About the day » Monday January 10, 1966Calender converter

• Edith Maria Spaansen, 't Veld († 1990)
• Klaas Wink, Staphorst, ov.nld († 1966)
• Hans Van Den Borre, Opbrakel († 1996)
• Karyn Doreen Versteeg, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, VS († 1992)
• Diana Renae Schwitters
• Johan Engels
• Johannes Engelbertus Frederikus Becker, Nieuwe Pekela († 2006)
• David Andrew Weyandt († 1992)
• Johannes Engelbertus Frederikus Becker, Nw Pekela († 2006)
• Gerrit Bakker, Usquert

• Arie Vink (38), Arnhem
• Albertus Wilhemsz Braam (82), Bussum, Nederland
• Anna Zuidema (54), Evergreen Park Cook Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus Duijndam (49), Leiden
• Andreas Didden (55), Breda
• Adrianus│Aad Duijndam (49), Leiden
• Antonia Maria Josephina Decuypere (86), Koekelare,8680,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Aukje Jacobs Schuurman (90), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Albertus Braam (82), Bussum
• Anna Werkema (69), Grand Rapids (Kent County) (Michigan)

• 1961 » Janet Jones, American actress
• 1962 » Kathryn S. McKinley, American computer scientist and academic
• 1962 » Michael Fortier, Canadian lawyer and politician
• 1963 » Kira Ivanova, Russian figure skater († 2001)
• 1963 » Malcolm Dunford, New Zealand-Australian footballer
• 1964 » Brad Roberts, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1967 » Maciej Śliwowski, Polish footballer
• 1969 » Simone Bagel-Trah, German businessperson
• 1970 » Alisa Marić, Serbian chess player and politician, Serbian Minister of Youth and Sports
• 1970 » Buff Bagwell, American wrestler and actor

• 1959 » Şükrü Kaya, Turkish jurist and politician, Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Jack Laviolette, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (b. 1879)
• 1961 » Dashiell Hammett, American detective novelist and screenwriter (b. 1894)
• 1967 » Charles E. Burchfield, American painter (b. 1893)
• 1968 » Ali Fuat Cebesoy, Turkish general and politician, 6th Speaker of the Parliament of Turkey (b. 1882)
• 1969 » Sampurnanand, Indian educator and politician, 2nd Governor of Rajasthan (b. 1891)
• 1970 » Pavel Belyayev, Russian pilot and astronaut (b. 1925)
• 1971 » Coco Chanel, French fashion designer, founded Chanel (b. 1883)
• 1971 » Ignazio Giunti, Italian race car driver (b. 1941)
• 1972 » Aksel Larsen, Danish lawyer and politician (b. 1897)

• 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 31 » The Soviet Union launches Luna 10 which later becomes the first space probe to enter orbit around the Moon.
• April 26 » The magnitude 5.1 Tashkent earthquake affects the largest city in Soviet Central Asia with a maximum MSK intensity of VII (Very strong). Tashkent is mostly destroyed and 15–200 are killed.
• May 25 » Explorer program: Explorer 32 launches.
• June 14 » The Vatican announces the abolition of the Index Librorum Prohibitorum ("index of prohibited books"), which was originally instituted in 1557.
• 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.
• October 14 » The city of Montreal begins the operation of its underground Montreal Metro rapid transit system.

The average temperature on January 10, 1966 was -2.8 °C. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.