John Lennon declares The Beatles more popular than Jesus - During an interview, Lennon said "We're more popular than Jesus" and stated that Christianity would end before rock music. He added that "Jesus was all right but his disciples were thick and ordinary. It's them twisting it that ruins it for me."

He apologised after the comments caused uproar in the US.

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Myra Hindley and Ian Brady are convicted of the Moors Murders - The trial was held over 14 days beginning on 19 April. On May 6, the two were found guilty of multiple child murders. As the death penalty for murder had been abolished while Brady and Hindley were held on remand, the judge passed the only sentence that the law allowed: life imprisonment.

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Muhammad Ali beats Henry Cooper - Muhammad Ali beat English boxer Henry Cooper in a challenge for the world heavyweight championship title on May 21.

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Action Man is born - Action Man was launched by Palitoy in January as a licensed copy of Hasbro's American "movable fighting man", G.I. Joe.

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A Beatle gets married - George Harrison married model Pattie Boyd on January 21, with bandmate Paul McCartney serving as best man. The two would go on to divorce in 1977 and Boyd later married Eric Clapton.

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Pickles becomes a national hero - After the Jules Rimet trophy was stolen in March, the FA commissioned a replica cup in case the original cup was not found in time for the finals in July. A dog named Pickles saved the day when he discovered the trophy wrapped in newspaper under bushes in London.

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Tom Jones tops the charts - This year that saw the release of 'Paint It Black' and 'Eleanor Rigby', but the best-selling single on the UK Singles Chart was 'The Green, Green Grass of Home' by Welsh singer Tom Jones.

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Julie Andrews is more popular than The Beatles - The best-selling album in a year that saw the release of 'Revolver', 'Pet Sounds', and 'Blonde on Blonde' was the soundtrack of the film 'The Sound of Music'.

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Labour wins the general election - The Labour Party under Harold Wilson won the general election with a majority of 96 seats on March 31. The party had been in power since 1964 but the election secured it more seats.

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Bob Dylan goes electric and is declared Judas -

Bob Dylan and the Hawks (later The Band) performed at the Free Trade Hall in Manchester on May 17. Dylan was booed by the audience for touring with an electric band and the crowd shouted "Judas" at him.

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Star Trek is launched - The cult sci fi show aired on American screens from September 8 this year but didn't make it to the UK until the summer of 1969.

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Bille Jean King wins Wimbledon - The American athlete won the Women's Singles event at the age of 22. She would go on to win six singles titles at Wimbledon and twelve Grand Slam singles titles overall.

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The Beatles play their last concert - After four years of international touring, The Beatles played their last ever commercial gig, at San Francisco's Candlestick Park on August 29.

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David Jones becomes David Bowie - Singer David Jones changed his last name to Bowie to avoid confusion with Davy Jones.

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John meets Yoko - John Lennon and Yoko Ono met at a preview of her exhibition at the Indica Gallery in London in November 1966.

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The Aberfan disaster claims the lives of 144 people - A colliery spoil tip collapsed on October 21. A period of heavy rain led to a build-up of water, which caused the tip to suddenly slide downhill as a slurry, killing 116 children and 28 adults as it engulfed the local school and other buildings.

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Elizabeth Taylor wins an Oscar for 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' - The film was nominated for 13 Academy Awards and won five. Taylor won Best Actress for her portrayal of Martha, played alongside her husband Richard Burton as George.

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Chairman Mao launches the Cultural Revolution - After China's Chairman Mao alleged that bourgeois elements had infiltrated the government and society at large, he launched the Cultural Revolution. Its stated goal was to preserve "true" Communist ideology in the country by purging remnants of capitalist and traditional elements from Chinese society.

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Hovercraft service begins across the English Channel - Capable of 60 knots, the vessels could cross the Channel in 30 minutes, about an hour faster than ferries. Despite this, they could not compete with the Channel Tunnel and were taken out of service in 1996.

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Twister is launched - The game was marketed this year and became hugely popular after Jimmy Carson played it on 'The Tonight Show' on May 3.

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The average British house costs £3,840 - And the average annual pay for men is £1,220.

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Evelyn Waugh, Walt Disney, and Andre Breton die - The modernist author, pioneer of animation, and surrealist artist all passed away this year.

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Helena Bonham Carter, Roger Black, and Halle Berry are born - The two award-winning actresses and the Olympic athelete were all born in 1966.

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Yellow Pages is launched - The phone directory was first available in Brighton. In 2017, the company announced that it will no longer print paper copies.

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Anti-war protests make it to Britain - Demonstrations against the war in Vietnam took place outside the Dome in Brighton while the Prime Minister, Harold Wilson, received an honourary degree from the University of Sussex.

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James Callaghan announces decimalisation - Chancellor of the Exchequer James Callaghan announced the decision to move to decimalisation of the pound. The £sd system was not fully phased out until 1971.

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The first soft landing on the Moon takes place - The Soviet spacecraft Luna-9 performed the first successful soft Moon landing on February 3.

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The country is hit with World Cup fever - Of course, this is the year England won the World Cup. The July 30 victory was preceeded by weeks of football fever.

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What else happened in 1966? - 1966 is synonymous with the World Cup, but some other things happened that year! Take a look back at the other events in these fascinating photos.

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The first British credit card is launched - On Wednesday, June 29, Barclays launched Britain’s first credit card.

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