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• Marcel Gerardus Wasser, Overdinkel († 2019)
• Jacob Boot († 2022)
• Alberto Jacinto Boeldak, Curaçao
• Hermine Hubertine Petronella Jasper, Heerlen (L († 2006)
• Ann Bonte († 1968)
• Jeff Kam, Bandung, Indonesie († 2013)
• Kimberly Kay Tazelaar, Chippewa, MN
• Frank Olsen, Hammerfest († 1997)

• Anke Jurine Hendrikje Stelma (81), Sneek
• Carl Oliver Stidham (73)
• Afke Bokma (81), Langweer
• Albert Roemer (87), Schoonebeek, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anthony Roskam (80), Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota
• Alida Maria Johanna Ruhe (51), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Kool (81), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Koek (78), Haaften
• Albert Bakker (83), Zuidladerveen, Zuidlaren, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antonie Roskam (80), Sioux FallsMinnehaha CountySouth Dakota, Verenigde Staten

• 1962 » Steve Carell, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1963 » Aloísio Pires Alves, Brazilian footballer and manager
• 1963 » Christine Cavanaugh, American voice artist († 2014)
• 1964 » Barry Venison, English footballer and journalist
• 1964 » Jimmy Arias, American tennis player and sportscaster
• 1964 » Nigel Redman, English rugby player
• 1966 » Eddie Olczyk, American ice hockey player, coach, and commentator
• 1967 » Mark Coyne, Australian rugby league player
• 1967 » Ulrika Jonsson, Swedish journalist, actress, and author
• 1968 » Mateja Svet, Slovenian skier

• 1952 » Lydia Field Emmet, American painter and academic (b. 1866)
• 1956 » Bela Lugosi, Hungarian-American actor (b. 1882)
• 1957 » Irving Langmuir, American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
• 1959 » Wanda Landowska, Polish-French harpsichord player (b. 1879)
• 1959 » William Halsey, Jr., American admiral (b. 1882)
• 1961 » Abdul Haq, Pakistani linguist and scholar (b. 1870)
• 1971 » Spyros Skouras, Greek-American businessman (b. 1893)
• 1972 » Pierre Brasseur, French actor and screenwriter (b. 1905)
• 1973 » Selman Waksman, Ukrainian-American biochemist and microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1977 » Elvis Presley, American singer, guitarist, and actor (b. 1935)

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.
• January 9 » The Mirzapur Cadet College formally opens for academic activities in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).
• April 6 » Launch of Early Bird, the first commercial communications satellite to be placed in geosynchronous orbit.
• June 22 » The Treaty on Basic Relations between Japan and the Republic of Korea is signed.
• September 20 » Following the Battle of Burki, the Indian Army captures Dograi in course of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
• November 8 » The British Indian Ocean Territory is created, consisting of Chagos Archipelago, Aldabra, Farquhar and Des Roches islands.
• November 8 » The Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act 1965 is given Royal Assent, formally abolishing the death penalty in the United Kingdom, except in cases of high treason, "piracy with violence" (piracy with intent to kill or cause grievous bodily harm), arson in royal dockyards and espionage, as well as other capital offences under military law. The death penalty would be abolished in all cases in 1998.

The temperature on August 16, 1965 was between 11.0 °C and 24.8 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (52%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.