1966
Events that took place in Fairfax County in 1966:
Contents
January
- January 5 – By a 6-1 vote, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors adopts the urban county proposal, intending to seek changes in Virginia's law creating the urban county form of government in anticipation of a voter referendum.[1]
- January 12 – 31-year-old Billy Lee Sprinkle is shot seven times in the back with a .32 caliber automatic pistol by his 25-year-old wife Greta in the couple's house at 7117 Byrneley Lane in Annandale.[2][3]
- January 24 – 42-year-old Walter Turner unintentionally kills himself when he loses control of the car he is driving and crashes on Route 1 at its intersection with the Mount Vernon Highway in Alexandria. Turner is taken to DeWitt Army Hospital on Fort Belvoir, where he is pronounced dead.[4][5]
February
- February 4 – Fairfax Circuit Court Judge Paul E. Brown signs an order creating a 25-acre enclave of Fairfax County containing the Fairfax County Courthouse within the City of Fairfax.[6]
- February 15 – 35-year-old Patricia R. Steele is shot and mortally wounded by her ex-husband Herbert at her home at 6925 Oak Ridge Road in Falls Church. Steele manages to stagger to a neighbor's house before collapsing and is taken to the Fairfax Hospital, where she dies.[7]
April
- April 20 – John V. Berberich, III is appointed Deputy County Executive by the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors.[8][9]
- April 29 – 18-year-olds William R. Webster and Mickey L. Gray, 19-year-old Wayne L. Dunivan and a group of juveniles carry out the year's least funny prank when they burn a three-foot cross in front of the James Lee Apartments in Falls Church.[10][11][12]
May
- May 2 – The Fairfax County Police Department opens a substation in a converted home at the intersection of McWhorter Place and Ravensworth Road in Annandale. The new substation is commanded by Lieutenant Olin F. Sanders.[13]
June
- June 13 – 15-year-old Alexandria youth Steven G. Norris is struck and killed when he runs into the path of the cruiser driven by Fairfax County Police Corporal Robert L. Ellis, who was responding to a domestic call on Route 1. Norris is taken to the Alexandria Hospital, where he is pronounced dead.[14]
- June 29 – By a 5-2 vote, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors imposes a 1% local sales tax as part of a package of four new taxes to finance a 24% spending increase in the county's 1966-1967 budget, with only Supervisors Harriet Bradley and John L. Beerman opposing the new tax.[15]
July
- July 14 – 37-year-old Herbert H. Steele is convicted of first degree murder for fatally shooting his ex-wife Pattie at her home at 6925 Oak Ridge Road in Falls Church on February 15.[16]
- July 28 – 15-year-old Michael J. Rich commits suicide by burning himself to death in a wooded area off Harrison Lane in the Groveton area of Alexandria. Rich's charred and decomposed corpse is found on August 1 by a boy picking blackberries.[17][18][19]
- July 31 – Three teen aged boys burn a seven-foot-high wooden cross in the Gum Springs neighborhood of Alexandria.[20]
August
- August 7 – 62-year-old James L. Davis drowns while wading in Lake Fairfax. Davis, who could not swim, waded about 20 feet from shore to where the lake bed dropped off sharply. His corpse is discovered the following morning in 14 feet of water.[21]
- August 22 – 57-year-old Delmar A. Lough fatally injures 8-year-old Karen S. Edwards when she runs in front of his car on Route 50 in the Pender region of Fairfax. Karen is taken to Fairfax Hospital, where she is pronounced dead.[22]
September
- September 16 – Circuit Court Judge Barnard F. Jennings sentences 37-year-old Herbert H. Steele to 25 years in prison for fatally shooting his ex-wife Pattie at her Falls Church home on February 15.[23]
- September 28 – The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors votes to place a proposal to change from the county executive form of government to the urban county executive form on the November ballot.[24]
November
- November 8 – The voters of Fairfax County approve a referendum to adopt the urban county executive form of government.[25]
- November 24 – 21-year-old Harry A. Taber spoils Thanksgiving at his sister's house at 3214 Campbell Drive in Alexandria when he fatally shoots his brother-in-law, 24-year-old William F. Simpson.[26]
- November 29 – 20-year-old Roger A. Watson pleads guilty to being an accessory after the fact in the fatal beating of 48-year-old park custodian Greer F. Holyfield in Clifton on September 24.[27]
December
- December 26 – A fire in the home at 4321 Selkirk Drive in Fairfax kills 3-year-old Freddie Tillery, Jr. and his 2-year-old sister Susie. The eleven other Tillery children manage to escape the blaze in the Hampton Wood neighborhood.[28]
References
- ↑ Griffee, Carol. "Fairfax Drops City Plan, To Bid for New Powers" Evening Star, 6 Jan. 1966, Three Star, p. 26. NewsBank. Accessed 24 Dec. 2017.
- ↑ "Fairfax County Man Slain, Wife Charged." The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973): 1. Jan 13 1966. ProQuest. Web. 1 Aug. 2014.
- ↑ "Wife Given 10 Years in Death of Husband." The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973): 1. Jan 06 1968. ProQuest. Web. 1 Aug. 2014.
- ↑ "Alexandria Man Dies, Son Hurt in Auto Crash" Evening Star, 24 Jan. 1966, Three Star, p. 28. NewsBank. Accessed 5 Dec. 2017.
- ↑ "Driver Killed as Policeman Views Crash." The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973): 1. Jan 25 1966. ProQuest. Web. 5 Dec. 2017.
- ↑ "Fairfax County Get Its Courthouse Back" Evening Star, 6 Feb. 1966, Four Star, p. 23. NewsBank. Accessed 24 Dec. 2017.
- ↑ Boyd, Kenneth. "Girl Says She Battled Father After He Shot Her Mother." The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973): 1. Feb 17 1966. ProQuest. Web. 20 May 2014.
- ↑ "Lexington City Manager Appointed Aide to County Executive in Fairfax." The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973): 1. Apr 21 1966. ProQuest. Web. 25 Sep. 2014.
- ↑ Bredemeier, Kenneth. "No. 3 Fairfax Official Quits His $30,600 Post." The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973): D8. ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Washington Post (1877-1995). Mar 18 1972. Web. 13 Apr. 2012.
- ↑ Boyd, Kenneth M. "14 Youths Accused of Burning Cross in Front of Negro Apartment House." The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973): 1. May 15 1966. ProQuest. Web. 26 Feb. 2018.
- ↑ "Burning of Cross Brings Arrest of 14 in Fairfax." Evening Star, 15 May 1966, Four Star, p. 22. NewsBank. Accessed 26 Feb. 2018.
- ↑ "Youths Jailed in Burning of Klan Cross." The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973): 1. May 28 1966. ProQuest. Web. 26 Feb. 2018.
- ↑ "Fairfax County Police to Open New Substation at Annandale." The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973): P8. ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Washington Post (1877-1995). May 01 1966. Web. 21 Apr. 2012.
- ↑ "Youth Killed by Police Car in Fairfax." The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973): 2. Jun 14 1966. ProQuest. Web. 6 Jan. 2014.
- ↑ Boyd, Kenneth M. "Fairfax County Joins 3 Per Cent Tax Club." The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973): 1. Jun 30 1966. ProQuest. Web. 2 Aug. 2014.
- ↑ "Man Convicted in Fairfax of Murdering Ex-Wife." The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973): 1. Jul 15 1966. ProQuest. Web. 12 July 2016.
- ↑ "Charred Body found in Woods by Fairfax Boy." The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973): 1. Aug 03 1966. ProQuest. Web. 26 Dec. 2017.
- ↑ "Body of Youth Burned to Death is Identified." The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973): 1. Aug 04 1966. ProQuest. Web. 26 Dec. 2017.
- ↑ "Death of Youth Near Groveton Called Suicide." Evening Star, 4 Aug. 1966, Three Star NIGHT FINAL, p. 22. NewsBank. Accessed 26 Dec. 2017.
- ↑ "Cross Burned by Teenagers." The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973): 1. Aug 02 1966. ProQuest. Web. 26 Dec. 2017.
- ↑ "Ex-GSA Employe Drowns Wading In Lake Fairfax" Evening Star, 8 Aug. 1966, Three Star NIGHT FINAL, p. 28. NewsBank, . Accessed 2 Jan. 2018.
- ↑ "Fairfax Girl, 8, Killed by Auto." The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973): 1. Aug 23 1966. ProQuest. Web. 26 Dec. 2017.
- ↑ "Steele Gets 25 Years in Wife Slaying." The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973): 1. Sep 17 1966. ProQuest. Web. 12 July 2016 .
- ↑ Yenckel, James T. "Rule Change Put on Ballot in Fairfax." The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973): E20. ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Washington Post (1877-1995). Sep 29 1966. Web. 21 Apr. 2012.
- ↑ "Vote Totals in N. Virginia Referendums." The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973): A9. ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Washington Post (1877-1995). Nov 10 1966. Web. 18 Feb. 2012.
- ↑ "4 Fairfax County Men Indicted in 2 Murders." The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973): D5. ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Washington Post (1877-1995). Jan 17 1967. Web. 7 Mar. 2012.
- ↑ "Youth Guilty in Death of Park Guard." The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973): 1. Nov 30 1966. ProQuest. Web. 6 Feb. 2018.
- ↑ Burchard, Hank. "2 Children Killed by Fire in Bedroom." The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973): 2. Dec 27 1966.ProQuest. Web. 31 July 2016 .
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