board, including Dr. Homi J. Bhabha, chairman of the Indian Atomic Energy Commission. January 26 – Beaumont children disappearance: Three children disappear on their way to Glenelg, South Australia, never to be seen again. January 27 The British government promises the U.S. that British troops in Malaysia will stay until more peaceful conditions occur in the region. Britain's Labour Party unexpectedly retains the parliamentary seat of Hull North in a by-election, with a swing of 4.5% to their candidate from the opposition Conservatives, and a majority up from 1,181 at the 1964 General Election to 5,351. January 31 – The United Kingdom ceases all trade with Rhodesia. February February 1 – Around 2,600 political prisoners are released by East Germany, in return for "donations" worth approximately $10,000 a head from West Germany. February 3 – The unmanned Soviet Luna 9 spacecraft makes the first controlled rocket-assisted landing on the Moon. February 4 – All Nippon Airways Flight 60 plunges into Tokyo Bay; 133 people are killed. February 7 – Lyndon Johnson of the United States and Nguyễn Cao Kỳ of South Vietnam convene with other officials in a summit in Honolulu, Hawaii to discuss the course of the Vietnam War. February 10 – Soviet fiction writers Yuli Daniel and Andrei Sinyavsky are sentenced to five and seven years, respectively, for "anti-Soviet" writings. February 14 – The Australian dollar is introduced at a rate of 2 dollars per pound, or 10 shillings per dollar. February 19 – The naval minister of the United Kingdom, Christopher Mayhew, resigns. February 20 – While Soviet author and translator Valery Tarsis is abroad, the Soviet Union negates his citizenship. February 23 – 1966 Syrian coup d'état: An intra-party military coup in Syria replaces the previous government of Amin al-Hafiz by one led by Salah Jadid. February 24 – A coup led by the police and military of Ghana raises the National Liberation Council to power while president Kwame Nkrumah is abroad. February 28 – British Prime Minister Harold Wilson calls a General Election in the United Kingdom, to be held on March 31. March March – The DKW automobile ceases production in Germany. March 1 The British Government announces plans for the decimalisation of the pound sterling (hitherto denominated in 20 shillings and 240 pence to the £), to come into force on 15 February 1971 (Decimal Day). Soviet space probe Venera 3 crashes on