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• Elisabeth Johanna (Ellen) Rademakers († 2014)
• Bruno François Jean PALLIER, Brest, 29019, Finistère, Bretagne, France († 1987)
• Marijke Denolf, Roeselare,8800,West-Vlaanderen,België († 1984)
• levenloos geboren kind († 1966)
• Astrid Maria (Astrid) Boudrie († 2022)
• Helga Draaisma, Surhuisterveen, Nederland († 1999)
• Anita Boonman († 2003)
• Márcio Beckhäuser, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1966)

• Cornelia Beenhakker (80), Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anne Frances Joan Stopford (46)
• Dirk van Heerde (77), Tuff Home, Hills, Minnesota, VS
• Catharina Hermina Maria Bulder (79), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Anthonia Cornelia de With (88)
• Cornelia Johanna Bijl (74)
• Christina Foolen (88), Eindhoven,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bartus van Wijnen (76), Gorinchem
• Andries (van Kakes) Schilder (80), Volendam
• Annie Newby (73), Purcell, McClain, Oklahoma, Verenigde Staten

• 1963 » Thomas Gabriel Fischer, Swiss musician
• 1964 » Masahiko Kondō, Japanese singer-songwriter and race car driver
• 1964 » Teresa Edwards, American basketball player
• 1965 » Claus-Dieter Wollitz, German footballer and manager
• 1965 » Evelyn Glennie, Scottish musician
• 1967 » Jean-François Mercier, Canadian comedian, screenwriter, and television host
• 1967 » Yael Abecassis, Israeli model and actress
• 1968 » Jim Norton, American comedian, actor, and author
• 1968 » Pavel Kuka, Czech footballer and manager
• 1968 » Robb Flynn, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

• 1963 » William Andrew, English priest (b. 1884)
• 1965 » Syngman Rhee, South Korean journalist and politician, 1st President of South Korea (b. 1875)
• 1967 » Odell Shepard, American poet and politician, 66th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut (b. 1884)
• 1969 » Stratis Myrivilis, Greek soldier and author (b. 1890)
• 1974 » Ernő Schwarz, Hungarian-American soccer player and coach (b. 1904)
• 1975 » Lefty Frizzell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1928)
• 1977 » Karl Ristikivi, Estonian geographer, author, and poet (b. 1912)
• 1980 » Hans Morgenthau, German-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic (b. 1904)
• 1980 » Margaret Craven, American journalist and author (b. 1901)
• 1980 » Nihat Erim, Turkish jurist and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1912)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Peter
4. Hendrik
5. Robert
6. Cornelis
7. John
8. Pieter
9. Ronald
10. Paul
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.
• February 4 » All Nippon Airways Flight 60 plunges into Tokyo Bay, killing 133.
• March 19 » 1965–66 Texas Western Miners men's basketball team wins the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament.
• June 8 » Topeka, Kansas, is devastated by a tornado that registers as an "F5" on the Fujita scale: The first to exceed US$100million in damages. Sixteen people are killed, hundreds more injured, and thousands of homes damaged or destroyed.
• July 15 » Vietnam War: The United States and South Vietnam begin Operation Hastings to push the North Vietnamese out of the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone.
• August 26 » The South African Border War starts with the battle at Omugulugwombashe.
• November 11 » NASA launches Gemini 12.

The temperature on July 19, 1966 was between 14.5 °C and 23.3 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 61.2 mm of rain during 8.3 hours. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (7%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.