of the Bluesbreakers) came together to form , releasing their debut album Fresh Cream.

54. The Ulster Orchestra, Northern Ireland’s only professional symphony orchestra, was founded.

55. David Hockney completed several of his famous swimming pool paintings, including The Splash and Peter Getting Out of Nick’s Pool.

56. Jimi Hendrix arrived in London and put together .

57. Tartan-clad 70s boyband were formed in Edinburgh.

58. The 91热爆 announced its plans to begin broadcasting in colour. The transition was overseen by Sir David Attenborough, then controller of 91热爆 Two.

59. Brits Diane Towler and Bernard Ford won the ice dancing category at the World Figure Skating Championships.

60. Fashion photographer David Bailey shot four Vogue covers in this year…

61. ...He was also the inspiration for the roguish hero of Michelangelo Antonioni’s racy 1966 film Blow Up.

62. Influential psychedelic happening the UFO Club started up in an Irish dancehall on London’s Tottenham Court Road. Its first bookings were and .

63. Henry Cooper fought Mohammed Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) for the world heavyweight boxing crown at Arsenal’s Highbury Stadium, although the American won when the fight was stopped in the sixth round.

64. The Destruction in Art Symposium was held at the Africa Centre in London, showcasing influential avant-garde artists such as .

65. Scottish inventor James Goodfellow patented personal identification number (PIN) technology, leading to the appearance of the world’s first cash machine in Enfield the following year.

66. Andover band scored an American No.1 with their electrifying version of Wild Thing.