About the day » Sunday May 15, 1966Calender converter

• Deidre Mary WALTERS, Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia († 1966)
• Greg Schuller* († 1986)
• Shawn Ann HAGUE, San Diego, San Diego County, California, United States of America († 1999)
• Pieter de Waard, Rotterdam († 1975)
• Mieke Vos († 2001)
• Mattijs de Vries, Wageningen
• Robertus Johannes M van der Vuurst, Amsterdam († 2009)
• Carla Koster († 2023)
• Paulus Johannes Bakker, Delft, Gemeente Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1966)

• Allen Albert Heard (84), El Campo, Wharton, Texas, United States
• Anna Zweers (64)
• Antje van der STOEL (42)
• Adrianus George Kwekel (50), Hellevoetsluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Zweers (64), De Krim
• Alberdina Heilina Haarlemmer (72), Veendam, Groningen, Nederland
• Aaltje van 't Hul (57), 't Harde, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Ada Frances Drake (90), Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA of America
• Arijna Klazina ZUIDEMA (87), Warffum, Het Hogeland, Groningen, NEDERLAND
• Anna Maria de Moel (52), Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1964 » Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Danish lawyer and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Denmark
• 1965 » André Abujamra, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1965 » Scott Tronc, Australian rugby league player
• 1966 » Jiří Němec, Czech footballer
• 1967 » John Smoltz, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1967 » Laura Hillenbrand, American journalist and author
• 1967 » Madhuri Dixit, Indian actress
• 1967 » Simen Agdestein, Norwegian chess grandmaster and football player
• 1968 » Cecilia Malmström, Swedish academic and politician, 15th European Commissioner for Trade
• 1968 » Sophie Raworth, English journalist and broadcaster

• 1956 » Austin Osman Spare, English painter and magician (b. 1886)
• 1957 » Dick Irvin, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1892)
• 1957 » Keith Andrews, American race car driver (b. 1920)
• 1963 » John Aglionby, English-born Bishop of Accra and soldier (b. 1884)
• 1964 » Vladko Maček, Croatian lawyer and politician (b. 1879)
• 1965 » Pio Pion, Italian businessman (b. 1887)
• 1967 » Edward Hopper, American painter (b. 1882)
• 1967 » Italo Mus, Italian painter (b. 1892)
• 1969 » Joe Malone, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1890)
• 1971 » Tyrone Guthrie, English director, producer, and playwright (b. 1900)

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.
• February 4 » All Nippon Airways Flight 60 plunges into Tokyo Bay, killing 133.
• February 14 » Australian currency is decimalized.
• March 16 » Launch of Gemini 8, the 12th manned American space flight and first space docking with an Agena Target Vehicle.
• August 1 » Charles Whitman kills 16 people at the University of Texas at Austin before being killed by the police.
• August 16 » Vietnam War: The House Un-American Activities Committee begins investigations of Americans who have aided the Viet Cong. The committee intends to introduce legislation making these activities illegal. Anti-war demonstrators disrupt the meeting and 50 people are arrested.
• August 29 » Leading Egyptian thinker Sayyid Qutb is executed for plotting the assassination of President Gamal Abdel Nasser.

The temperature on May 15, 1966 was between 6.1 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 11.4 hours of sunshine (73%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.