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• Gauthier Marie-Du-Rosaire Joseph France René Antoine H. C. van LIDTH de JEUDE, Antwerpen, 2000, Antwerpen, Belgique
• Thea Holierhoek, Schiedam († 1965)
• Gerrit Kobes, Vriezenveen († 1968)
• Femmigje Mol, Dalfsen, Overijssel, Nederland († 2011)
• NN de Volder, Eindhoven
• Marco Ariën Beekhuis, Den Burg (Texel, NH) († 1987)
• Doodgeboren kind de Volder, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1965)
• Astrid Holierhoek, Schiedam († 1965)
• Richard Daniel Orred
• Linorchia Elizabeth 'Nacha' Conolly, Creek, Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands († 2022)

• Anna Wolters Faber (63), Bloemendaal, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Frans Diederik (Ad) van der Hilst (69), Blaricum
• Anetta Fenenga (83), Lakeport, Californië, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus Henricus van de Vorst (75), Eindhoven
• Carolina Marie Lidtka (83), Grinnell, Poweshiek Co., Iowa
• Anna Wolters Faber (63)
• Annie Maquerite Booysen (77), Graaf Reinet Cape Z.Afrika
• Antoon Franciscus Leijten (76), Oisterwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonia Steevens (77), Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Nederland
• Alida Maria Debruyne (76), Houthulst

• 1962 » James Hunter, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1962 » Mark Rypien, Canadian-American football player
• 1963 » Keith Bradshaw, Australian cricketer and accountant
• 1964 » Dirk Brinkmann, German field hockey player
• 1965 » Darren Cahill, Australian tennis player and coach
• 1965 » Tom Moody, Australian cricketer and sportscaster
• 1967 » Frankie Fredericks, Namibian sprinter
• 1967 » Gary L. Gregg, American political scientist, author, and academic
• 1967 » Gillian Welch, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1967 » Thomas Muster, Austrian tennis player

• 1953 » John Marin, American painter (b. 1870)
• 1955 » Humphrey Barclay, English priest (b. 1882)
• 1955 » William Orthwein, American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1881)
• 1962 » Boris Yakovlevich Bukreev, Russian mathematician and author (b. 1859)
• 1968 » Marcel Duchamp, French painter and sculptor (b. 1887)
• 1971 » Jessie Arms Botke, American painter (b. 1883)
• 1973 » Paavo Nurmi, Finnish runner (b. 1897)
• 1973 » Paul Hartman, American actor and dancer (b. 1904)
• 1974 » Vasily Shukshin, Russian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1929)
• 1975 » K. Kamaraj, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1903)

• 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.
• January 26 » Hindi becomes the official language of India.
• March 18 » Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, leaving his spacecraft Voskhod 2 for 12 minutes, becomes the first person to walk in space.
• June 19 » Nguyễn Cao Kỳ becomes Prime Minister of South Vietnam at the head of a military junta; General Nguyễn Văn Thiệu becomes the figurehead chief of state.
• November 27 » Vietnam War: The Pentagon tells U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson that if planned operations are to succeed, the number of American troops in Vietnam has to be increased from 120,000 to 400,000.
• November 28 » Vietnam War: In response to U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson's call for "more flags" in Vietnam, Philippine President-elect Ferdinand Marcos announces he will send troops to help fight in South Vietnam.
• December 4 » Launch of Gemini 7 with crew members Frank Borman and Jim Lovell. The Gemini 7 spacecraft was the passive target for the first crewed space rendezvous performed by the crew of Gemini 6A.

The temperature on October 2, 1965 was between 9.0 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (20%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.