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• Monique Letitre († 1991)
• Harm Baas, Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Maria Elisabeth Hendrica Johanna Cuijpers, Roermond
• Arie Dirk Kapitein, Zijpe († 2012)
• Dean Allan Nordman, Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa († 2008)
• Nancy Vanmoerkerke, Roeselare († 2024)
• Laudomira Castanho Costa († 1966)
• Wallace William Bish Jr, Chicago, Illinois († 2018)
• Paul Hendrik Elisabeth Truyens, Koersel († 2016)
• Henk Assen, Dalen, Coevorden († 2017)

• Antonie Cornelis Spithoven (77), Utrecht
• Adrianus van Kesteren (83), Ljouwert, Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus Meijer (88), Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Verbiest (79), Bergen op Zoom, N-Br, NL
• Agatha van der ZWAN (81), Katwijk aan Zee (Z-H)
• Agatha (Agie) van der Zwan (81), Katwijk, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Adiana Sophia Elisabeth Macleane (66), Brakel, Nederland
• AGATHA! VAN DER ZWAN (81), KATWIJK
• Adrianus Kesteren Van (83), Leeuwarden Friesland Netherlands
• Attje Meis Lammers (86), Opende

• 1964 » Shane Douglas, American wrestler and manager
• 1965 » Björk, Icelandic singer-songwriter
• 1965 » Reggie Lewis, American basketball player († 1993)
• 1966 » Evgeny Bareev, Russian chess player and coach
• 1966 » Thanasis Kolitsidakis, Greek footballer
• 1966 » Troy Aikman, American football player and sportscaster
• 1967 » Amanda Lepore, American model and singer
• 1967 » Ken Block, American race car driver
• 1967 » Toshihiko Koga, Japanese martial artist
• 1967 » Tripp Cromer, American baseball player

• 1958 » Mel Ott, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster (b. 1909)
• 1959 » Max Baer, American boxer, referee, and actor (b. 1909)
• 1962 » Frank Amyot, Canadian canoeist (b. 1904)
• 1963 » Artur Lemba, Estonian composer and educator (b. 1885)
• 1963 » Robert Stroud, American ornithologist and author (b. 1890)
• 1964 » Catherine Bauer Wurster, American architect and public housing advocate (b. 1905)
• 1967 » C. M. Eddy, Jr., American author (b. 1896)
• 1970 » C. V. Raman, Indian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1970 » Newsy Lalonde, Canadian lacrosse and ice hockey player (b. 1887)
• 1973 » Thomas Pelly, American lawyer and politician (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 4 » In an interview in the London Evening Standard, The Beatles' John Lennon declares that the band is "more popular than Jesus now".
• March 31 » The Soviet Union launches Luna 10 which later becomes the first space probe to enter orbit around the Moon.
• May 16 » The Communist Party of China issues the "May 16 Notice", marking the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.
• June 13 » The United States Supreme Court rules in Miranda v. Arizona that the police must inform suspects of their rights before questioning them.
• September 16 » The Metropolitan Opera House opens at Lincoln Center in New York City with the world premiere of Samuel Barber's opera Antony and Cleopatra.
• 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 November 21, 1966 was between 2.6 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain during 5.0 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.