What day of the week was January 1, 1966?

The day of the week January 1st, 1966 fell on was a Saturday.

Anna Burke the Australian politician, 28th Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives was born on 01 January in 1966. As was Ivica Dačić the Serbian politician, 95th Prime Minister of Serbia .

Vincent Auriol the French politician, 16th President of the French Republic (b. 1884) died on this day in 1966.

A twelve-day New York City transit strike begins. After a coup the Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa assumes power as president of the Central African Republic.