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• Philippe Ryckebusch, Hazebrouck (F) († 1993)
• Jeanette Grietje Stam, Kockengen, Utrecht, NL († 2004)
• Annemarie van Groezen († 2008)
• Koetje, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1965)
• Alexander Marcel Hemelop, Rotterdam
• Klaas Albert ROMKES († 2007)
• Annette Hofsink, Smithers BC Canada
• Annemarie van Groezen, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Christiaan Richard Heil († 2016)
• Randy Dean van Sloten, Iowa († 1965)

• Adrianus Besteman (81), Michigan
• Alfonsus Johannes Goris (63), Bergen op Zoom N.B
• Albert Boverhof (92), De Wijk, Drenthe, Nederland
• Afra Maria Schipper (78), Grosthuizen
• Arend Dirk Hendrik Coops (52), Amersfoort, Nederland
• Albert Adrianus van der Burg (52), den haag
• Anna Theodora van den Bergh (72), Rotterdam, Nederland
• (K)Casper Buijs (51)
• Albertus Gerrit Jan Tenkink (80), Groenlo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Christiaan van Zandvoort (72), 's-Hertogenbosch

• 1963 » Billy Gould, American bass player, songwriter, and producer
• 1963 » Paula Frazer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1964 » Cedric the Entertainer, American comedian, actor, and producer
• 1964 » Djimon Hounsou, Beninese-American actor and producer
• 1964 » Helga Arendt, German sprinter († 2013)
• 1964 » Witold Smorawiński, Polish guitarist, composer, and educator
• 1965 » Jeff Jackson, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
• 1966 » Alessandro Costacurta, Italian footballer, coach, and manager
• 1966 » David Usher, English-Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1966 » Pierre Brassard, Canadian comedian and actor

• 1960 » Max von Laue, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1879)
• 1961 » Lee Moran, American actor, director and screenwriter (b. 1888)
• 1962 » Milt Franklyn, American composer (b. 1897)
• 1964 » Gerhard Domagk, German pathologist and bacteriologist (b. 1895)
• 1965 » Louise Dresser, American actress (b. 1878)
• 1966 » Simon Chikovani, Georgian poet and author (b. 1902)
• 1967 » Robert Richards, Australian politician, 32nd Premier of South Australia (b. 1885)
• 1967 » Vladimir Komarov, Russian pilot, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1927)
• 1968 » Walter Tewksbury, American athlete (b. 1876)
• 1970 » Otis Spann, American singer and pianist (b. 1930)

• 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 21 » Ranger program: NASA launches Ranger 9, the last in a series of unmanned lunar space probes.
• June 22 » The Treaty on Basic Relations between Japan and the Republic of Korea is signed.
• August 18 » Vietnam War: Operation Starlite begins: United States Marines destroy a Viet Cong stronghold on the Van Tuong peninsula in the first major American ground battle of the war.
• August 29 » The Gemini V spacecraft returns to Earth, landing in the Atlantic Ocean.
• November 26 » France launches Astérix, becoming the third nation to put an object in orbit using its own booster.
• 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 April 24, 1965 was between 2.4 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.