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• Melanie Jane Shortman, Haverfordwest (Wales)
• Ronald Frank Geijteman, Velsen-IJmuiden († 2001)
• Dirk LYBEER († 1965)
• Aukje Rondhuis, Appingedam, Groningen, Nederland († 2017)
• Ronald Lewis Clemons, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky († 1999)
• Ina Velema († 2008)
• Henricus Anna Maria Ermens, Gilze

• Elizabeth Wijgerse (77), Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Djurre Siccama (80), Haren
• Edwin Clarenbach (23), Ochten
• Alvin L. DeBruine (57), Sheboygan County, Wisconsin
• Annigje Henderika Prins (73), Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Cruts (73), Maastricht
• Annigje Henderika PRINS (73), Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Cornelia Wijnen (99), Geulle (Meerssen), Limburg, Nederland
• Elisabeth Wijgerse (77), Monster
• Cornelis Marcelis Josephus van Uden (81)

• 1963 » Charles Ingram, English soldier, author, and game show contestant
• 1963 » Kevin Mitnick, American computer hacker and author
• 1964 » Kemi Omololu-Olunloyo, Nigerian journalist, activist, social media expert, and pharmacist
• 1965 » David Robinson, American basketball player and lieutenant
• 1965 » Stéphane Peterhansel, French racing driver
• 1965 » Vince Wells, English cricketer
• 1965 » Yuki Kajiura, Japanese pianist and composer
• 1967 » Julie Snyder, Canadian talk show host and producer
• 1967 » Lorna Fitzsimons, English businesswoman and politician
• 1967 » Mike Greenberg, American journalist and sportscaster

• 1952 » Betty Allan, Australian statistician and biometrician (b. 1905)
• 1959 » Preston Sturges, American director, screenwriter, and playwright (b. 1898)
• 1964 » Cedric Hardwicke, English actor and director (b. 1893)
• 1969 » Theodor W. Adorno, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1903)
• 1970 » Nikos Tsiforos, Greek director and screenwriter (b. 1912)
• 1973 » Fulgencio Batista, Cuban colonel and politician, 9th President of Cuba (b. 1901)
• 1976 » Gregor Piatigorsky, Russian-American cellist and educator (b. 1903)
• 1978 » Edward Durell Stone, American architect, designed Radio City Music Hall and the Kennedy Center (b. 1902)
• 1978 » Pope Paul VI (b. 1897)
• 1979 » Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen, German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)

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. Jacqueline
15. Karin
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.
• March 25 » Civil rights activists led by Martin Luther King Jr. successfully complete their 4-day 50-mile march from Selma to the capitol in Montgomery, Alabama.
• April 6 » Launch of Early Bird, the first commercial communications satellite to be placed in geosynchronous orbit.
• July 25 » Bob Dylan goes electric at the Newport Folk Festival, signaling a major change in folk and rock music.
• 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.
• September 30 » The Lockheed L-100, the civilian version of the C-130 Hercules, is introduced.
• October 21 » Comet Ikeya–Seki approaches perihelion, passing 450,000 kilometers (279,617 miles) from the sun.

The temperature on August 6, 1965 was between 12.9 °C and 20.9 °C and averaged 16.8 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (33%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.