About the day » Friday January 28, 1966Calender converter

• steven john holten
• Darcy Deanne O'neal († 1983)
• Ingeborg Maria Victoria Lampe, Rotterdam, ZH, Nederland († 2001)
• Marcus Ambrosius Maria Hoedemaekers, Venray
• Nicole Knevels († 1980)
• Gerry KLASSEN, Boorsem,Limburg,Belgie († 2003)
• Rosetta MARCANTONIO, St.catharines ontario canada († 1997)
• Thierry Gérard Coenen, Vendœuvres, Indre, Centre-Val De Loire, France

• Antonius Broekhof (69), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Augustinus Josephus Cornelius de KOK (67), Tilburg,,Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Benno Ewald Heinrich (76), Tanunda, South Australia, Australia
• Anne Cathérina Van Aerden (77), Kapellen
• Andrew Lafayette "Popo" Allee (76), Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado Territory, United States
• Antje van Baaren (82), Haastrecht
• Charlotte Deroll (81), Grand Rapids, MI
• Dora Aagten (53)
• Caroline Louise Teletta Adriana Holtman (80), Baarn, Utrecht, Nederland
• Eilert Bloemendaal (48), Sioux City, Sioux County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten

• 1961 » Normand Rochefort, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1962 » Sam Phillips, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1964 » David Lawrence, English cricketer
• 1966 » Seiji Mizushima, Japanese director and producer
• 1967 » Billy Brownless, Australian footballer and sportscaster
• 1968 » Rakim, American rapper
• 1968 » Sarah McLachlan, Canadian singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
• 1969 » Giorgio Lamberti, Italian swimmer
• 1969 » Linda Sánchez, American lawyer and politician
• 1969 » Mo Rocca, American comedian and television journalist

• 1953 » James Scullin, Australian journalist and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1876)
• 1959 » Walter Beall, American baseball player (b. 1899)
• 1960 » Zora Neale Hurston, American novelist, short story writer, and folklorist (b. 1891)
• 1963 » Gustave Garrigou, French cyclist (b. 1884)
• 1965 » Maxime Weygand, Belgian-French general (b. 1867)
• 1965 » Tich Freeman, English cricketer (b. 1888)
• 1971 » Donald Winnicott, English paediatrician and psychoanalyst (b. 1896)
• 1973 » John Banner, Austrian actor (b. 1910)
• 1976 » Marcel Broodthaers, Belgian painter and poet (b. 1924)
• 1978 » Ward Moore, American author (b. 1903)

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.
• June 2 » Surveyor program: Surveyor 1 lands in Oceanus Procellarum on the Moon, becoming the first U.S. spacecraft to soft-land on another world.
• June 8 » The National Football League and American Football League announced a merger effective in 1970.
• July 2 » France conducts its first nuclear weapon test in the Pacific, on Moruroa Atoll.
• August 26 » The South African Border War starts with the battle at Omugulugwombashe.
• October 4 » Basutoland becomes independent from the United Kingdom and is renamed Lesotho.
• October 21 » A colliery spoil tip collapses on the village of Aberfan in Wales, killing 144 people, mostly schoolchildren.

The temperature on January 28, 1966 was between 3.9 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain during 5.6 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.