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• Robyn Margaret Govaars, Sydney, Nsw, Australie († 1965)
• David Eric Kaylor, Michigan, V.S
• Henriëtte Jacqueline Geraldine Geertman († 2019)
• Mieke Kooij († 1986)
• Ritchie van Dijk, Huizen († 1966)
• Hendricus Johannes Maria Klaver († 1966)
• Tineke Hogezand, Zuidwolde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Henriëtte Jaqueline Geraldina Geertman, Deventer († 2019)
• John Epker, Utrecht († 1991)
• Anna Sjoukema († 2015)

• Christiaan Cornelis van Geemen (55), amsterdam, Nederland
• Bernard H. (Agnes Josephine Zurfehr (geboren Aug)) Zurfehr (60), Saint Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
• Catharine Ingrid Wezel (4), Sirnach, Zwitserland
• Cammillus Pierssens (87), Heikant,, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna Berendina Rusken (63), Radewijk
• Adriaan Korteland (74), Dordrecht (NL)
• Albert Dijkstra (90), Sebaldeburen, gem. Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland
• Albert Yntjes Dijkstra (90), Sebaldeburen
• Bernard H. Zurfehr (60), St. Louis
• Camiel Rooman (86), Temse

• 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)

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.
• 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 9 » Singapore is expelled from Malaysia and becomes the only country to date to gain independence unwillingly.
• November 8 » The 173rd Airborne is ambushed by over 1,200 Viet Cong in Operation Hump during the Vietnam War, while the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment fight one of the first set-piece engagements of the war between Australian forces and the Viet Cong at the Battle of Gang Toi.
• November 11 » Southern Rhodesia's Prime Minister Ian Smith unilaterally declares the colony independent as the unrecognised state of Rhodesia
• December 9 » Kecksburg UFO incident: A fireball is seen from Michigan to Pennsylvania; witnesses report something crashing in the woods near Pittsburgh.
• December 30 » Ferdinand Marcos becomes President of the Philippines.

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.