About the day » Friday December 31, 1965Calender converter

• Petronella Schuiling, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1966)
• Astrid Margje HONKOOP, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1968)
• Johanna Everdina Vos, Dodewaard (Neder-Betuwe)
• dochter Stegeman, Olst, Overijssel, Nederland († 1966)
• Elisabeth Antoinetta Helena Bax, Budel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Hendrik Fokker, Vinkeveen en Waverveen, Utrecht, Nederland (Gem De Ronde Venen) Nederland († 2010)

• Constantia CLAES (86), Reet, Rumst, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
• Antonia Johanna (Tony) Kuiters (57), dordrecht
• Bernardus Jacobus Dijkmans (62), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Barend Wijchers (80), NIJMEGEN, GD, NL
• Akke HIDDINGA (77)
• Anthonie Bastiaanse (77), Welberg, Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana in 't Hout (87)
• Anna Catharina Linders (67), Maashees en Overloon, Boxmeer
• Charles Munn (54), Bridgeport
• Annie (Zuster Avellina) Bruin (74), Heemstede

• 1962 » Tyrone Corbin, American basketball player and coach
• 1963 » Scott Ian, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1964 » Michael McDonald, American comedian, actor, and director
• 1964 » Winston Benjamin, Antiguan cricketer
• 1965 » Gong Li, Chinese actress
• 1965 » Julie Doucet, Canadian cartoonist and author
• 1965 » Laxman Sivaramakrishnan, Indian cricketer
• 1965 » Nicholas Sparks, American author, screenwriter, and producer
• 1965 » Tony Dorigo, Australian-English footballer and sportscaster
• 1967 » Paul McGregor, Australian rugby league player and coach

• 1951 » Murtaza Hasan Chandpuri, Indian Muslim scholar (b. 1868)
• 1953 » Albert Plesman, Dutch businessman, founded KLM (b. 1889)
• 1964 » Ólafur Thors, Icelandic lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Iceland (b. 1892)
• 1964 » Bobby Byrne, American baseball and soccer player (b. 1884)
• 1964 » Henry Maitland Wilson, English field marshal (b. 1881)
• 1968 » George Lewis, American clarinet player and composer (b. 1900)
• 1970 » Cyril Scott, English composer, writer, and poet (b. 1879)
• 1972 » Henry Gerber, German-American activist, founded the Society for Human Rights (b. 1892)
• 1972 » Roberto Clemente, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and Marine (b. 1934)
• 1978 » Basil Wolverton, American illustrator (b. 1909)

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. 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 12 » Malcolm X visits Smethwick in Birmingham following the racially-charged 1964 United Kingdom general election.
• February 21 » Malcolm X is assassinated while giving a talk at the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem.
• March 23 » NASA launches Gemini 3, the United States' first two-man space flight (crew: Gus Grissom and John Young).
• August 4 » The Constitution of the Cook Islands comes into force, giving the Cook Islands self-governing status within New Zealand.
• 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 15 » Project Gemini: Gemini 6A, crewed by Wally Schirra and Thomas Stafford, is launched from Cape Kennedy, Florida. Four orbits later, it achieves the first space rendezvous, with Gemini 7.

The temperature on December 31, 1965 was between 2.4 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. There was 5.5 mm of rain during 7.4 hours. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (15%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.