About the day » Monday October 3, 1966Calender converter

• Cornelis Jan Ronald Van Der Leeden, Schermerhrn († 2023)
• Gerbrand Pieter Farjon, Amsterdam
• Gunter De Wachter, Bornem († 1996)
• Monica Anna Maria KNOOK († 1974)
• Frank Pieter Van AARTSEN, Heerde († 1992)
• Carla Jane Beerkens, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand († 1972)
• Marco (Mark) Drenth, Deventer
• Binyamin Zeev Kahane, New York, New York, Verenigde Staten († 2000)
• Wichma van den Born († 2007)

• Anna Kleijn (75), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Soest van (87), 's-Gravendeel, ZH, Nederland
• Cornelis Johannes van de Riet (62), Etten-Leur
• Antonia Maria (Tonia) Haagh (73), Oosterhout, NB, Nederland
• Anna Johanna Mulder (68), Gouda
• Binne Brouwer (61), -
• Alexander Bernardus Paul (87), Dordrecht (NL)
• Alice Barbara O'Malley (76), Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland
• Cornelis Van De Kieft (71)
• Annie E Hunter (87), Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

• 1964 » Clive Owen, English actor
• 1965 » Annemarie Verstappen, Dutch swimmer
• 1965 » Jan-Ove Waldner, Swedish table tennis player
• 1966 » Darrin Fletcher, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1967 » Chris Collingwood, English-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1967 » Rob Liefeld, American author and illustrator
• 1968 » Donald Sild, Estonian javelin thrower
• 1968 » Greg Foster, American basketball player and coach
• 1968 » Marko Rajamäki, Finnish footballer and manager
• 1968 » Paul Crichton, English footballer and manager

• 1953 » Arnold Bax, English composer and poet (b. 1883)
• 1959 » Tochigiyama Moriya, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 27th Yokozuna (b. 1892)
• 1963 » Refet Bele, Turkish general (b. 1877)
• 1965 » Zachary Scott, American actor (b. 1914)
• 1966 » Rolf Maximilian Sievert, Swedish physicist and academic (b. 1896)
• 1967 » Malcolm Sargent, English organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1895)
• 1967 » Woody Guthrie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1912)
• 1969 » Skip James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1902)
• 1979 » Nicos Poulantzas, Greek-French sociologist and philosopher (b. 1936)
• 1980 » Friedrich Karm, Estonian footballer (b. 1907)

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.
• 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.
• July 15 » Vietnam War: The United States and South Vietnam begin Operation Hastings to push the North Vietnamese out of the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone.
• 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.
• 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).
• November 28 » Michel Micombero overthrows the monarchy of Burundi and makes himself the first president.
• December 24 » A Canadair CL-44 chartered by the United States military crashes into a small village in South Vietnam, killing 129.

The temperature on October 3, 1966 was between 13.2 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 5.2 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.