This page collects public shark-human incident records whose event year is 1966. It provides a chronological list together with classification, outcome, activity and species-confidence context.
A year page describes what is documented in the public Shark Incidents dataset; it is not a claim that every worldwide incident from 1966 has been captured. Older years are particularly affected by missing newspapers, incomplete locations, changing terminology and uncertain species identification.
Each public incident is counted once. Verification status and incident classification remain separate, and ambiguous multi-record legacy URLs are handled as grouped pages rather than being forced into one incident.
December 27, 1966 · Unprovoked · Non-fatal
Historical record: Trial Bay, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA. Recorded date: 1966-12-27. Classification: Unprovoked.
December 26, 1966 · Unprovoked · Non-fatal
Historical record: Singapore, SINGAPORE. Recorded date: 1966-12-26. Classification: Unprovoked.
October 30, 1966 · Unprovoked · Fatal
Historical record: Lamassa Island, 16 miles from Lambom Island, New Ireland Province, PAPUA NEW GUINEA. Recorded date: 1966-10-30. Classification: Unprovoked.
October 19, 1966 · Unprovoked · Fatal
Historical record: Mission Beach, Lambon Island, near Duke of York Islands, New Ireland Province, PAPUA NEW GUINEA. Recorded date: 1966-10-19. Classification: Unprovoked.
September 26, 1966 · Unprovoked · Non-fatal
A historical reference describes an event at Broomfield Island 11 Miles From Heron Island On The Great Barrier Reef Queensland Australia in 1966-09-26. Recorded activity: Free diving while carrying a speargun. Classification: Unprovoked. Outcome: Non-fatal.
September 10, 1966 · Unprovoked · Non-fatal
Historical record: Roe Reef off Rottnest Island, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA. Recorded date: 1966-09-10. Classification: Unprovoked.
July 17, 1966 · Unprovoked · Non-fatal
Historical record: Point Comfort, Calhoun County, Texas, USA. Recorded date: 1966-07-17. Classification: Unprovoked.
July 16, 1966 · Unprovoked · Fatal
A historical reference describes an event at Tamsui Beach Northern Taiwan Taiwan in 1966-07-16. Recorded activity: Swimming. Classification: Unprovoked. Outcome: Fatal.
July 14, 1966 · Unprovoked · Fatal
Historical record: Manus Island, Admiralty Islands, Manus Province, PAPUA NEW GUINEA. Recorded date: 1966-07-14. Classification: Unprovoked.
May 20, 1966 · Air/sea disaster · Fatal
Historical record: Jervis Bay, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA. Recorded date: 1966-05-20. Classification: Sea Disaster.
April 8, 1966 · Unprovoked · Non-fatal
Historical record: Puerto Rico, USA. Recorded date: 1966-04-08. Classification: Unprovoked.
April 1, 1966 · Air/sea disaster · Non-fatal
Historical record: Botany Bay, Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA. Recorded date: 1966-04-01. Classification: Sea Disaster.
February 27, 1966 · Unprovoked · Non-fatal
Historical record: Coledale Beach, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA. Recorded date: 1966-02-27. Classification: Unprovoked.
January 29, 1966 · Provoked · Non-fatal
A historical reference describes an event at Strandfontein Beach Western Cape Province South Africa in 1966-01-29. Recorded activity: Helping land a shark. Classification: Provoked. Outcome: Non-fatal.
1966 · Unknown · Unknown
A historical reference describes an event at New Ireland Province Papua New Guinea in 1966. Recorded activity: Unknown. Classification: Unknown. Outcome: Unknown.
1966 · Invalid · Unknown
Historical record: Tongue of the Ocean, Bimini Islands, BAHAMAS. Recorded date: not recorded. Classification: Invalid.