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• Bert Zikken, Exloo, Drenthe, Nederland († 2022)
• Bert Zikken, Exloo, Nederland († 2022)
• Sara Boesch, Geneve (CH), Geneve, Zwitserland
• Gauke Witteveen, Harkema, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 2021)
• Amy Jo Hesselink, Sheboygan Co., Wisconsin († 1967)
• Christian Schroën, Ittervoort,, Limburg, Nederland († 1987)
• Erik Raimond la Roi, Zwolle († 1966)
• Bert Hummel, Roswinkel, Emmen († 2018)
• Richard Koenen († 1971)
• Patricia Louise Post, Heiloo († 1966)

• Bernardus Henneman (89), Haarlemmerliede
• Aloïs Adiel Vanduynslager (67), Wakken
• Barendina NAVEST (90), Harderwijk (Gelderland, The Netherlands)
• Cornelis de Wit (74)
• Cornelis Boeke (81), .Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Augusta Johansdotter (85)
• Andrew Milroy (78), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
• Bernard Zondervan (55), Michigan (USA)
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• Amanda Karoline Andersen (73)

• 1962 » Scott Borchetta, American record executive and entrepreneur
• 1962 » Tom Cruise, American actor and producer
• 1964 » Yeardley Smith, American actress, voice actress, comedian and writer
• 1965 » Christophe Ruer, French pentathlete († 2007)
• 1965 » Connie Nielsen, Danish-American actress
• 1965 » Komsan Pohkong, Thai lawyer and academic
• 1965 » Shinya Hashimoto, Japanese wrestler († 2005)
• 1966 » Moisés Alou, American baseball player
• 1967 » Katy Clark, Scottish lawyer and politician
• 1968 » Ramush Haradinaj, Kosovo-Albanian soldier and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Kosovo

• 1954 » Reginald Marsh, French-American painter, illustrator, and academic (b. 1898)
• 1954 » Siegfried Handloser, German physician and general (b. 1895)
• 1957 » Dolf Luque, Cuban baseball player and manager (b. 1890)
• 1957 » Richard Mohaupt, German composer and Kapellmeister (b. 1904)
• 1958 » Charles Bathurst, 1st Viscount Bledisloe, English politician, 4th Governor-General of New Zealand (b. 1867)
• 1969 » Brian Jones, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1942)
• 1971 » Jim Morrison, American singer-songwriter (b. 1943)
• 1974 » John Crowe Ransom, American poet and critic (b. 1888)
• 1977 » Alexander Volkov, Russian mathematician and author (b. 1891)
• 1978 » James Daly, American actor (b. 1918)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Peter
4. Hendrik
5. Robert
6. Cornelis
7. John
8. Pieter
9. Ronald
10. Paul
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 14 » Australian currency is decimalized.
• August 1 » Charles Whitman kills 16 people at the University of Texas at Austin before being killed by the police.
• August 10 » The Heron Road Bridge collapses while being built, killing nine workers in the deadliest construction accident in both Ottawa and Ontario.
• October 4 » Basutoland becomes independent from the United Kingdom and is renamed Lesotho.
• December 8 » The Greek ship SSHeraklion sinks in a storm in the Aegean Sea, killing over 200.
• December 27 » The Cave of Swallows, the largest known cave shaft in the world, is discovered in Aquismón, San Luis Potosí, Mexico.

The temperature on July 3, 1966 was between 10.8 °C and 23.6 °C and averaged 17.9 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (46%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.