About the day » Thursday December 1, 1966Calender converter

• Timothy Alan de Bruin († 1981)
• petronella jacoba maria (els) duijf, helden-dorp
• Marcel van Heertum, Tiel († 1984)
• Nicholas Rozier, Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania († 2019)
• Carrie Gwenn Kelderman, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada († 2023)
• Johannus Hendrikus Kuijlenburg, Haarlem († 2000)
• Elizabeth Le Sueur, Salt Lake City
• Petrus Korbeld, Deventer († 1998)
• Jack Schaap († 1997)
• Monique Maria Mathea Husson, Maastricht († 1992)

• Aart van Deutekom (55)
• Carolus Leonardus De Bont (58), Breda, Noord-Brabant, België
• Barend Bruggink (82), Hengelo, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Arie Stoppelenburg (68)
• Antonius Hendricus ROLVINK (77), Delft, Province of South Holland, Netherlands
• Baukje Helder (83), Augustinusga, Friesland, Nederland
• Aart Andeweg (66)
• Akke Wiersma (46), Murmerwoude, gem. Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Berta Van 'T Veen (75), Valkenburg, Valkenburg aan de Geul, Limburg, Nederland
• Barend Bruggink (82), Hengelo

• 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)

• 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.
• May 21 » The Ulster Volunteer Force declares war on the Irish Republican Army in Northern Ireland.
• May 26 » British Guiana gains independence, becoming Guyana.
• June 14 » The Vatican announces the abolition of the Index Librorum Prohibitorum ("index of prohibited books"), which was originally instituted in 1557.
• June 30 » The National Organization for Women, the United States' largest feminist organization, is founded.
• December 8 » The Greek ship SSHeraklion sinks in a storm in the Aegean Sea, killing over 200.

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.