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• João Paulo Machado Quental, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil († 1993)
• Ellen SCHMEITINK, Emmeloord, Nederland, Flevoland, NO Polder
• Sandra Witman, Abcoude
• Carlo Steegmans, Hasselt, België († 1995)
• N.n. Brouwer, Urk († 1966)

• Antje Hendriks Gerrijts (76), Emmen
• Antje Boonstra (86)
• Brouwer
• Albert van den Berg (Horstra) (81), IJhorst
• Antje Wouterse (66)
• Antje Wouterse (65), Rolde
• Anna Marta Karlsdatter Keiseraas (94), Trondheim, Trondheim, Sor-Trondelag, Norway
• Alma Bell Ansell (81), Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, United States
• Antje Gerbens (Anna) Boonstra (86), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Catharina VAN HEES (67), Turnhout, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium

• 1963 » Bret Michaels, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1964 » Davide Pinato, Italian footballer
• 1964 » Rockwell, American singer-songwriter and musician
• 1965 » Robyn Malcolm, New Zealand actress
• 1965 » Sunetra Gupta, Indian epidemiologist, author, and academic
• 1967 » Naoko Takeuchi, Japanese manga artist, creator of Sailor Moon
• 1968 » Kahimi Karie, Japanese singer
• 1968 » Mark McGrath, American singer-songwriter and television host
• 1968 » Sabrina Salerno, Italian singer-songwriter, actress, and producer
• 1968 » Terje Riis-Johansen, Norwegian politician, Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy

• 1957 » Ernst Nobs, Swiss politician (b. 1886)
• 1959 » Lester Young, American saxophonist and clarinet player (b. 1909)
• 1962 » Arthur Compton, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)
• 1962 » Charles Bartliff, American soccer player (b. 1886)
• 1966 » Abe Saperstein, American basketball player and coach (b. 1902)
• 1969 » Miles Malleson, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1888)
• 1969 » Musashiyama Takeshi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 33rd Yokozuna (b. 1909)
• 1970 » Tarjei Vesaas, Norwegian author and poet (b. 1897)
• 1971 » Jean-Pierre Monseré, Belgian cyclist (b. 1948)
• 1972 » Aleksandr Ivanovich Laktionov, Russian painter and educator (b. 1910)

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. Anna
5. Petra
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 10 » Tashkent Declaration, a peace agreement between India and Pakistan signed that resolved the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
• March 19 » 1965–66 Texas Western Miners men's basketball team wins the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament.
• May 25 » Explorer program: Explorer 32 launches.
• 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.
• October 17 » The 23rd Street Fire in New York City kills 12 firefighters.
• November 11 » NASA launches Gemini 12.

The temperature on March 15, 1966 was between 0.7 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.