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• Johannis Gerardus Nicolaas Maria Verlaat, Huissen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1998)
• Luiz Hammes, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1966)
• Richard Krabbedijk, Den Haag († 1985)
• Linda Drenthen, Bruchterveld († 2023)
• Rufi Philomena Antonia Maria van Rooij, Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Petra den Outer († 1967)
• Paul Peter Meijvogel, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 2011)

• Bart Pieter Oussoren (70), 's-Gravenhage
• Adriana Johanna Wartenbergh (77), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Benjamin Hirschy (85), North Little Rock Pulaski County Arkansas, Verenigde Staten
• Celeste (Seleste) Noe (70)
• Cornelia de Boer (47), ,,, Amsterdam
• Charlotte Scarlett (91), Linton Park, Saint Ann, Jamaica
• Beulah Edna Mrs1OdesD Watson [Wks] (53)
• Ann Henry (86), Vicksburg,Warren County,Mississippi
• Albert Adriaan Van Den Ouweland (51), Turnhout, Antwerpen, België
• Antje Tepper (89)

• 1964 » Rosie Perez, American actress, dancer, and director
• 1965 » Christopher Nolan, Irish author and poet († 2009)
• 1965 » Darren Clark, Australian sprinter
• 1965 » Terry Bickers, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1965 » Van Tiffin, American football player
• 1967 » Igor Štimac, Croatian footballer and manager
• 1967 » Kalli Kalde, Estonian painter and illustrator
• 1967 » Macy Gray, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1967 » Milan Lukić, Convicted of war crimes by the ICTY
• 1967 » William DuVall, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1959 » Edmund Gwenn, English actor (b. 1877)
• 1959 » Kay Kendall, English actress and comedian (b. 1927)
• 1962 » Hanns Eisler, German-Austrian composer (b. 1898)
• 1962 » Seiichiro Kashio, Japanese tennis player (b. 1892)
• 1966 » Hendrik Verwoerd, Dutch-South African journalist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of South Africa (b. 1901)
• 1966 » Margaret Sanger, American nurse, educator, and activist (b. 1879)
• 1969 » Arthur Friedenreich, Brazilian footballer (b. 1892)
• 1972 » Perpetrator and victims of the Munich massacre
• 1974 » Olga Baclanova, Russian-Swiss actress and ballerina (b. 1896)
• 1974 » Otto Kruger, American actor (b. 1885)

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.
• June 13 » The United States Supreme Court rules in Miranda v. Arizona that the police must inform suspects of their rights before questioning them.
• July 10 » The Chicago Freedom Movement, led by Martin Luther King, Jr., holds a rally at Soldier Field in Chicago. As many as 60,000 people attend.
• August 18 » Vietnam War: The Battle of Long Tan ensues after a patrol from the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment clashes with a Viet Cong force in Phước Tuy Province.
• August 22 » Labor movements NFWA and AWOC merge to become the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC), predecessor of the United Farm Workers.
• August 23 » Lunar Orbiter 1 takes the first photograph of Earth from orbit around the Moon.
• December 18 » Saturn's moon Epimetheus is discovered by astronomer Richard Walker.

The temperature on September 6, 1966 was between 14.8 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (50%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.