About the day » Tuesday April 19, 1966Calender converter

• Marcellinus Johannes Kenter, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2005)
• Peter Paul Jozef Kusters, Heerlen
• Jan Castelijns, Hapert († 2013)
• Coen Wijnker († 2017)
• Jorge Diaz Salazar, Los Angeles, California († 1975)
• Hotse Simons van Netten († 1969)
• Pascal BOENS, Menen/Menin († 1966)
• Nancy L Hipp, Palo Alto, Santa Clara, California, Verenigde Staten († 1966)
• Jacob Beukers, Haarlem, Nederland († 1966)
• Arjen Ronald van der Kaa, Eindhoven

• Arthur Dallau (82), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aartje Ariesen (69), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Arnoud Hendrik KLOKKE (88), Arnhem
• Adelbert Charles Keesler (44), Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
• Edward R. Swift (84), Porter County, Indiana, Verenigde Staten
• Bertha Belle Preston (83), California, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelis Schaap (56), Leiden
• Cornelis Lambertus Stravers (76), Rhufort (D)
• Dorothy Philipmena Thoennes (59), Norman County, Minnesota
• Cornelia Zwirs (74), Amsterdam

• 1964 » Gordon Marshall, Scottish footballer and coach
• 1964 » Kim Weaver, American astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic
• 1965 » Natalie Dessay, French soprano and actress
• 1965 » Suge Knight, American record producer, co-founded Death Row Records
• 1966 » David La Haye, Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1966 » El Samurai, Japanese wrestler
• 1966 » Paul Reiffel, Australian cricketer and umpire
• 1966 » Véronique Gens, French soprano and actress
• 1967 » Philippe Saint-André, French rugby player and coach
• 1968 » Ashley Judd, American actress and activist

• 1949 » Ulrich Salchow, Danish-Swedish figure skater (b. 1877)
• 1950 » Ernst Robert Curtius, French-German philologist and scholar (b. 1886)
• 1955 » Jim Corbett, British-Indian colonel, hunter, and author (b. 1875)
• 1960 » Beardsley Ruml, American economist and statistician (b. 1894)
• 1961 » Max Hainle, German swimmer (b. 1882)
• 1967 » Konrad Adenauer, German politician, 1st Chancellor of Germany (b. 1876)
• 1971 » Luigi Piotti, Italian race car driver (b. 1913)
• 1975 » Percy Lavon Julian, American chemist and academic (b. 1899)
• 1987 » Hugh Brannum, American vocalist, arranger, and composer (b. 1910)
• 1989 » Daphne du Maurier, English novelist and playwright (b. 1907)

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 10 » Military Prime Minister of South Vietnam Nguyễn Cao Kỳ sacked rival General Nguyễn Chánh Thi, precipitating large-scale civil and military dissension in parts of the nation.
• June 14 » The Vatican announces the abolition of the Index Librorum Prohibitorum ("index of prohibited books"), which was originally instituted in 1557.
• July 24 » Michael Pelkey makes the first BASE jump from El Capitan along with Brian Schubert. Both came out with broken bones. BASE jumping has now been banned from El Cap.
• September 12 » Gemini 11, the penultimate mission of NASA's Gemini program, and the current human altitude record holder (except for the Apollo lunar missions).
• October 17 » The 23rd Street Fire in New York City kills 12 firefighters.
• 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).

The temperature on April 19, 1966 was between 7.4 °C and 14.3 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (15%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.