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• James Christopher "Chris" Clewis ****, Columbus, North Carolina, Verenigde Staten († 2014)
• Marian Bongers, Nederweert,, Limburg, Nederland († 2002)
• Dirk Balthazar, Sint-Truiden, België († 2006)
• Dirk Champagne, Montenaken, Belgiê († 2020)
• Carolina Cornelia Overweg, Amsterdam, Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2017)
• Roelof Tammenga, Borger, Drenthe, Nederland († 1974)
• Maria Anna Bruin, Heerhugowaard († 1984)
• Laura MOSSELMAN
• Dirk Post, Noordoostpolder († 1965)
• Pieter Roebroeck, Maastricht, Lim, Nederland († 1970)

• Antonius Leonardus Verdonck (54), Lommel
• Adriana Johanna Steussy (Steussij) (84), Utrecht
• Antonia Cornelia de Kloe (75), Oisterwijk, Nederland
• Albert Frank Reijnders (58), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Marinus Nouwens (66), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonia Johanna Keijzer (84), Deventer (Overijssel), Nederland
• Antonia Cornelis de Kloe (75), Oisterwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anthonius Hendrikus Peters (63), Eindhoven
• Cornelis Marinus Nouwens (65), Tilburg
• Albert Dolfing (78), Spier

• 1959 » Paul Hester, Australian drummer († 2005)
• 1960 » Dave Weckl, American drummer
• 1961 » Calvin Smith, American sprinter
• 1966 » Andrew Wood, American singer-songwriter († 1990)
• 1966 » Igor Vyazmikin, Russian ice hockey player († 2009)
• 1966 » Willie Anderson, American basketball player
• 1967 » R. Kelly, American singer-songwriter, record producer, and former professional basketball player
• 1967 » Steven Jacobs, Australian television host and actor
• 1967 » Tom Watson, English politician
• 1967 » Torsten Gowitzke, German footballer and manager

• 1954 » Eduard Wiiralt, Estonian-French painter and illustrator (b. 1898)
• 1956 » Jim Elliot, American missionary and martyr (b. 1928)
• 1958 » Mary Colter, American architect, designed the Desert View Watchtower (b. 1869)
• 1961 » Schoolboy Rowe, American baseball player and coach (b. 1910)
• 1963 » Kay Sage, American painter (b. 1898)
• 1969 » Albert Hill, English runner and coach (b. 1889)
• 1969 » Elmar Kaljot, Estonian footballer and coach (b. 1901)
• 1970 » Georges Guibourg, French actor, singer, and playwright (b. 1891)
• 1972 » Kenneth Patchen, American poet and author (b. 1911)
• 1975 » Richard Tucker, American tenor (b. 1913)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Peter
4. Robert
5. Cornelis
6. Ronald
7. Hendrik
8. Willem
9. John
10. Richard
11. Paul
12. Hans
13. Michael
14. Pieter
15. Eric
16. Johan

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Monique
4. Elisabeth
5. Ingrid
6. Anna
7. Cornelia
8. Yvonne
9. Jolanda
10. Petra
11. Catharina
12. Anita
13. Linda
14. Karin
15. Jacqueline
16. Wilhelmina

• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 12.2 million citizens.
• March 15 » President Lyndon B. Johnson, responding to the Selma crisis, tells U.S. Congress "We shall overcome" while advocating the Voting Rights Act.
• April 24 » Civil war breaks out in the Dominican Republic when Colonel Francisco Caamaño overthrows the triumvirate that had been in power since the coup d'état against Juan Bosch.
• July 16 » South Vietnamese Colonel Phạm Ngọc Thảo, a formerly undetected communist spy and double agent, is hunted down and killed by unknown individuals after being sentenced to death in absentia for a February 1965 coup attempt against Nguyễn Khánh.
• November 14 » Vietnam War: The Battle of Ia Drang begins: The first major engagement between regular American and North Vietnamese forces.
• December 4 » The Grateful Dead's first concert performance under this new name.
• December 16 » Vietnam War: General William Westmoreland sends U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara a request for 243,000 more men by the end of 1966.

The temperature on January 8, 1965 was between 3.6 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 20.2 mm of rain during 12.8 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.