Los Angeles Dodgers complete an 18-game tour of Japan with a 9-8-1 record, the most losses ever for a major league club touring the Far East. November 12, 1966 40
Red Auerbach lights one final victory cigar. The Celtics win their eighth consecutive championship April 28, 1966 58
April 23, 1966: The Theodore Roosevelt Award, the Association’s highest honor, is established. Dwight Eisenhower receives the first award at the 1967 Convention, where 12 astronauts who won varsity letters also are honored. April 23, 1966 55
April 23, 1966: The National Collegiate Athletic Bureau is separated into publishing and public relations functions. The new College Athletics Publishing Service is moved to Phoenix. April 23, 1966 59
