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• Marko Thomas Rakier, Delft († 1971)
• Sherry Lynn Fowler
• Auke Hendriks Mennega, Leeuwarden, Gem. Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 2003)
• Valerie Ann Hess Carter, Crown Hill Memorial Cmetery, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio († 2000)
• Ramond Paul Zichterman, Amsterdam, Nederland († 2012)
• Johanna Ottina van Santen, Beusichem (Buren) (GL) († 1983)
• Christian Goudzwaard, Ridderkerk († 2021)
• Johan Leonard Vollmuller, Utrecht

• Dominicus van den Bergh (77), Schoonhoven, ZH, The Netherlands
• Adrianus Laurentius van der Lans (53), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Clasina Johanna van Sprakelaar (71), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Eimert van Weelden (97), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Steening (161), Haarlemmermeer
• Aaltjen Klein Nagelvoort (88), Laren, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltjen Klein Nagelvoort (88), Laren, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonius van Moorsel (88), Deurne
• Christina de Vries (63), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Mertens (70), Pey, Netherlands

• 1963 » Joey Tempest, Swedish rock singer-songwriter and musician
• 1963 » John Stamos, American actor
• 1965 » Hemant Birje, Indian actor
• 1965 » James Tomkins, Australian rower
• 1965 » Kevin Dillon, American actor
• 1965 » Kyra Sedgwick, American actress and producer
• 1966 » Lee Ann Womack, American singer-songwriter
• 1967 » Khandro Rinpoche, Indian spiritual leader
• 1969 » Matthew Perry, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1969 » Nate Dogg, American rapper († 2011)

• 1957 » David Bomberg, English soldier and painter (b. 1890)
• 1967 » Hugo Gernsback, Luxembourg-born American author and publisher (b. 1884)
• 1967 » Isaac Deutscher, Polish-English journalist and historian (b. 1907)
• 1968 » George Gamow, Ukrainian-American physicist and cosmologist (b. 1904)
• 1970 » Paweł Jasienica, Polish soldier and historian (b. 1909)
• 1975 » Mark Donohue, American race car driver and engineer (b. 1937)
• 1976 » Alastair Sim, Scottish-English actor (b. 1900)
• 1976 » Ken Wadsworth, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1946)
• 1977 » Aleksander Kreek, Estonian shot putter and discus thrower (b. 1914)
• 1977 » Groucho Marx, American comedian and actor (b. 1890)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Peter
4. Hendrik
5. Robert
6. Cornelis
7. John
8. Pieter
9. Paul
10. Ronald
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.
• January 17 » Palomares incident: A B-52 bomber collides with a KC-135 Stratotanker over Spain, killing seven airmen, and dropping three 70-kiloton nuclear bombs near the town of Palomares and another one into the sea.
• January 31 » The Soviet Union launches the unmanned Luna 9 spacecraft as part of the Luna program.
• May 21 » The Ulster Volunteer Force declares war on the Irish Republican Army in Northern Ireland.
• 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.
• 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.

The temperature on August 19, 1966 was between 14.3 °C and 25.4 °C and averaged 19.5 °C. There was 12.0 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.