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• Maria Anna Jacomina HONCOOP, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2012)
• Marc Braet, Brugge († 2022)
• Derek Andrews, Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom († 2021)
• Barbara Ann Arts, Appleton (US)
• Egberta Gerharda Altena († 2014)
• Paul Richard Carlson, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America († 2019)
• Peter Mark Edelbroek, Onbekend, Australië
• Gerardina (Gea) Arjana Wessel, Schiedam († 2001)
• Anthony Smits, Montréal, QC, Canada († 2004)

• Anna Martha Conrad (88), Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, Verenigde Staten
• Dirk Jan Kemme (49), Utrecht
• Antonius Josephus van Amstel (76), Berghem
• Cornelia KRANSSE (78)
• Arend Hendrik Pas (84)
• Abraham Jonker (74), Oldebroek, Nederland
• Alexander Fredrick Nash (49), Geelong, Victoria, Australia
• Delphina Leeman (85), Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• (1) Johannes Egstorf (62), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Andries Jacob Woestenburg (85), Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1962 » Michel Petrucciani, French jazz pianist († 1999)
• 1964 » Maite Zúñiga, Spanish runner
• 1964 » Tex Perkins, Australian singer-songwriter
• 1965 » Allar Levandi, Estonian skier
• 1967 » Chris Ware, American illustrator
• 1968 » Akihiko Hoshide, Japanese engineer and astronaut
• 1969 » Linus Torvalds, Finnish-American computer programmer, developed Linux kernel
• 1970 » Brenda Schultz-McCarthy, Dutch tennis player
• 1970 » Elaine Hendrix, American actress
• 1970 » James Jett, American sprinter and football player

• 1949 » Jack Lovelock, New Zealand runner and soldier (b. 1910)
• 1959 » Ante Pavelić, Croatian fascist dictator during World War II (b. 1889)
• 1960 » Philippe Panneton, Canadian physician, academic, and diplomat (b. 1895)
• 1963 » Paul Hindemith, German violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1895)
• 1967 » Katharine McCormick, American biologist and philanthropist (b. 1875)
• 1968 » David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie, Scottish peer, soldier and courtier (b. 1893)
• 1971 » Max Steiner, Austrian-American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1888)
• 1976 » Katharine Byron, American politician (b. 1903)
• 1981 » Allan Dwan, Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1885)
• 1983 » William Demarest, American actor (b. 1892)

• 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 1 » Venera 3 Soviet space probe crashes on Venus becoming the first spacecraft to land on another planet's surface.
• March 19 » 1965–66 Texas Western Miners men's basketball team wins the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament.
• July 30 » England defeats West Germany to win the 1966 FIFA World Cup at Wembley Stadium after extra time.
• August 29 » Leading Egyptian thinker Sayyid Qutb is executed for plotting the assassination of President Gamal Abdel Nasser.
• November 24 » Bulgarian TABSO Flight 101 crashes near Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, killing all 82 people on board.
• December 5 » The musical I Do! I Do!, starring Mary Martin and Robert Preston opens at the 46th Street Theatre, in New York City, and closes on June 15, 1968, after 560 performances.

The temperature on December 28, 1966 was between 1.4 °C and 6.2 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (12%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.