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• Hendricus Johannes Maria Klaver († 1966)
• Gerrita Aalbers, Nieuwleusen, Overijssel, Nederland († 2006)
• Ritchie van Dijk, Huizen († 1966)
• Linda de Klerk, Durban, Natal, South Africa
• Marc Van Den Bossche, Gent, 9000, België († 2002)
• Richard William Koutstaal († 2019)
• Henriëtte Jaqueline Geraldina Geertman, Deventer († 2019)
• John Epker, Utrecht († 1991)
• Robyn Margaret Govaars, Sydney, Nsw, Australie († 1965)
• Barend Hendrik van den Born, Doesburg († 1972)

• Bernard H. Zurfehr (60), St. Louis
• Bertha Fernandina Mazza (72), Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
• Catharina Maria Hollander (90), Zevenaar, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriaan Korteland (74), Dordrecht (NL)
• Berendje Spin (69)
• Anna QUEFFELEC (93), Pont-de-Buis-lès-Quimerch, 29302, Finistère, Bretagne, France
• Aaltje Eibes Volkerts (90), opende
• Albertus Montsma (58), Amsterdam
• Adrianus Anthonij Grondhout (78), Rotterdam
• Bernard H. Zurfehr (60), St. Louis, Missouri

• 1963 » Claude Legault, Canadian actor and screenwriter
• 1963 » Jamie Spence, English golfer
• 1963 » Mary Nightingale, English journalist
• 1963 » Simon Armitage, English poet, playwright and novelist
• 1964 » Argiris Pedoulakis, Greek basketball player and coach
• 1964 » Caitlín R. Kiernan, Irish-American paleontologist and author
• 1964 » Lenny Kravitz, American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and actor
• 1965 » Hazel Irvine, Scottish sportscaster and journalist
• 1966 » Helena Bonham Carter, English actress
• 1966 » Zola Budd, South African runner

• 1954 » Lionel Conacher, Canadian football player and politician (b. 1900)
• 1955 » Alberto Ascari, Italian race car driver (b. 1918)
• 1956 » Al Simmons, American baseball player and coach (b. 1902)
• 1959 » Philip Kassel, American gymnast (b. 1876)
• 1966 » Elizabeth Dilling, American author and activist (b. 1894)
• 1969 » Allan Haines Loughead, American engineer, co-founded the Lockheed Corporation (b. 1889)
• 1969 » Paul Hawkins, Australian race car driver (b. 1937)
• 1974 » Silvio Moser, Swiss race car driver (b. 1941)
• 1976 » Martin Heidegger, German philosopher and academic (b. 1889)
• 1978 » Cybele Andrianou, Greek actress (b. 1887)

• 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.
• April 28 » United States occupation of the Dominican Republic: American troops land in the Dominican Republic to "forestall establishment of a Communist dictatorship" and to evacuate U.S. Army troops.
• June 7 » The Supreme Court of the United States hands down its decision in Griswold v. Connecticut, prohibiting the states from criminalizing the use of contraception by married couples.
• August 6 » US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law.
• September 9 » Hurricane Betsy makes its second landfall near New Orleans, leaving 76 dead and $1.42 billion ($10–12 billion in 2005 dollars) in damages, becoming the first hurricane to cause over $1 billion in unadjusted damage.
• October 4 » Pope Paul VI begins the first papal visit to the Americas.
• December 16 » Vietnam War: General William Westmoreland sends U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara a request for 243,000 more men by the end of 1966.

The temperature on May 26, 1965 was between 4.9 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (28%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.