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• Arno Ingmar Korenhof, Rotterdam
• Julia Kae Rieken († 1966)
• Joop Kleinheerenbrink († 2018)
• Jacqueline Johanna Matser, Wageningen († 2007)
• Miranda Rozeman, Heemskerk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2019)
• Kevin Dean Martin († 1985)
• Robert Louis Griffin († 1995)
• Jakoba van Haeringen, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2017)
• Hendrik Cornelis (Henk) Pul († 2014)

• Catharina Aria de Hoog (59), Gouda
• Alphonse Laperle (70), Websterville, Vermont, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelis Marius Petrus Tijssen (84)
• Annie Laura Faulkner (82), Odessa, Ector, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Angela Catharina Henrica WERCK (78), Hasselt, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Anna Bastiana Kleijn (86), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Anna Wijtzes Meijer (58), Groningen
• Cornelia Schrier (75), Arnhem
• Arisje van Losenoord (64), Nijkerkerveen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alida Knol (76), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1964 » Argiris Pedoulakis, Greek basketball player and coach
• 1964 » Caitlín R. Kiernan, Irish-American paleontologist and author
• 1964 » Lenny Kravitz, American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and actor
• 1965 » Hazel Irvine, Scottish sportscaster and journalist
• 1966 » Helena Bonham Carter, English actress
• 1966 » Zola Budd, South African runner
• 1967 » Mika Yamamoto, Japanese journalist († 2012)
• 1967 » Philip Treacy, Irish milliner, hat designer
• 1968 » Fernando León de Aranoa, Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1968 » Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark

• 1954 » Lionel Conacher, Canadian football player and politician (b. 1900)
• 1955 » Alberto Ascari, Italian race car driver (b. 1918)
• 1956 » Al Simmons, American baseball player and coach (b. 1902)
• 1959 » Philip Kassel, American gymnast (b. 1876)
• 1966 » Elizabeth Dilling, American author and activist (b. 1894)
• 1969 » Allan Haines Loughead, American engineer, co-founded the Lockheed Corporation (b. 1889)
• 1969 » Paul Hawkins, Australian race car driver (b. 1937)
• 1974 » Silvio Moser, Swiss race car driver (b. 1941)
• 1976 » Martin Heidegger, German philosopher and academic (b. 1889)
• 1978 » Cybele Andrianou, Greek actress (b. 1887)

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.
• March 4 » In an interview in the London Evening Standard, The Beatles' John Lennon declares that the band is "more popular than Jesus now".
• March 31 » The Soviet Union launches Luna 10 which later becomes the first space probe to enter orbit around the Moon.
• May 21 » The Ulster Volunteer Force declares war on the Irish Republican Army in Northern Ireland.
• July 18 » A racially charged incident in a bar sparks the six-day Hough riots in Cleveland, Ohio; 1,700 Ohio National Guard troops intervene to restore order.
• November 11 » NASA launches Gemini 12.
• December 5 » The musical I Do! I Do!, starring Mary Martin and Robert Preston opens at the 46th Street Theatre, in New York City, and closes on June 15, 1968, after 560 performances.

The temperature on May 26, 1966 was between 10.1 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 5.0 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.