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• Grant Peter VERMEULEN, Johannesburg
• Peter Jurjen Hielko Nijhuis, Emmeloord, Overijssel, Nederland
• Wim van Duijnhoven, Uden († 1995)
• Marti Kers († 1974)
• Afra cornelia margaretha maria (alice) Steur, Hoogwoud, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2009)
• Peter Jurjen Hielko Nijhuis, Emmeloord
• Jeffery James Franklin Karrick, Billings, Yellowstone, Montana, Verenigde Staten († 1984)
• Shirley Smith, Den Helder
• Jantje Willemke de Vries, Nieuw-Weerdinge, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1992)
• koenraad SCHIPPER, oud-beijerland († 2021)

• Andrew B. Klaassen (52), fortasse, somewhere in IA
• Christina Louise Segboer (64), Den Haag
• Berendina Huiting (87)
• Antonius Wilhelmus Minneboo (86), Den Helder
• Adriaantje Oosthoek (73), Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Augustinus Hendricus van de Ruijt (57), Heerlen
• Antonia Harleman (89)
• Arie van der Sar (62), Maassluis
• Antje Oebeles Terpstra (77), Hallum
• Clélia Antonieta de Brito (79), Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

• 1965 » Colin Hendry, Scottish footballer and manager
• 1965 » Deborah Bassett, Australian rower
• 1965 » Jeffrey Wright, American actor
• 1966 » Andres Kasekamp, Canadian-Estonian historian and academic
• 1966 » C. Thomas Howell, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1966 » Kazue Itoh, Japanese actress
• 1966 » Louise Post, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1966 » Shinichi Ito, Japanese motorcycle racer
• 1967 » Mark Geyer, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
• 1967 » Tino Martinez, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster

• 1956 » Huntley Gordon, Canadian-American actor (b. 1887)
• 1956 » Reşat Nuri Güntekin, Turkish author and playwright (b. 1889)
• 1960 » Ioannis Demestichas, Greek admiral and politician (b. 1882)
• 1962 » Kirsten Flagstad, Norwegian opera singer (b. 1895)
• 1969 » Eric Portman, English actor (b. 1903)
• 1969 » Lefty O'Doul, American baseball player and manager (b. 1897)
• 1970 » Rube Goldberg, American cartoonist, sculptor, and author (b. 1883)
• 1975 » Hardie Albright, American actor (b. 1903)
• 1975 » Thornton Wilder, American novelist and playwright (b. 1897)
• 1976 » Paul Bragg, American nutritionist (b. 1895)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Peter
4. Hendrik
5. Robert
6. Cornelis
7. John
8. Paul
9. Pieter
10. Ronald
11. Marcel
12. Willem
13. Johan
14. Jacob
15. David
16. Richard

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Monique
4. Petra
5. Anna
6. Ingrid
7. Elisabeth
8. Jolanda
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.
• February 14 » Australian currency is decimalized.
• June 8 » The National Football League and American Football League announced a merger effective in 1970.
• 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.
• August 10 » The Heron Road Bridge collapses while being built, killing nine workers in the deadliest construction accident in both Ottawa and Ontario.
• August 23 » Lunar Orbiter 1 takes the first photograph of Earth from orbit around the Moon.
• October 22 » The Supremes become the first all-female music group to attain a No. 1 selling album (The Supremes A' Go-Go).

The temperature on December 7, 1966 was between 0.5 °C and 3.0 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.