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• Ellen Sue Frazier, IA († 1980)
• Anthony van Orsouw († 1981)
• Marinus Johannes van Wagtendonk, Schiedam
• Kelli Coleen Todd ****, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2014)
• Marinus Johannes van Wagtendonk, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andre Bras († 2017)

• Anna Helena Sipkes (74), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Annetje van Oudenaarde (62), Heerhugowaard
• Evers (84), USA
• Aquilla Chance (75), Corsicana, Navarro, Texas, United States of America
• Albertje Eelsing (78), Vlagtwedde
• Adriana Cornelia Nelemans (87), Zundert
• Albert Bisschop (68), Muntendam
• Albertje Eelsing (78), Sellingen Vlagtwedde Westerwolde Groningen Nederland
• Baukje Sybolts (Berbera Elisabeth) Poelsma (76), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Alberta van Wessum (77), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1964 » Anabell López, Cuban singer
• 1964 » Eddy Cue, American computer scientist and businessman
• 1964 » Robert Trujillo, American bass player and songwriter
• 1965 » Al Leiter, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1965 » Augusten Burroughs, American author and screenwriter
• 1966 » Alex Zanardi, Italian racing driver and cyclist
• 1967 » Dale Crover, American singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer
• 1967 » Jaime Yzaga, Peruvian tennis player
• 1967 » Omar Linares, Cuban baseball player
• 1967 » Walt Flanagan, American actor and illustrator

• 1944 » Charles Glover Barkla, English-Scottish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877)
• 1950 » Al Jolson, Lithuanian-American actor and singer (b. 1886)
• 1953 » Adrien de Noailles, French son of Jules Charles Victurnien de Noailles (b. 1869)
• 1959 » George Bouzianis, Greek painter (b. 1885)
• 1959 » Gerda Lundequist, Swedish actress (b. 1871)
• 1964 » Frank Luther Mott, American historian and journalist (b. 1886)
• 1978 » Maybelle Carter, American singer and autoharp player (Carter Family) (b. 1909)
• 1983 » Jessica Savitch, American journalist (b. 1947)
• 1984 » Oskar Werner, Austrian-German actor (b. 1922)
• 1986 » Edward Adelbert Doisy, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1893)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Peter
4. Hendrik
5. Robert
6. Cornelis
7. John
8. Paul
9. Ronald
10. Pieter
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.
• March 1 » Venera 3 Soviet space probe crashes on Venus becoming the first spacecraft to land on another planet's surface.
• May 30 » Former Congolese Prime Minister, Évariste Kimba, and several other politicians are publicly executed in Kinshasa on the orders of President Joseph Mobutu.
• July 1 » The first color television transmission in Canada takes place from Toronto.
• August 1 » Charles Whitman kills 16 people at the University of Texas at Austin before being killed by the police.
• October 22 » The Supremes become the first all-female music group to attain a No. 1 selling album (The Supremes A' Go-Go).
• November 4 » The Arno River floods Florence, Italy, to a maximum depth of 6.7m (22ft), leaving thousands homeless and destroying millions of masterpieces of art and rare books. Also Venice was submerged on the same day at its record all-time acqua alta of 194cm (76in).

The temperature on October 23, 1966 was between 7.8 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 10.8 °C. There was 10.3 mm of rain during 8.8 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.