About the day » Thursday June 2, 1966Calender converter

• Henricus Johannes Antonius Manders, Overlangel, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1983)
• Erwin Geerts, Oisterwijk († 2010)

• Asta Erica Jensen (47), Lanaken, Limburg, Belgium
• Adriana Johanna Vervaart (85), Dongen
• Bastiaan Slooter (86), Strijen
• Adrianus Remkes (81), Utrecht
• Arentje Maria Schoon (62), Nieuwenhoorn Z.H
• Claudionor Pereira de Barros (76)
• Anna Jannetje Pannekoek (54)
• Cantie Columbus Williams (82), Sylacauga, Talladega, Alabama, Verenigde Staten
• Antje Jasper (83)
• Arie BARNHOORN (76), 's-Gravenhage (Z-H)

• 1964 » Caroline Link, German director and screenwriter
• 1965 » Mark Waugh, Australian cricketer and journalist
• 1965 » Russ Courtnall, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1965 » Steve Waugh, Australian cricketer
• 1966 » Candace Gingrich, American activist
• 1966 » Dayana Cadeau, Haitian born Canadian-American professional bodybuilder
• 1966 » Pedro Guerra, Spanish singer-songwriter
• 1966 » Petra van Staveren, Dutch swimmer
• 1967 » Mike Stanton, American baseball player
• 1967 » Remigija Nazarovienė, Lithuanian heptathlete and coach

• 1959 » Lyda Borelli, Italian actress (b. 1884)
• 1961 » George S. Kaufman, American director, producer, and playwright (b. 1889)
• 1962 » Vita Sackville-West, English author and poet (b. 1892)
• 1967 » Benno Ohnesorg, German student and activist (b. 1940)
• 1968 » André Mathieu, Canadian pianist and composer (b. 1929)
• 1969 » Leo Gorcey, American actor (b. 1917)
• 1970 » Albert Lamorisse, French director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
• 1970 » Bruce McLaren, New Zealand race car driver and engineer, founded the McLaren racing team (b. 1937)
• 1970 » Giuseppe Ungaretti, Italian soldier, journalist, and academic (b. 1888)
• 1970 » Orhan Kemal, Turkish author (b. 1914)

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.
• January 10 » Tashkent Declaration, a peace agreement between India and Pakistan signed that resolved the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
• March 1 » The Ba'ath Party takes power in Syria.
• March 31 » The Soviet Union launches Luna 10 which later becomes the first space probe to enter orbit around the Moon.
• July 18 » Human spaceflight: Gemini 10 is launched from Cape Kennedy on a 70-hour mission that includes docking with an orbiting Agena target vehicle.
• October 15 » The Black Panther Party is created by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale.
• November 11 » NASA launches Gemini 12.

The temperature on June 2, 1966 was between 4.8 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (14%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.