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• Jorke visser, Rottum
• van Iwaarden, Goes († 1965)
• Johannes Bernardus Franciscus Edelbroek, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Nati-morto, Porto Feliz, São Paulo, Brasil († 1965)
• Simone Nathalie Jansen, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 2010)
• Stephen Daniel Prato, Denver, Denver, Colorado, Verenigde Staten († 2011)
• Monique Cornelia Koot, Utrecht, Nederland
• Levenloos van Iwaarden, Goes, Zeeland, Nederland († 1965)
• Christina Höhle, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1997)
• Traci Lynn Epstein († 1965)

• Adrianus Josephus Hendrikus Wammes (73), Vianen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anthony John Andreas (73), Yakima, Yakima, Washington, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus Johannes Mostert (77), Emmen (D)
• Amon Beecher Ebanks (74), New York, Verenigde Staten
• Arnaud Theodoor Bloem (90), Aarle-Rixtel
• Aaltje Zeeman (87)
• Arnaud Theodoor Bloem (90), Aarle-Rixtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• * Jan Kamermans (57), Papendrecht
• Adriaan Gerrit Brood (90), Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Leonarda Heesbeen (93), Den Dungen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1964 » Óscar Ramírez, Costa Rican footballer and coach
• 1964 » Chigusa Nagayo, Japanese wrestler
• 1964 » James Blundell, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1964 » Teri Hatcher, American actress
• 1965 » David Harewood, English actor
• 1965 » Theo Maassen, Dutch actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1966 » Bushwick Bill, Jamaican-American rapper Geto Boys († 2019)
• 1966 » Les Ferdinand, English footballer and coach
• 1966 » Sinéad O'Connor, Irish singer-songwriter
• 1966 » Tyler Mane, Canadian wrestler and actor

• 1952 » Charles Lightoller, English sailor (b. 1874)
• 1954 » Claude Cahun, French artist, photographer, and writer (b. 1894)
• 1954 » Gladys George, American actress (b. 1904)
• 1954 » Joseph B. Keenan, American lawyer and politician (b. 1888)
• 1958 » Tris Speaker, American baseball player and manager (b. 1888)
• 1963 » Sarit Thanarat, Thai field marshal and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1908)
• 1966 » Ward Morehouse, American playwright, author, and critic (b. 1899)
• 1971 » Eleni Ourani, Greek poet and critic (b. 1896)
• 1971 » Ernst Krenkel, Russian geographer and explorer (b. 1903)
• 1975 » Gary Thain, New Zealand bass player (b. 1948)

• 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 1 » The People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan is founded in Kabul, Afghanistan.
• August 5 » The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 begins as Pakistani soldiers cross the Line of Control dressed as locals.
• September 6 » India retaliates following Pakistan's Operation Grand Slam which results in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 that ends in a stalemate followed by the signing of the Tashkent Declaration.
• September 20 » Following the Battle of Burki, the Indian Army captures Dograi in course of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
• October 4 » Pope Paul VI begins the first papal visit to the Americas.
• December 7 » Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras I simultaneously revoke mutual excommunications that had been in place since 1054.

The temperature on December 8, 1965 was between -0.1 °C and 4.9 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (59%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.