About the day » Friday February 18, 1966Calender converter

• Tania Reeve, Singapore († 1982)
• Rona Kwakkel, Neede, Gelderland, Nederland († 1973)
• Monique Swaak († 2011)
• Jos Boksebeld, Raalte († 2022)
• Kimberly Anne Nelson († 1970)
• Michel SPAAS, Hasselt, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie († 2020)
• Monique Swaak, Hengelo († 2011)

• Charles Petrus Ongenae (86), Biervliet, Zeeland, Nederland Nederland
• Anna CORNELISSE (70), Amsterdam (Noord-Holland)
• Charles William Wood (67), Holland, Bell, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Maria Wortel (82), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Weedage (66), Vlissingen
• Aart Vos (84)
• Artje Adriana van Helten (86), Geldermalsen
• Aart Vos (84), Heukelum, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Abraham Geerling (67), Tilburg
• Anne Anema (94), Haarlem

• 1963 » Rob Andrew, English rugby player and cricketer
• 1964 » Matt Dillon, American actor and director
• 1964 » Paul Hanley, English drummer and songwriter
• 1965 » Dr. Dre, American rapper, producer, and actor
• 1966 » Phillip DeFreitas, Dominican-English cricketer
• 1967 » Colin Jackson, Welsh sprinter and hurdler
• 1967 » Roberto Baggio, Italian footballer
• 1968 » Molly Ringwald, American actress
• 1969 » Alexander Mogilny, Russian-American ice hockey player
• 1969 » Tomaž Humar, Slovenian mountaineer († 2009)

• 1956 » Gustave Charpentier, French composer (b. 1860)
• 1957 » Dedan Kimathi, Kenyan rebel leader (b. 1920)
• 1957 » Henry Norris Russell, American astronomer, astrophysicist, and academic (b. 1877)
• 1960 » Gertrude Vanderbilt, American stage actress (b. c. 1885)
• 1964 » Joseph-Armand Bombardier, Canadian inventor and businessman, founded Bombardier Inc. (b. 1907)
• 1966 » Robert Rossen, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1908)
• 1967 » J. Robert Oppenheimer, American physicist and academic (b. 1904)
• 1969 » Dragiša Cvetković, Serbian lawyer and politician, 17th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1893)
• 1973 » Frank Costello, Italian-American gangster (b. 1891)
• 1976 » Wallace Berman, American painter and illustrator (b. 1926)

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

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

• 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 April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from November 22, 1966 to April 5, 1967 the cabinet Zijlstra, with Prof. dr. J. Zijlstra (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 12.4 million citizens.
• February 26 » Apollo program: Launch of AS-201, the first flight of the Saturn IB rocket
• March 1 » Venera 3 Soviet space probe crashes on Venus becoming the first spacecraft to land on another planet's surface.
• October 9 » Vietnam War: South Korean troops commit the Binh Tai Massacre.
• November 4 » The Arno River floods Florence, Italy, to a maximum depth of 6.7m (22ft), leaving thousands homeless and destroying millions of masterpieces of art and rare books. Also Venice was submerged on the same day at its record all-time acqua alta of 194cm (76in).
• November 11 » NASA launches Gemini 12.
• December 8 » The Greek ship SSHeraklion sinks in a storm in the Aegean Sea, killing over 200.

The temperature on February 18, 1966 was between -11.2 °C and -0.1 °C and averaged -4.6 °C. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (26%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.