About the day » Wednesday January 26, 1966Calender converter

• Mireille Geijsen, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arnoldus Gerardus Sommers, Veghel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Hillegonda Rosalinda (Linda) Mouw, Ede, Nederland († 2022)
• Vânio Antonio Kock, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1975)
• Gerrie Vedder (Vedders,Fedder,Veder,Verders,Feders,Ferder) († 2000)
• Wilhelmina Jacoba de Jong, Curaçao N.A., Nederland
• Alexandra Louise Maria Wielage
• Alexandra Dijck Amorim, Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil († 2002)
• Hillegonda Rosalinda (Linda) Mouw, Ede († 2022)

• Clara Lucia Nijs (77), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Anna Maria van de Vijfeijken (76), Veghel
• Antje Wichelo (84), Valburg
• Catharina Cornelia Besemer (60), Dordrecht
• Catherine Anne SCHERRER (77), Hochstatt (68720, Haut-Rhin, France)
• Anna Margaretha Tiben (72), Emmen
• Adriana Danelina Sonbeek (91), 's-Gravenhage (Den Haag), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Augustus Franciscus Joannes Joukes (78), Antwerpen
• Angèle VERJANS (52), HERENT, Vlaams Brabant, Belgique
• Antonia Alida Teunissen (76), Jonendwarsstraat 6 (Winterswijk)

• 1963 » José Mourinho, Portuguese footballer and manager
• 1963 » Simon O'Donnell, Australian footballer, cricketer, and sportscaster
• 1963 » Tony Parks, English footballer and manager
• 1964 » Adam Crozier, Scottish businessman
• 1965 » Natalia Yurchenko, Russian gymnast and coach
• 1965 » Thomas Östros, Swedish businessman and politician
• 1966 » Kazushige Nagashima, Japanese baseball player and sportscaster
• 1967 » Anatoly Komm, Russian chef and businessman
• 1967 » Col Needham, English businessman, co-founded Internet Movie Database
• 1968 » Jupiter Apple, Brazilian singer-songwriter, film director, and actor († 2015)

• 1952 » Khorloogiin Choibalsan, Mongolian general and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Mongolia (b. 1895)
• 1953 » Athanase David, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1882)
• 1957 » Helene Costello, American actress (b. 1906)
• 1962 » Lucky Luciano, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1897)
• 1968 » Merrill C. Meigs, American publisher (b. 1883)
• 1973 » Edward G. Robinson, Romanian-American actor (b. 1893)
• 1975 » Donald Sheldon, American bush pilot (b. 1921)
• 1976 » João Branco Núncio, Portuguese bullfighter (b. 1901)
• 1977 » Filopimin Finos, Greek production manager and producer, founded Finos Film (b. 1908)
• 1979 » Nelson Rockefeller, American businessman and politician, 41st Vice President of the United States (b. 1908)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Peter
4. Hendrik
5. Robert
6. Cornelis
7. John
8. Paul
9. Ronald
10. Pieter
11. Marcel
12. Willem
13. Johan
14. Jacob
15. David
16. Richard

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Monique
4. Petra
5. Anna
6. Ingrid
7. Jolanda
8. Elisabeth
9. Yvonne
10. Cornelia
11. Petronella
12. Anita
13. Jacqueline
14. Catharina
15. Sandra
16. Karin

• 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 April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from November 22, 1966 to April 5, 1967 the cabinet Zijlstra, with Prof. dr. J. Zijlstra (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 12.4 million citizens.
• January 15 » The First Nigerian Republic, led by Abubakar Tafawa Balewa is overthrown in a military coup d'état.
• May 6 » Myra Hindley and Ian Brady are sentenced to life imprisonment for the Moors murders in England.
• May 25 » Explorer program: Explorer 32 launches.
• July 30 » England defeats West Germany to win the 1966 FIFA World Cup at Wembley Stadium after extra time.
• August 18 » Vietnam War: The Battle of Long Tan ensues after a patrol from the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment clashes with a Viet Cong force in Phước Tuy Province.
• November 2 » The Cuban Adjustment Act comes into force, allowing 123,000 Cubans the opportunity to apply for permanent residence in the United States.

The temperature on January 26, 1966 was between 1.1 °C and 4.3 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.