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• Mark Zits († 2011)
• Nicolien Embrechts, Dongen († 1981)
• Anna Maria PETERS, Munsterbilzen (Limburg) (B)
• Elizabeth Johanna, "Lizette" Saunders († 1992)
• Hendrika Antonia de Heus, Nijkerk
• Sandra Boeschoten, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1981)
• Robert Angela Wauwermans, Geel, België († 1971)
• Henricus Helena (Eric) Mestrom, Sittard († 2016)
• Hester Elshove
• hendrika johanna maria smeets, helden-beringe

• Cornelia de Groot (78), Rotterdam Zuid-Holland Nederland
• Alberta Drost (84), Amerongen,Utrechtse Heuvelrug
• Antonius Jacobus Marcus (50), Altforst
• Cornelis Marieus Eelman (44), Cherry Hill, Camden County, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Maria Catharina Dirkx (75), Turnhout, Antwerpen, België
• Antje Rinkes Baukema (91), ,, Mildam, Heerenveen, Friesland, Netherlands
• Coleta Vleminckx (40), Leuven
• (Leny) Magdalena Margetha Maria van Rodijnen (17), Beek, Limburg, Nederland
• Clasina VROOMEN (84), Eindhoven (NL/NB)
• Cornelis de Krom (53), Rotterdam,Zuid-Holland,Nederland

• 1961 » Jonathan Coe, English author and academic
• 1963 » Joey Tempest, Swedish rock singer-songwriter and musician
• 1963 » John Stamos, American actor
• 1965 » Hemant Birje, Indian actor
• 1965 » James Tomkins, Australian rower
• 1965 » Kevin Dillon, American actor
• 1965 » Kyra Sedgwick, American actress and producer
• 1966 » Lee Ann Womack, American singer-songwriter
• 1967 » Khandro Rinpoche, Indian spiritual leader
• 1969 » Nate Dogg, American rapper († 2011)

• 1954 » Alcide De Gasperi, Italian journalist and politician, 30th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1881)
• 1957 » David Bomberg, English soldier and painter (b. 1890)
• 1967 » Hugo Gernsback, Luxembourg-born American author and publisher (b. 1884)
• 1967 » Isaac Deutscher, Polish-English journalist and historian (b. 1907)
• 1968 » George Gamow, Ukrainian-American physicist and cosmologist (b. 1904)
• 1970 » Paweł Jasienica, Polish soldier and historian (b. 1909)
• 1975 » Mark Donohue, American race car driver and engineer (b. 1937)
• 1976 » Alastair Sim, Scottish-English actor (b. 1900)
• 1976 » Ken Wadsworth, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1946)
• 1977 » Aleksander Kreek, Estonian shot putter and discus thrower (b. 1914)

• 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 15 » A new red-and-white maple leaf design is adopted as the flag of Canada, replacing the old Canadian Red Ensign banner.
• August 5 » The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 begins as Pakistani soldiers cross the Line of Control dressed as locals.
• August 15 » The Beatles play to nearly 60,000 fans at Shea Stadium in New York City, an event later regarded as the birth of stadium rock.
• September 30 » In Indonesia, a coup by the 30 September Movement is crushed, leading to a mass anti-communist purge, with over 500,000 people killed.
• November 8 » The British Indian Ocean Territory is created, consisting of Chagos Archipelago, Aldabra, Farquhar and Des Roches islands.
• November 16 » Venera program: The Soviet Union launches the Venera 3 space probe toward Venus, which will be the first spacecraft to reach the surface of another planet.

The temperature on August 19, 1965 was between 11.1 °C and 22.6 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (43%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.