About the day » Wednesday March 9, 1966Calender converter

• Marielle Hovius († 2020)
• Charles Smulders († 1966)
• Ingrid Schachtschabel, Rotterdam († 2014)
• Ralph Anthony Dykxhoorn, Tillsonburg, Ont († 1970)
• Carol Lynn Claycomb († 1966)
• Peter Haasen († 1996)
• Erwin Rudolf Harm

• Aagje Oosterman (80), Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, Nederland
• Adriana Verheulen (88), Zevenbergen
• Åge Per Østlie (34), Hamar
• Arnoldus Jacobus Johannes van Riemsdijk (72), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, NL
• Anna Maria van Dooren (75)
• Albert Geerts Zandstra (74), Grand Rapids-Michigan
• Anna Bosscher (46), Assen,, Drenthe, Nederland
• Arnoldus Oerlemans (69), Vlijmen
• Adriana Verheulen (88), Zevenbergen
• Antonia Jacoba de Zoete (83), Den Haag(ZH)

• 1963 » Jean-Marc Vallée, Canadian director and screenwriter
• 1963 » Terry Mulholland, American baseball player
• 1964 » Juliette Binoche, French actress
• 1964 » Phil Housley, American ice hockey player and coach
• 1965 » Benito Santiago, Puerto Rican-American baseball player
• 1965 » Brian Bosworth, American football player and actor
• 1966 » Brendan Canty, American drummer and songwriter
• 1966 » Tony Lockett, Australian footballer
• 1968 » Youri Djorkaeff, French footballer
• 1969 » Kimberly Guilfoyle, American lawyer and journalist

• 1954 » Vagn Walfrid Ekman, Swedish oceanographer and academic (b. 1874)
• 1955 » Miroslava, Czech-Mexican actress (b. 1925)
• 1964 » Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, German general (b. 1870)
• 1969 » Abdul Munim Riad, Egyptian general (b. 1919)
• 1971 » Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria (b. 1902)
• 1974 » Earl Wilbur Sutherland, Jr., American pharmacologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915)
• 1974 » Harry Womack, American singer (b. 1945)
• 1983 » Faye Emerson, American actress (b. 1917)
• 1983 » Ulf von Euler, Swedish physiologist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905)
• 1988 » Kurt Georg Kiesinger, German lawyer, politician and Chancellor of Germany (b. 1904)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Monique
4. Petra
5. Anna
6. Ingrid
7. Elisabeth
8. Jolanda
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 2 » Pakistan suggests a six-point agenda with Kashmir after the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
• March 19 » 1965–66 Texas Western Miners men's basketball team wins the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament.
• July 6 » Malawi becomes a republic, with Hastings Banda as its first President.
• August 16 » Vietnam War: The House Un-American Activities Committee begins investigations of Americans who have aided the Viet Cong. The committee intends to introduce legislation making these activities illegal. Anti-war demonstrators disrupt the meeting and 50 people are arrested.
• September 9 » The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act is signed into law by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson.
• November 2 » The Cuban Adjustment Act comes into force, allowing 123,000 Cubans the opportunity to apply for permanent residence in the United States.

The temperature on March 9, 1966 was between 5.4 °C and 11.3 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (41%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.