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• Benedicte Caroline Maria Pia Puylaert, Sluiskil, Zeeland, Netherlands († 2010)
• Jacobus Opperman, Nijmegen (gd) († 1990)
• Ina Bijker, Diever, Drenthe, Nederland
• Vincent VAN HOUWELINGEN, Haarlem († 2015)
• Harma Janita Hofman, Appingedam († 2009)
• Jeltje Cristina Dam, Nij Beets († 1967)
• Johannes Jacobus van Everdingen († 2018)
• Sylvia Elisabeth Otten († 2024)
• Fransisca Hendrika Stelwage, Woensdrecht, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Antonetta Maria Manders (70), Geldrop
• Aaltje Bok (85), Vlagtwedde, Groningen, Nederland
• Amandina Joanna Elisabeth Duvivier (85), Puurs
• Anna DIDDEN (62), Berlaar, 2590, Antwerpen, België
• Adolf Wessels (77), Dedemsvaart
• Antje Otter (88), Tjalleberd, Aengwirden
• Adrianus Koppes (63)
• Adrianus Timmermans (63), Rhoon
• Antonius Gerardus den Riet (88), Den Haag
• Antonius Gerardus den Riet (88), 's-Gravenhage

• 1964 » Tracy Chapman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1964 » Vlado Bozinovski, Macedonian-Australian footballer and manager
• 1965 » Piers Morgan, English journalist and talk show host
• 1966 » Dmitry Volkov, Russian swimmer
• 1966 » Efstratios Grivas, Greek chess player and author
• 1966 » Leonid Voloshin, Russian triple jumper
• 1967 » Christopher Bowman, American figure skater and coach († 2008)
• 1967 » Julie Richardson, New Zealand tennis player
• 1967 » Richard Hutten, Dutch furniture designer
• 1968 » Celine Dion, Canadian singer-songwriter

• 1963 » Aleksandr Gauk, Russian conductor and composer (b. 1893)
• 1964 » Nella Larsen, American nurse and author (b. 1891)
• 1965 » Philip Showalter Hench, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1896)
• 1966 » Erwin Piscator, German director and producer (b. 1893)
• 1966 » Maxfield Parrish, American painter and illustrator (b. 1870)
• 1966 » Newbold Morris, American lawyer and politician (b. 1902)
• 1967 » Frank Thorpe, Australian public servant (b. 1885)
• 1967 » Jean Toomer, American poet and novelist (b. 1894)
• 1969 » Lucien Bianchi, Belgian racing driver (b. 1934)
• 1970 » Heinrich Brüning, German economist and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1885)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Peter
4. Hendrik
5. Robert
6. Cornelis
7. John
8. Paul
9. Pieter
10. Ronald
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. Elisabeth
8. Jolanda
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.
• April 26 » The magnitude 5.1 Tashkent earthquake affects the largest city in Soviet Central Asia with a maximum MSK intensity of VII (Very strong). Tashkent is mostly destroyed and 15–200 are killed.
• May 15 » After a policy dispute, Prime Minister Nguyễn Cao Kỳ of South Vietnam's ruling junta launches a military attack on the forces of General Tôn Thất Đính, forcing him to abandon his command.
• August 10 » The Heron Road Bridge collapses while being built, killing nine workers in the deadliest construction accident in both Ottawa and Ontario.
• August 23 » Lunar Orbiter 1 takes the first photograph of Earth from orbit around the Moon.
• October 14 » The city of Montreal begins the operation of its underground Montreal Metro rapid transit system.
• November 15 » Project Gemini: Gemini 12 completes the program's final mission, when it splashes down safely in the Atlantic Ocean.

The temperature on March 30, 1966 was between -0.1 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 9.1 mm of rain during 16.8 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.