High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! 1966 in NASCAR evolved into the first of three NASCAR Grand National championships for David Pearson, whose 15 wins through the season was second only to Tim Flock`s 18 victories in 1955 at that time. NASCAR allowed the return of the Chrysler Hemi engine in 1966, and at the same time Ford decided to boycott NASCAR for the season. Pearson captured the championship with 35,638 points over second place James Hylton who finished the season with no wins, but 33,638 points for his consistency and efforts.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1966 U.S. Open was the 66th U.S. Open. The golf tournament was held June 16–20, 1966, at Olympic Club in San Francisco, California. Billy Casper staged one of the greatest comebacks in history by erasing a seven-stroke deficit on the final nine holes to tie Arnold Palmer, then prevailed in an 18-hole playoff for his second U.S. Open title.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1966 All England Championships was a badminton tournament held at Wembley Arena, London, England from 23–26 March 1966.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Margaret Smith defeated Nancy Richey w/o in the final to win the Women`s Singles title at the 1966 Australian Championships.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1966 World Sportscar Championship season was the 14th season of the FIA "World Sportscar Championship" motor racing. It featured the 1966 International Manufacturers` Championship and the 1966 International Sports Car Championship, which were contested between February 5, 1966 and September 11, 1966, over a total of thirteen races. The International Manufacturers` Championship was open to Group 6 Sports-Protoypes and was contested in two engine capacity divisions, P1 (Up to 2000cc) and P2 (Over 2000cc). The International Sports Car Championship was open to Group 4 Sports Cars and was contested in three engine capacity divisions, S1 (Up to 1300cc), S2 (1301 to 2000cc) and S3 (Over 2000cc).
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1966 Davis Cup was the 55th edition of the most important tournament between national teams in men`s tennis. For the first time, the Europe Zone was effectively split into two zones, and the winner of each would earn a berth in the Inter-Zonal Zone. 46 teams would enter the competition, 32 in the Europe Zone, 8 in the Eastern Zone, and 6 in the Americas Zone.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1966 NBA Expansion Draft was the second expansion draft of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The draft was held from April 30 to May 1, 1966, so that the newly founded Chicago Bulls could acquire players for the upcoming 1966–67 season. Chicago had been awarded the expansion team on January 16, 1966. The Bulls were the third NBA franchise to play in Chicago, following the Chicago Stags, which folded in 1950, and the Chicago Packers–Zephyrs, which moved to Baltimore and became the Baltimore Bullets in 1963. In addition, the Bullets relocated to Washington in 1973 as the Capital Bullets, then became the Washington Bullets a year later, before becoming the Washington Wizards in 1997.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1966 Baltimore Orioles season involved the Orioles finishing first in the American League with a record of 97 wins and 63 losses, nine games ahead of the runner-up Minnesota Twins. It was their first AL pennant since 1944, when the club was known as the St. Louis Browns. The Orioles swept the NL champion Los Angeles Dodgers in four games to register their first-ever World Series title. The team was managed by Hank Bauer, and played their home games at Memorial Stadium.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1966 Federation Cup was the 4th edition of what is now known as the Fed Cup. 21 nations participated in the tournament, which was held at the Turin Press Sporting Club in Turin, Italy, from 10–16 May. United States won their second title, defeating West Germany in the final, in what was the first final not featuring Australia.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Ann Jones defeated Nancy Richey 6–3, 6–1 in the final to win the Women`s Singles tennis title at the 1966 French Championships.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Fred Stolle defeated John Newcombe 4–6, 12–10, 6–3, 6–4 in the final to win the Men`s Singles tennis title at the 1966 U.S. National Championships.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1966 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 18th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix season. The season consisted of twelve Grand Prix races in six classes: 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc, 50cc and Sidecars 500cc. It began on May 8, with Spanish Grand Prix and ended with Japanese Grand Prix on October 17.
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1966–67 NHL season was the 50th season of the National Hockey League. Six teams each played 70 games. Since the 1942–43 season, there had only been six teams in the NHL, but this was to be the last season of the Original Six as six more teams were added for the 1967–68 season. This season saw the debut of one of the greatest players in hockey history, defenceman, Bobby Orr of the Boston Bruins. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1966–67 New York Rangers season was the 41st season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). In the regular season, the Rangers finished in fourth place in the NHL with 72 points and qualified for the playoffs. New York lost in the NHL semi-finals to the Montreal Canadiens in a four-game sweep. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1966–67 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the fiftieth season of the Toronto NHL franchise, fortieth as the Maple Leafs. The Leafs finished third in the NHL with a record of 32-27-11 for 75 points to qualify for the playoffs. Toronto defeated the first-place Chicago Black Hawks four games to two in the semi-finals before upending their arch-rival Montreal Canadiens in six games to win their eleventh Stanley Cup in franchise history. As of 2010, this is the last time that the Maple Leafs won the Stanley Cup. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после...
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The 1966-67 Segunda Division season saw 32 teams participate in the second flight Spanish league. Real Sociedad, Malaga and Betis were promoted to Primera Division. Logrones, Indautxu, Algeciras and Condal were relegated to Tercera Division. The Segunda Division (Second Division) is the lower tier of the two professional leagues in Spain consisting of 22 teams. On 16 August 2006, the LFP reached an agreement with the banking group BBVA for sponsorship of the Segunda Division renaming the league Liga BBVA. From the season 2008-09 onwards, the name of the league is Liga Adelante. As of of 2010-11 the league...
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Serie A 1966-67 season was won by Juventus, it was their second scudetto of the 1960s. The season was closely contested and went down to the final day of the season; Inter were left needing just a draw or having Juventus not beat Lazio to win the title. However, Inter lost 1-0 on the final day to Mantova thanks to a goal from one of their former players, Beniamino Di Giacomo. Juventus on the other hand beat Lazio 2-1 to take their 13th title. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд...
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