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• Johanna Antonia Hendrika Maria Koekkoek, Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Elizabeth Margaret Weymer, Meadville, PA /USA († 1968)
• Johanna Antonia Hendrika Maria Koekoek, Deventer
• Robertus Gerardus van der Lans, Steenwijk, Overijssel, Nederland († 2000)
• John Oostrom, Vleuten-de Meern, Nederland († 2018)
• Nynke Feenstra († 1968)
• Robertus Gerardus van der Lans, Steenwijk († 2000)
• Daisy Everaert, Lokeren
• Winfred Koperberg, Amsterdam († 2000)
• John van de Aa, Eindhoven

• Antonie Florentius Weevers (88), Breda,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje van der Spek (96), Oegstgeest
• Biem Dekker (57), Dijkmanshuizen
• Anna Maria Versluijs (85), Heeze, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bartha Kok (64), Amersfoort
• Camiel Isidoor Van Ryckeghem (85), Oostende
• Andries Jans Nieuwenhuis (78)
• Anna Mettes (70), Breda
• Alida Maria Treve (77), Aurora IL
• Andries Nieuwenhuis (78), -

• 1961 » Stewart O'Nan, American novelist
• 1962 » Clint Black, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1962 » Stephen Hammond, English banker and politician
• 1963 » Pirmin Zurbriggen, Swiss skier
• 1964 » Elke Philipp, German Paralympic equestrian
• 1965 » Jerome Brown, American football player († 1992)
• 1966 » Tony Butterfield, Australian rugby league player
• 1966 » Viatcheslav Ekimov, Russian cyclist
• 1967 » Sergei Grinkov, Russian figure skater († 1995)
• 1970 » Gabrielle Anwar, English actress

• 1956 » Savielly Tartakower, Russian-French chess player, journalist, and author (b. 1887)
• 1958 » Henry Kuttner, American author and screenwriter (b. 1915)
• 1959 » Una O'Connor, Irish-American actress (b. 1880)
• 1968 » Neal Cassady, American novelist and poet (b. 1926)
• 1970 » Louise Bogan, American poet and critic (b. 1897)
• 1974 » Satyendra Nath Bose, Indian physicist, mathematician, and academic (b. 1894)
• 1975 » Louis Jordan, American singer-songwriter and saxophonist (b. 1908)
• 1982 » Alex Harvey, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1935)
• 1982 » Georg Konrad Morgen, German lawyer and judge (b. 1909)
• 1983 » Karen Carpenter, American singer (b. 1950)

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.
• March 31 » The Soviet Union launches Luna 10 which later becomes the first space probe to enter orbit around the Moon.
• June 30 » The National Organization for Women, the United States' largest feminist organization, is founded.
• July 18 » Human spaceflight: Gemini 10 is launched from Cape Kennedy on a 70-hour mission that includes docking with an orbiting Agena target vehicle.
• August 10 » The Heron Road Bridge collapses while being built, killing nine workers in the deadliest construction accident in both Ottawa and Ontario.
• October 9 » Vietnam War: South Korean troops commit the Binh Tai Massacre.
• November 15 » Project Gemini: Gemini 12 completes the program's final mission, when it splashes down safely in the Atlantic Ocean.

The temperature on February 4, 1966 was between 4.4 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 5.6 mm of rain during 4.5 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.