In 1966

A first class letter cost 5¢ to mail.

NASA launched two Gemini missions and landed
Surveyor I on the moon.

Leonid Brezhnev became First Secretary of the
Soviet Communist Party.

Botswana gained its independence from Great Britain.

Pan Am Airlines ordered 25 of Boeing’s newest
planes,the 747.

MIT announced the final decoding of DNA.

The Supreme Court issued its landmark Miranda vs.
Arizona decision.

The first celebration of Kwanzaa was held.

The United Methodist Church was formed.

Casey Stengel was elected to the Baseball Hall of
Fame.

The Metropolitan Opera opened at its new home at
Lincoln Center in New York.

The Sound of Music won the Oscar for Best Picture.

The Beatles gave their last concert in England in
Wembly Stadium

Truman Capote published In Cold Blood.

Batman, Mission Impossible, That Girl, and Star
Trek made its debut on television.

 On September 5, 1966

Middletown area residents gathered for the dedication
of Miami University Middletown.

The campus was a vision of community leaders, made
possible by community contributions, and has served
the people of Middletown and the surrounding area
for four decades.