What Happened on October 5, 1966

Historical Events

Nigerian government presents a copy of Ben Enwonwu's sculpture "The Awakening" to the United Nations

Fredrik Olausson, Vaxsjo Swe, NHL defenseman (Anaheim Mighty Ducks)
Inessa Kravets, Ukraine, long/triple jumper (Olympic silver/gold-92, 96)
Jan Verhaas, Dutch snooker referee
Peter Fonseca, Canadian politician and marathon runner (Toronto, Houston Marathon 1995), born in Lisbon, Portugal
Therese Brisson, ice hockey defenseman (Canada, Olympics 1998)