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• Carola Keuker, Tiel
• John Mitchell Jaarsma († 1996)
• Jacobus Johnnes Swanepoel, Zuid-Afrika, R.S.A. († 1990)
• Bert Klok († 1995)
• Franc Ketelaars, Eindhoven († 1975)
• Wilem Gerardus KUIPERS († 1999)
• Neeltje Meeberg van de, Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Nederland († 1969)
• Wilhelmina Maria Vogels, Berghem, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Wilem Gerardus Kuipers († 1999)
• Albert Alberts Strikwerda († 2003)

• Barbara van der Kolk (85)
• Antje Bos- (96), Veenwouden, Nederland
• Carl Louis Leopold Albert van Alphen (66), Amsterdam
• Cornelia Janna Verhage (80), Groede, Nederland
• Andries Adrianus van Rooij (71), Tilburg
• Bertha Stüsgen (66), Coshocton, Ohio 43812, Verenigde Staten
• Bertha Dykema (90), Roseland, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten
• Clarence Yager (72), Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelis Nobel (73), Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Catharina Zwart (85), Leiden

• 1964 » Don Payne, American screenwriter and producer († 2013)
• 1964 » Heike Henkel, German high jumper
• 1964 » Jean-François Copé, French politician, French Minister of Budget
• 1964 » Minami Takayama, Japanese voice actress and singer
• 1965 » Glenn Seton, Australian race car driver
• 1966 » Josh Weinstein, American screenwriter and producer
• 1966 » Sergei Stanishev, Bulgarian politician, 46th Prime Minister of Bulgaria
• 1966 » Shawn Drover, Canadian drummer
• 1967 » Adam Hughes, American author and illustrator
• 1967 » Alexis Sinduhije, Burundian journalist and politician

• 1957 » Leopold Löwenheim, German mathematician and logician (b. 1878)
• 1959 » Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Argentinian academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1878)
• 1962 » Ernest Tyldesley, English cricketer (b. 1889)
• 1965 » John Waters, American director and screenwriter (b. 1893)
• 1965 » Nikos Gounaris, Greek tenor and composer (b. 1915)
• 1971 » Violet Jessop, Argentinean-English nurse (b. 1887)
• 1973 » Zekai Özger, Turkish poet and academic (b. 1948)
• 1977 » Ludwig Erhard, German economist and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1897)
• 1981 » Bobby Sands, PIRA volunteer and hunger striker (b. 1954)
• 1983 » Horst Schumann, German physician (b. 1901)

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 31 » The Soviet Union launches the unmanned Luna 9 spacecraft as part of the Luna program.
• 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.
• May 16 » The Communist Party of China issues the "May 16 Notice", marking the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.
• October 22 » The Soviet Union launches Luna 12.
• November 11 » NASA launches Gemini 12.
• December 8 » The Greek ship SSHeraklion sinks in a storm in the Aegean Sea, killing over 200.

The temperature on May 5, 1966 was between 10.1 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 11.7 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (22%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.