Events January January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo is deposed by a military coup in the Republic of Upper Volta (modern-day Burkina Faso). January 10 Pakistani–Indian peace negotiations end successfully with the signing of the Tashkent Declaration, a day before the sudden death of Indian prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri. The House of Representatives of the US state of Georgia refuses to allow African-American representative Julian Bond to take his seat, because of his anti-war stance. A Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference convenes in Lagos, Nigeria, primarily to discuss Rhodesia. January 12 – United States President Lyndon Johnson states that the United States should stay in South Vietnam until Communist aggression there is ended. January 15 – 1966 Nigerian coup d'état: A bloody military coup is staged in Nigeria, deposing the civilian government and resulting in the death of Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa. January 17 The Nigerian coup is overturned by another faction of the military, leaving a military government in power. This is the beginning of a long period of military rule. 1966 Palomares B-52 crash: A U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber collides with a KC-135 Stratotanker over Spain, dropping three 70-kiloton hydrogen bombs near the town of Palomares, and one into the sea. Carl Brashear, the first African American United States Navy diver, is involved in an accident during the recovery of the latter which results in the amputation of his leg. January 19 – Indira Gandhi is elected Prime Minister of India; she is sworn in January 24. January 20 1966 Liberal Party of Australia leadership election: Harold Holt is elected leader of the Liberal Party of Australia unopposed when Sir Robert Menzies retires after an unprecedented 16 years in office; consequently Holt becomes Prime Minister of Australia six days later. Demonstrations occur against high food prices in Hungary. January 21 – Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro resigns due to a power struggle in his party. January 22 The military government of Nigeria announces that ex-prime minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa was killed during the coup a week previously. The Chadian Muslim insurgent group FROLINAT is founded in Sudan, starting the Chadian Civil War. January 24 – Air India Flight 101 crashes into Mont Blanc, killing all 117 people on