About the day » Friday April 1, 1966Calender converter

• Jean Michel Meysson, sète, 34200, Francia († 2015)
• Joachim Kalksma, Utrecht († 1966)
• Petrus Cornelius Antonius Lambregts, Breda
• Maria Elisabeth Johanna (Ria) Mestrom, Montfort, Gemeente Roerdalen, Limburg, Nederland († 2020)
• רפאל אהרון אהרן אלקלעי, ירושלים († 2010)
• Kelley Sue Hoots, Indianapolis, Hamilton, Indiana, Verenigde Staten († 2014)
• Frank Ummels († 2018)

• Aalsje Noorman (66)
• Andries Wedzinga (85), Kootstertille, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus Devriesere (77), Tilburg
• Abraham Degeling (72), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Amelia Irma Jennes (61), Berlaar, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Anna Maria Catharina Verhoeven (70), Goirle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aalsje Noorman (66)
• Alois Henry BRUMLEVE (81), Dolton,Cook County,Illinois
• Andries Wedzinga (85), Kootstertille, Nederland
• Aloysia Cornelia De Bie (68), Ekeren, Antwerpen

• 1964 » Erik Breukink, Dutch cyclist and manager
• 1964 » John Morris, English cricketer
• 1964 » José Rodrigues dos Santos, Portuguese journalist, author, and educator
• 1964 » Kevin Duckworth, American basketball player († 2008)
• 1965 » Jane Adams, American film, television, and stage actress
• 1965 » Mark Jackson, American basketball player and coach
• 1966 » Chris Evans, English radio and television host
• 1966 » Mehmet Özdilek, Turkish footballer and manager
• 1967 » Nicola Roxon, Australian lawyer and politician, 34th Attorney-General for Australia
• 1968 » Mike Baird, Australian politician, 44th Premier of New South Wales

• 1950 » Charles R. Drew, American physician and surgeon (b. 1904)
• 1950 » Recep Peker, Turkish soldier and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1889)
• 1962 » Jussi Kekkonen, Finnish captain and businessman (b. 1910)
• 1965 » Helena Rubinstein, Polish-American businesswoman (b. 1870)
• 1966 » Brian O'Nolan, Irish author (b. 1911)
• 1968 » Lev Landau, Azerbaijani-Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908)
• 1976 » Max Ernst, German painter and sculptor (b. 1891)
• 1981 » Eua Sunthornsanan, Thai singer-songwriter and bandleader (b. 1910)
• 1984 » Elizabeth Goudge, English author (b. 1900)
• 1984 » Marvin Gaye, American singer-songwriter (b. 1939)

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.
• January 15 » The First Nigerian Republic, led by Abubakar Tafawa Balewa is overthrown in a military coup d'état.
• March 5 » BOAC Flight 911, a Boeing 707 aircraft, breaks apart in mid-air due to clear-air turbulence and crashes into Mount Fuji, Japan, killing all 124 people on board.
• 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 2 » Surveyor program: Surveyor 1 lands in Oceanus Procellarum on the Moon, becoming the first U.S. spacecraft to soft-land on another world.
• July 1 » The first color television transmission in Canada takes place from Toronto.
• November 8 » U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs into law an antitrust exemption allowing the National Football League to merge with the upstart American Football League.

The temperature on April 1, 1966 was between 6.3 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (5%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.