About the day » Monday February 8, 1965Calender converter

• Ronald Ruiter, Ermelo († 1966)
• Ronald Alfons Fremouw
• Roy James D. Kittrell <K USS>0, DeRidder, Beauregard Parish, Louisiana († 2012)
• Monique Beuting († 2012)
• Ronald Ruiter, Ermelo († 1966)

• Anna Maria de Gouw (86), Vught
• Anna Rozalia Rypens (80), Boom, 2850, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Anna van Egmond (72), Noordwijk
• Anna Elisabeth Demandt (82), Schaesberg
• Catharina Margaretha Rolf (71), Scheveningen
• Abraham Pieter Johan Cense (76)
• Augusto Frederico Schmidt (58), Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
• Catharina Margaretha Rolf (71), Scheveningen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Smit (83), Heerde
• Clarence Aery (70), Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States of America

• 1961 » Vince Neil, American singer-songwriter and actor
• 1963 » Mohammad Azharuddin, Indian cricketer and politician
• 1964 » Arlie Petters, Belizean-American mathematical physicist and academic
• 1964 » Santosh Sivan, Indian director, cinematographer, producer, and actor
• 1964 » Trinny Woodall, English fashion designer and author
• 1966 » Hristo Stoichkov, Bulgarian footballer and manager
• 1966 » Kirk Muller, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1968 » Gary Coleman, American actor († 2010)
• 1969 » Mary Robinette Kowal, American puppeteer and author
• 1969 » Pauly Fuemana, New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2010)

• 1956 » Connie Mack, American baseball player and manager (b. 1862)
• 1957 » John von Neumann, Hungarian-American mathematician and physicist (b. 1903)
• 1957 » Walther Bothe, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
• 1959 » William J. Donovan, American head of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Giles Gilbert Scott, English architect and engineer, designed the Red telephone box and Liverpool Cathedral (b. 1880)
• 1960 » J. L. Austin, English philosopher and academic (b. 1911)
• 1963 » George Dolenz, Italian-American actor (b. 1908)
• 1964 » Ernst Kretschmer, German psychiatrist and author (b. 1888)
• 1968 » Maurice Maillot, French actor (b. 1906)
• 1972 » Markos Vamvakaris, Greek singer-songwriter and bouzouki player (b. 1905)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Monique
4. Elisabeth
5. Ingrid
6. Anna
7. Cornelia
8. Yvonne
9. Jolanda
10. Petra
11. Catharina
12. Linda
13. Anita
14. Jacqueline
15. Karin
16. Adriana

• 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 July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
• 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.
• The Netherlands had about 12.2 million citizens.
• March 6 » Premier Tom Playford of South Australia loses power after 27 years in office.
• March 23 » NASA launches Gemini 3, the United States' first two-man space flight (crew: Gus Grissom and John Young).
• March 24 » Images from the Ranger 9 lunar probe are broadcast live on network television.
• June 3 » The launch of Gemini 4, the first multi-day space mission by a NASA crew. Ed White, a crew member, performs the first American spacewalk.
• November 8 » The Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act 1965 is given Royal Assent, formally abolishing the death penalty in the United Kingdom, except in cases of high treason, "piracy with violence" (piracy with intent to kill or cause grievous bodily harm), arson in royal dockyards and espionage, as well as other capital offences under military law. The death penalty would be abolished in all cases in 1998.
• November 26 » France launches Astérix, becoming the third nation to put an object in orbit using its own booster.

The temperature on February 8, 1965 was between 1.4 °C and 4.9 °C and averaged 3.3 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (54%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.