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The following events occurred in May 1966: ==May 1, 1966 (Sunday)== *The Colombian presidential election is won by Carlos Lleras Restrepo, who receives 71.8% of the vote.〔Nohlen, D (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II'', p305 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3〕 *The Genevieve E. Yates Memorial Centre is officially opened at Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.〔( Yates and Sterndale Bennett Theatres )〕 *Nicholas Piantanida, an American amateur parachute jumper, is fatally injured while attempting to break the world parachute altitude record. Secured inside a Styrofoam-insulated gondola about the size of a portable toilet, he begins his ascent for a planned super-sonic free fall from over 120,000 feet. Ground controllers listening to the communications link with the Strato Jump III are startled by the sound of rushing air and a sudden, cut-off call over the radio to abort, Piantanida's oxygen mask having depressurized at about the 57,000-foot mark.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Magnificent Failure: Free Fall From the Edge of Space )〕 Ground controllers immediately jettison the balloon at close to — higher than the cruising altitude for commercial jets — and Piantanida's gondola parachutes to the ground. The lack of oxygen leaves Piantanida brain damaged and in a coma from which he never recovers. (He eventually dies on August 29.) *Born: Abdelhakim Belhadj, Libyan politician and military leader, in Souq al Jum'aa, Tripoli〔 – Translated as (Top Libyan Rebel Leader Has Deep Al Qaeda Ties )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「May 1966」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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