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• Monique Maria Mathea Husson, Maastricht († 1992)
• petronella jacoba maria (els) duijf, helden-dorp
• Petrus Korbeld, Deventer († 1998)
• Johannus Hendrikus Kuijlenburg, Haarlem († 2000)
• Timothy Alan de Bruin († 1981)
• Marcel van Heertum, Tiel († 1984)
• Elizabeth Le Sueur, Salt Lake City
• Monique Maria Mathea Husson, Maastricht († 1992)
• helga staaks, kessel
• Nicholas Rozier, Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania († 2019)

• Arie Stoppelenburg (68)
• Akke Wiersma (46), Murmerwoude, gem. Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Josepha Cornelia Maria Meijlink (80), Breda,Gemeente Breda,North Brabant,Netherlands
• Arie Langereis (89), Ilpendam
• Bertha Ellen (Betty) SUTTON (76), Glenorchy, Tasmania, Australia
• Clarence Heemstra (55), Chicago, Cook, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Baukje Helder (83), Augustinusga, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje van de Streek (84), Doornspijk, Nederland
• Aaltje van de Streek (84), Doornspijk (Elburg), Gld, NL
• Anna Geertrui van Aggelen (57)

• 1964 » Jo Walton, Welsh-Canadian author and poet
• 1964 » Salvatore Schillaci, Italian footballer
• 1965 » Henry Honiball, South African rugby player
• 1965 » Magnifico, Slovenian singer
• 1966 » Andrew Adamson, New Zealand director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1966 » Katherine LaNasa, American actress, ballet dancer, and choreographer
• 1966 » Larry Walker, Canadian baseball player and coach
• 1967 » Nestor Carbonell, American actor
• 1967 » Reggie Sanders, American baseball player
• 1968 » Justin Chadwick, English actor and director

• 1954 » Fred Rose, American pianist, composer, and publisher (b. 1898)
• 1964 » Charilaos Vasilakos, Greek runner (b. 1877)
• 1964 » J. B. S. Haldane, English-Indian geneticist and biologist (b. 1892)
• 1968 » Darío Moreno, Turkish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1921)
• 1968 » Nicolae Bretan, Romanian opera singer, composer, and conductor (b. 1887)
• 1973 » David Ben-Gurion, Israeli politician, 1st Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1886)
• 1975 » Anna Roosevelt Halsted, American journalist (b. 1906)
• 1975 » Ernesto Maserati, Italian race car driver and engineer (b. 1898)
• 1975 » Nellie Fox, American baseball player and coach (b. 1927)
• 1981 » Russ Manning, American author and illustrator (b. 1929)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Peter
4. Hendrik
5. Robert
6. Cornelis
7. John
8. Pieter
9. Ronald
10. Paul
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.
• January 15 » The First Nigerian Republic, led by Abubakar Tafawa Balewa is overthrown in a military coup d'état.
• January 17 » Palomares incident: A B-52 bomber collides with a KC-135 Stratotanker over Spain, killing seven airmen, and dropping three 70-kiloton nuclear bombs near the town of Palomares and another one into the sea.
• February 23 » In Syria, Ba'ath Party member Salah Jadid leads an intra-party military coup that replaces the previous government of General Amin al-Hafiz, also a Baathist.
• March 31 » The Soviet Union launches Luna 10 which later becomes the first space probe to enter orbit around the Moon.
• April 21 » Rastafari movement: Haile Selassie of Ethiopia visits Jamaica, an event now celebrated as Grounation Day.
• August 16 » Vietnam War: The House Un-American Activities Committee begins investigations of Americans who have aided the Viet Cong. The committee intends to introduce legislation making these activities illegal. Anti-war demonstrators disrupt the meeting and 50 people are arrested.

The temperature on December 1, 1966 was between 3.5 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 3.6 mm of rain during 4.8 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.