About the day » Sunday December 26, 1965Calender converter

• Riekie Onstein, Arnhem († 2007)
• Johan VERHOEVEN, Loil (NL) († 1987)
• Jos Claes, Sint-Truiden, België († 2013)
• Etienne Diederich Viljoen, Zuid-Afrika, R.S.A. († 1966)
• Erik Jan Pool, Nederhorst den Berg († 1968)

• Bernardus Adrianus Jansen (75), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bartele Hoekstra (71), Woudsend
• Aartje Schilthuizen (57), Amsterdam, nh.nld
• Aleida Johanna Olthof (74), Almelo
• Celso Nucci (51), Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil
• Alexander van Vriesland (72), Harderwijk, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Cornelia Helena Callaars (79), Tiel
• Anna de Bie (88), Arendonk, Belgium
• Aartje Schilthuizen (57), Amsterdam
• Cornelia Elisabeth Gijsberti Hodenpijl (80)

• 1961 » Andrew Lock, Australian mountaineer
• 1961 » John Lynch, Northern Irish actor
• 1962 » Mark Starr, English wrestler († 2013)
• 1963 » Craig Teitzel, Australian rugby league player
• 1963 » Lars Ulrich, Danish-American drummer, songwriter, and producer
• 1964 » Elizabeth Kostova, American author
• 1966 » Jay Farrar, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1966 » Jay Yuenger, American guitarist and producer
• 1966 » Tim Legler, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1968 » Matt Zoller Seitz, American film critic and author

• 1959 » Jack Tresadern, English footballer and manager (b. 1890)
• 1960 » Tetsuro Watsuji, Japanese historian and philosopher (b. 1889)
• 1963 » Gorgeous George, American wrestler (b. 1915)
• 1966 » Guillermo Stábile, Argentinian footballer and manager (b. 1905)
• 1966 » Herbert Otto Gille, German general (b. 1897)
• 1966 » Ina Boudier-Bakker, Dutch author (b. 1875)
• 1968 » Weegee, Ukrainian-American photographer and journalist (b. 1898)
• 1970 » Lillian Board, South African-English runner (b. 1948)
• 1972 » Harry S. Truman, American colonel and politician, 33rd President of the United States (b. 1884)
• 1973 » Harold B. Lee, American religious leader, 11th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1899)

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. Karin
15. Jacqueline
16. Wilhelmina

• 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.
• February 18 » The Gambia becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
• February 21 » Malcolm X is assassinated while giving a talk at the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem.
• March 5 » March Intifada: A Leftist uprising erupts in Bahrain against British colonial presence.
• March 18 » Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, leaving his spacecraft Voskhod 2 for 12 minutes, becomes the first person to walk in space.
• April 29 » Pakistan's Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) successfully launches its seventh rocket in its Rehber series.
• August 5 » The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 begins as Pakistani soldiers cross the Line of Control dressed as locals.

The temperature on December 26, 1965 was between -0.8 °C and 5.2 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (75%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.