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• Ton Sleutjes, 's-Hertogenbosch († 1966)
• Sabine VERHEYEN, Zottegem, 9620, Oost-Vlaanderen, Vlaanderen, België
• JOHANNUS PAULUS ANNA MAAT, Pynacker, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Maria Anna Hendrika (Marike) van der Wardt, Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1966)
• Donald CYR, Edmondston, Nouveau-Brunswick, Canada († 2005)
• François Jacobus Pop, Amstelveen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2010)
• René Bonen († 2011)
• Hubertus Anna Helmuth Busch, Sittard († 2018)

• Bessie Viola Studebaker (85), Windber, Somerset County, Pennsylvania
• Annigje Hornstra (60), Lippenhuizen
• Clara de Haas (77), Blaricum
• Anna Maria Gertruda Pijpers (66), Kaalheide, Kerkrade
• Alida van Wijk (69), Alphen aan den Rijn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Jansz Muntjewerf (80), Den Helder
• Adriaantje Jacoba Olree (75), Bruinisse
• Catherine Gertrude Owens (74), County, Tyrone, Northern Ireland
• Elizabeth EBSWORTH (91)
• Cornelis Gerritsz Schoorl (78), Schagerbrug

• 1965 » Allan Vainola, Estonian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1965 » Jenny Packham, English fashion designer
• 1965 » Jesse Jackson, Jr., American lawyer and politician
• 1965 » Nigel Adkins, English footballer and manager
• 1965 » Wallace Langham, American actor
• 1966 » Ilias Zouros, Greek basketball player and coach
• 1966 » John Thompson III, American basketball player and coach
• 1966 » Robbie Brookside, English wrestler and trainer
• 1967 » Brad Carson, American lawyer and politician, United States Under Secretary of the Army
• 1967 » John Barrowman, Scottish-American actor and singer

• 1959 » Lester Dent, American author (b. 1904)
• 1960 » Roy Chapman Andrews, American paleontologist and explorer (b. 1884)
• 1965 » Harry Altham, English cricketer, historian and coach (b. 1888)
• 1967 » Geraldine Farrar, American soprano and actress (b. 1882)
• 1968 » Haşim İşcan, Turkish educator and politician, 18th Mayor of İstanbul (b. 1898)
• 1969 » John Daly, Irish runner (b. 1880)
• 1969 » John Wyndham, English soldier and author (b. 1903)
• 1970 » Erle Stanley Gardner, American lawyer and author (b. 1889)
• 1971 » Philo Farnsworth, American inventor (b. 1906)
• 1971 » Whitney Young, American activist (b. 1921)

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.
• May 30 » Former Congolese Prime Minister, Évariste Kimba, and several other politicians are publicly executed in Kinshasa on the orders of President Joseph Mobutu.
• June 8 » Topeka, Kansas, is devastated by a tornado that registers as an "F5" on the Fujita scale: The first to exceed US$100million in damages. Sixteen people are killed, hundreds more injured, and thousands of homes damaged or destroyed.
• June 13 » The United States Supreme Court rules in Miranda v. Arizona that the police must inform suspects of their rights before questioning them.
• August 26 » The South African Border War starts with the battle at Omugulugwombashe.
• October 5 » A reactor at the Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station near Detroit suffers a partial meltdown.
• October 21 » A colliery spoil tip collapses on the village of Aberfan in Wales, killing 144 people, mostly schoolchildren.

The temperature on March 11, 1966 was between 3.3 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (14%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.