About the day » Tuesday December 6, 1966Calender converter

• Helmut Homburg, Wolfhagen (D) († 1985)
• Weterings, Geertruidenberg († 1967)
• Anita Van Raaij, Linden
• Kitty Stalpaert, Assebroek († 2021)
• Jakobus Oost († 2003)
• Liezette Koot, Rijpwetering († 2013)
• Saapke Weistra, Zwaagwesteinde († 1999)
• Sheryl HUIZINGA, Grand Rapids Kent County Michigan U.S.A († 2009)

• Charles Macrae O'Brien (77), Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
• Dirk Adriaan van der Stelt (73)
• Arie Willem Verheul (78), Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Age Ras (88)
• ALPHONSUS JACOBUS PHILOMENA KERCKHOFS (64), KASTERLE
• Anna Maria Paulus (67), Halsteren, N-Br, NL
• Anna Catharina - Katrina Nögel (82), Twist, Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Adriana Johanna de Vries (71), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arthur Carlson (72), Calhoun Co., Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Maria Pijpers (79), Rotterdam

• 1963 » Ulrich Thomsen, Danish actor and producer
• 1964 » Mall Nukke, Estonian painter
• 1965 » Gordon Durie, Scottish footballer and manager
• 1966 » Natascha Badmann, Swiss triathlete
• 1966 » Per-Ulrik Johansson, Swedish golfer
• 1967 » Arnaldo Mesa, Cuban boxer († 2012)
• 1967 » Helen Greiner, American businesswoman and engineer
• 1967 » Judd Apatow, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1968 » Akihiro Yano, Japanese baseball player
• 1969 » Torri Higginson, Canadian actress

• 1951 » Harold Ross, American journalist and publisher, founded The New Yorker (b. 1892)
• 1955 » Honus Wagner, American baseball player and manager (b. 1874)
• 1956 » B. R. Ambedkar, Indian economist and politician, 1st Indian Minister of Justice (b. 1891)
• 1961 » Frantz Fanon, Martinique-French psychiatrist and author (b. 1925)
• 1964 » Evert van Linge, Dutch footballer and architect (b. 1895)
• 1972 » Janet Munro, English actress and singer (b. 1934)
• 1974 » Nikolay Kuznetsov, Soviet naval officer (b. 1904)
• 1976 » João Goulart, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 24th President of Brazil (b. 1918)
• 1980 » Charles Deutsch, French engineer and businessman, co-founded DB (b. 1911)
• 1982 » Jean-Marie Seroney, Kenyan activist and politician (b. 1927)

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.
• January 12 » Lyndon B. Johnson states that the United States should stay in South Vietnam until Communist aggression there is ended.
• February 4 » All Nippon Airways Flight 60 plunges into Tokyo Bay, killing 133.
• June 8 » An F-104 Starfighter collides with XB-70 Valkyrie prototype no. 2, destroying both aircraft during a photo shoot near Edwards Air Force Base. Joseph A. Walker, a NASA test pilot, and Carl Cross, a United States Air Force test pilot, are both killed.
• July 18 » A racially charged incident in a bar sparks the six-day Hough riots in Cleveland, Ohio; 1,700 Ohio National Guard troops intervene to restore order.
• August 29 » The Beatles perform their last concert before paying fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.
• October 14 » The city of Montreal begins the operation of its underground Montreal Metro rapid transit system.

The temperature on December 6, 1966 was between 0.4 °C and 2.8 °C and averaged 1.1 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain during 6.4 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.