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• Reginald Peene, Westkapelle († 2020)
• Frank Grutters, Boxmeer,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1998)
• José Kroon († 2010)
• Gemma Mulder († 1983)
• - Hoogstede, Kampen († 1966)
• Dennis Arthur Goodell, Reedsburg (Sauk County) (New York) († 2009)

• Antje van Schuppen (38), Utrecht
• Anthonius Jacobus Nijssen (44), Den Helder
• Augustinus Ludovicus De Doncker (73), Herentals, België
• Adrianus Johannes de Lepper (88), Tilburg (N.Br.)
• Aaltje Buis (64)
• Alida Groeneveld (79), Vinkeveen,De Ronde Venen,Utrecht,Nederland
• Albertina Julie Johnson (65)
• Andries Hagedoorn (78), Zuidlaren
• Adrianus Verbaten (57), Heerlen
• Alvaro Bueno Rofrigues (62), São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil

• 1962 » Paul Higgins, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1962 » Trace Adkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1964 » Penelope Ann Miller, American actress
• 1966 » Leo Visser, Dutch speed skater and pilot
• 1966 » Patrick Dempsey, American actor and race car driver
• 1968 » Mike Whitlow, English footballer and coach
• 1969 » Stefania Belmondo, Italian skier
• 1969 » Stephen Hendry, Scottish snooker player and journalist
• 1970 » Frank Kooiman, Dutch footballer
• 1970 » Marco Pantani, Italian cyclist († 2004)

• 1956 » Lyonel Feininger, German-American painter and illustrator (b. 1871)
• 1957 » A. E. Coppard English poet and short story writer (b. 1878)
• 1958 » Jesse L. Lasky, American film producer, co-founded Paramount Pictures (b. 1880)
• 1962 » Ernie Kovacs, American actor and game show host (b. 1919)
• 1963 » Sylvanus Olympio, Togolese businessman and politician, President of Togo (b. 1902)
• 1967 » Anatole de Grunwald, Russian-English screenwriter and producer (b. 1910)
• 1971 » Robert Still, English composer and educator (b. 1910)
• 1973 » Sabahattin Eyüboğlu, Turkish screenwriter and producer (b. 1908)
• 1974 » Raoul Jobin, Canadian tenor and educator (b. 1906)
• 1974 » Salvador Novo, Mexican playwright and poet (b. 1904)

• 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 19 » 1965–66 Texas Western Miners men's basketball team wins the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament.
• June 8 » An F-104 Starfighter collides with XB-70 Valkyrie prototype no. 2, destroying both aircraft during a photo shoot near Edwards Air Force Base. Joseph A. Walker, a NASA test pilot, and Carl Cross, a United States Air Force test pilot, are both killed.
• 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 10 » The Heron Road Bridge collapses while being built, killing nine workers in the deadliest construction accident in both Ottawa and Ontario.
• November 11 » NASA launches Gemini 12.
• November 28 » Michel Micombero overthrows the monarchy of Burundi and makes himself the first president.

The temperature on January 13, 1966 was between -5.8 °C and -1.4 °C and averaged -3.0 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (43%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.