Class of 1966  

Botswana, Lesotho, and Guyana become independent states within the British Commonwealth.

 

India suffers the worst famine in 20 years; Lyndon Johnson asks for $1 billion in aid to the country

 

Gary Adam
Sharon Beitelspacher
Virginia Binfet
Roger Bobby
John Boheman
Marjorie DeBoer
Gladys Dressler
Cynthia Ellwein
Judy Featherstone
Kathy Gisi
Lorena Haar
Rick Heintzman
Harvey Kranzler
Clarence Mardian
Lavilla Marens
Rick Meier
Karen Nakoa
Mary Rausch
Linda Roehrich
Sharon Rohrbach
Lars Roth
Eileen Schultz
Dianne Spitzer
Diane Weber
Glenn Wiedrich

France withdraws its forces from NATO. President De Gaulle visits the USSR (June 20).

 

Sukarno leaves office in Indonesia; Suharto assumes power.