About the day » Monday January 3, 1966Calender converter

• Arend Hofman, Groningen († 2005)
• Lodewijk Gerardus Marinus Zumbrink, Cothen, Utrecht, Nederland († 1966)
• Roderick van Maaren, Hilversum († 2002)
• Nicole Carolina Maria Jaspers, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Johan Maurits (Maurits) van den Brandeler, Amsterdam († 2018)

• Arnoldus Antonius Walravens (62), Eindhoven
• Augustinus Adrianus Cornelis Basters (85), Udenhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bruce F. Jackson (74)
• Anna catharina Houwink (73), Hoogezand-Sappemeer
• Arie Koetsier (85), Zeist
• Casper Terhorst (85), Amsterdam
• Abraham BROBBEL DORSMAN (53), Hazerswoude, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Agnes Nibbering (73), Alkmaar
• Adriana van der Ploeg (62), Rotterdam
• Anna Hillegonda Post (66), Vlissingen

• 1963 » Aamer Malik, Pakistani cricketer
• 1963 » Alex Wheatle, English author and playwright
• 1963 » Stewart Hosie, Scottish businessman and politician
• 1964 » Bruce LaBruce, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1964 » Cheryl Miller, American basketball player and coach
• 1966 » Chetan Sharma, Indian cricketer
• 1969 » Gerda Weissensteiner, Italian luger and bobsledder
• 1969 » Jarmo Lehtinen, Finnish racing driver
• 1969 » Lorenzo Fertitta, American entrepreneur, casino executive and sports promoter
• 1969 » Michael Schumacher, German racing driver

• 1960 » Eric P. Kelly, American journalist, author, and academic (b. 1884)
• 1962 » Hermann Lux, German footballer and manager (b. 1893)
• 1965 » Milton Avery, American painter (b. 1885)
• 1966 » Sammy Younge Jr., American civil rights activist (b. 1944)
• 1967 » Jack Ruby, American businessman and murderer (b. 1911)
• 1967 » Mary Garden, Scottish-American soprano and actress (b. 1874)
• 1967 » Reginald Punnett, British scientist (b. 1875)
• 1969 » Jean Focas, Greek-French astronomer (b. 1909)
• 1969 » Tzavalas Karousos, Greek-French actor (b. 1904)
• 1970 » Gladys Aylward, English missionary and humanitarian (b. 1902)

• 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 5 » BOAC Flight 911, a Boeing 707 aircraft, breaks apart in mid-air due to clear-air turbulence and crashes into Mount Fuji, Japan, killing all 124 people on board.
• March 17 » Off the coast of Spain in the Mediterranean, the DSVAlvin submarine finds a missing American hydrogen bomb.
• April 26 » A new government is formed in the Republic of the Congo, led by Ambroise Noumazalaye.
• August 10 » The Heron Road Bridge collapses while being built, killing nine workers in the deadliest construction accident in both Ottawa and Ontario.
• August 29 » The Beatles perform their last concert before paying fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.
• September 8 » The landmark American science fiction television series Star Trek premieres with its first-aired episode, "The Man Trap".

The temperature on January 3, 1966 was between 0.8 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. There was 6.0 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.