The following lists events that happened during 1966 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Incumbents President – Mobutu Sese Seko Prime Minister: Léonard Mulamba
Events
Date Event(over the whole year) Géomines produces 2,818 tonnes of cassiterite. 25 April Cuvette Centrale, Ubangi, and Moyen-Congo are reunited as Équateur Province. 30 May Archdiocese of Léopoldville renamed the Archdiocese of Kinshasa 26 October Post of prime minister is abolished 28 December Kivu Province is recreated from the provinces of Maniema, North Kivu and South Kivu. 28 December Orientale Province is formally reconstituted from the amalgamation of Kibali-Ituri, Uélé and Haut-Congo provinces.
Births
25 June – Dikembe Mutombo, basketball player
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