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• Pascal Verreth, Herenthals († 2019)
• Richard Wijnhoven, Oirschot, N-Br, NL († 1969)
• Gea Wever († 2015)
• Wilfred Kooijman († 2015)
• Anne Magda Frederike van Dassen, Holstebro (Denemarken)
• Gerrit Johannes Zasburg, Den Helder († 1992)
• Muriel Wyns, Ixelles,1050,Bruxelles,BE († 1996)
• Jodie Webb, Racine, Racine, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten († 2012)
• Samantha Gail Sorrells († 1966)

• Bernardus Hermanus Piscaer (83), Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Agnes Maria Dorothea Mirani (83)
• Clasina Johanna Sliedregt van (60), Fijnaart en Heijningen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Clasina (Clara) van der Boom (96), Denver, Colorado, Verenigde Staten
• Antonia van Schaik (82), IJsselstein, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antonius Martines Franciscus Tra (57), Eindhoven
• Dirk Drost (84)
• Antonia STEVAUX (86), Brustem, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Jannetje van Geest (77), 's-Gravenzande
• Avery Johnson (71), Ada, Pontotoc, Oklahoma

• 1964 » Roberto Vittori, Italian colonel, pilot, and astronaut
• 1965 » Nasser El Sonbaty, German bodybuilder and trainer († 2013)
• 1966 » Bill Charlap, American pianist and composer
• 1966 » Dave Stead, English drummer
• 1966 » Ilse Huizinga, Dutch singer
• 1966 » Jorge Campos, Mexican footballer and manager
• 1967 » Dan Forest, American politician, 34th Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina
• 1967 » Götz Otto, German actor and screenwriter
• 1968 » Didier Deschamps, French footballer and manager
• 1968 » Vanessa Marcil, American actress

• 1958 » Asaf Halet Çelebi, Turkish poet and author (b. 1907)
• 1959 » Lipót Fejér, Hungarian mathematician and academic (b. 1880)
• 1959 » Stepan Bandera, Ukrainian soldier and politician (b. 1909)
• 1960 » Clara Kimball Young, American actress and producer (b. 1890)
• 1961 » Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala', Indian poet and author (b. 1896)
• 1963 » Horton Smith, American golfer and captain (b. 1908)
• 1964 » Cole Porter, American composer and songwriter (b. 1891)
• 1965 » Abraham Fraenkel, German-Israeli mathematician and academic (b. 1891)
• 1966 » Frederick Montague, 1st Baron Amwell, English lieutenant and politician (b. 1876)
• 1968 » Virginia Lee Burton, American author and illustrator (b. 1909)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Peter
4. Hendrik
5. Robert
6. Cornelis
7. John
8. Pieter
9. Paul
10. Ronald
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 28 » A NASA T-38 Talon crashes into the McDonnell Aircraft factory while attempting a poor-visibility landing at Lambert Field, St. Louis, killing astronauts Elliot See and Charles Bassett.
• July 24 » Michael Pelkey makes the first BASE jump from El Capitan along with Brian Schubert. Both came out with broken bones. BASE jumping has now been banned from El Cap.
• August 22 » Labor movements NFWA and AWOC merge to become the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC), predecessor of the United Farm Workers.
• October 1 » West Coast Airlines Flight 956 crashes with no survivors in Oregon. This accident marks the first loss of a DC-9.
• November 15 » Project Gemini: Gemini 12 completes the program's final mission, when it splashes down safely in the Atlantic Ocean.
• December 27 » The Cave of Swallows, the largest known cave shaft in the world, is discovered in Aquismón, San Luis Potosí, Mexico.

The temperature on October 15, 1966 was between 10.5 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (73%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.