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• Ansgar Kemme († 1985)
• Carmen BOURGEOIS, Ste-Famille, Jonquière, Chicoutimi, Qc († 1982)
• Ricardo Houte, Ieper († 2000)
• Daylon Lee Uhlenhopp († 1966)
• Reindert Cornelis Vliegenthart, Katwijk († 1968)
• Corné Ariëns († 2000)
• Nelda Germany
• Anton van Dongen, Raamsdonksveer, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1988)
• Shirley Maria Catharina Antonia Adriana van Loon, Breda
• Hubertus Antonius Jozef Kappers, Dalfsen († 1973)

• David Harley Ferguson (78), Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
• Aagje Hus (43), Ermelo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus Barendregt (74), 's-Gravendeel, 3295, Nederland
• (Buurke), J. M. Constant Moiës (91), Opheers, Belgiê
• Adriaan de Pagter (36), Domburg, Walcheren, NL
• Apolonia Adegeest (80), Delft
• Antoni van Engelen (78), Vlijmen
• Clara van der Linden (79), Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Carman Elwood Lake (58), unbekannt
• Cornelis Kroon (79), Krimpen aan de IJssel

• 1964 » Miguel Induráin, Spanish cyclist
• 1964 » Phil Hellmuth, American poker player
• 1965 » Claude Lemieux, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1965 » Michel Desjoyeaux, French sailor
• 1965 » Sherri Stoner, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
• 1966 » Jyrki Lumme, Finnish ice hockey player
• 1967 » Will Ferrell, American actor, comedian, and producer
• 1968 » Barry Sanders, American football player
• 1968 » Dhanraj Pillay, Indian field hockey player and manager
• 1968 » Larry Sanger, American philosopher and businessman, co-founded Wikipedia and Citizendium

• 1949 » Vyacheslav Ivanov, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1866)
• 1953 » Hilaire Belloc, French-born British writer and historian (b. 1870)
• 1954 » Herms Niel, German soldier, trombonist, and composer (b. 1888)
• 1960 » Albert Kesselring, German field marshal (b. 1881)
• 1960 » John P. Marquand, American author (b. 1893)
• 1964 » Rauf Orbay, Turkish colonel and politician, Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1881)
• 1965 » Boris Artzybasheff, Ukrainian-American illustrator (b.1899)
• 1969 » James Scott Douglas, English-born Scottish race car driver and 6th Baronet Douglas (b. 1930)
• 1981 » Harry Chapin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1942)
• 1982 » Charles Robberts Swart, South African lawyer and politician, 1st State President of South Africa (b. 1894)

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.
• July 4 » U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Freedom of Information Act into United States law. The act went into effect the next year.
• 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.
• October 4 » Basutoland becomes independent from the United Kingdom and is renamed Lesotho.
• October 9 » Vietnam War: South Korean troops commit the Binh Tai Massacre.
• November 13 » In response to Fatah raids against Israelis near the West Bank border, Israel launches an attack on the village of As-Samu.
• November 28 » Michel Micombero overthrows the monarchy of Burundi and makes himself the first president.

The temperature on July 16, 1966 was between 10.8 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 11.2 mm of rain during 6.8 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (6%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.