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See also:	Other events of 1966 History of Romania Timeline of Romanian history Years in Romania

This is a list of 1966 events that occurred in the Socialist Republic of Romania.

Incumbents

• President: Nicolae Ceaușescu
• Prime Minister: Ion Gheorghe Maurer

Events

March

• March 15 – The decennial census is held in Romania, and counted the population of Romania on that date.

June

• June 19-25 – 1966 World Ninepin Bowling Classic Championships is held in Bucharest.

July

• July 7 – At the Warsaw Pact conference in Bucharest, Romania makes a joint declaration along with the European Communist nations to send volunteers to Vietnam if requested for such support by the North Vietnamese government.

August

• August 11 – A Lisunov Li-2 airliner, operated by Tarom crashed in the Lotriora Valley in Romania, near the city of Sibiu, killing all 24 people on board.

October

• October 1-9 – EuroBasket Women 1966 of the European Women Basketball Championship is held in Romania.

• Decree 770 is personally sanctioned by Ceaușescu, and signed by the communist Romanian government in 1967.

Births

February

• February 11 –Cristina Elena Grigoraș, retired Romanian artistic gymnast

September

• September 6 – Emil Boc, 61st Prime Minister of Romania

Deaths

March

• March 9 – Duiliu Marcu, architect (born 1885).

August

• August 28 – Leontin Sălăjan, Communist military and political leader (born 1913).

October

• October 6 – Mitchell Fields (Mendel Feldman), 65, Romanian-American sculptor.

References

1. Behr, E. (1991). Kiss the hand you cannot bite: the rise and fall of the Ceaușescus. London: Hamish Hamilton.
2. Profile of Ion Gheorghe Maurer
3. "Hungarians in Transylvania between 1870 and 1995". Retrieved 20 July 2008.
4. "Populaţia după etnie la recensămintele din perioada 1930–2002, pe judeţe" (PDF) (in Romanian). Institutul Naţional de Statistică. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
5. WC Archive on KZS
6. "Warsaw Bloc Offers Volunteers to North Viet Nam", Chicago Tribune, July 8, 1966, p11
7. Accident description for YR-TAN at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 17 April 2013.
8. FIBA Europe profile
9. "DECRET Nr. 770 din 1 octombrie 1966". Romanian Justice Ministry. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
10. "Decretul 770/1966 - Legislatie gratuita". www.legex.ro. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
11. "Cristina Grigoraş". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
12. BBC News, 13 October 2009. Romanian government falls on vote. Retrieved 2009-10-14.
13. "Bucharest Centennial: Duiliu Marcu, an architect of modernist Bucharest". www.romania-insider.com. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
14. Opitz, Glenn B. (editor) Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present. 1984

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