About the day » Saturday December 31, 1966Calender converter

• Deciana, Bandung, Jawa Barat (Djawa Barat), Indonesië
• Gertruida Maria Bakker, Jaguariúna († 1989)
• Claudia Moonen, Heerlen († 1995)
• Delia Keoholana Dela Pena, Honolulu (Oahu) (Hawaii) († 1997)
• Sierd Kunnen († 1996)
• Patty Traa, Eindhoven († 2015)
• Theodorus Cornelis Henricus(Theo) Duivenvoorden, Noordwijk
• Jan Paul Wilhelmus Maria van den Hurk, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2012)
• W. SMITHUIS, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Albert van Dijk (80)
• Anthonij Blok (76), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Annie Klimstra (67), Fulton, Whiteside County, Illinois
• Arend Jacobus Henneman (69), Amsterdam
• Anna van Haaften (77)
• Bernardus Voogd (80), Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Jacoba Willemina van der Pluijm (82), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Arendina Bos (73), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anthonij Blok (76), Rotterdam, Zuid Holland
• Antonia SEBREGTS (66), WOUW, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1964 » Michael McDonald, American comedian, actor, and director
• 1964 » Winston Benjamin, Antiguan cricketer
• 1965 » Gong Li, Chinese actress
• 1965 » Julie Doucet, Canadian cartoonist and author
• 1965 » Laxman Sivaramakrishnan, Indian cricketer
• 1965 » Nicholas Sparks, American author, screenwriter, and producer
• 1965 » Tony Dorigo, Australian-English footballer and sportscaster
• 1967 » Paul McGregor, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1968 » Gerry Dee, Canadian comedian, actor, and screenwriter
• 1968 » Junot Diaz, Dominican-born American novelist, short story writer, and essayist

• 1953 » Albert Plesman, Dutch businessman, founded KLM (b. 1889)
• 1964 » Ólafur Thors, Icelandic lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Iceland (b. 1892)
• 1964 » Bobby Byrne, American baseball and soccer player (b. 1884)
• 1964 » Henry Maitland Wilson, English field marshal (b. 1881)
• 1968 » George Lewis, American clarinet player and composer (b. 1900)
• 1970 » Cyril Scott, English composer, writer, and poet (b. 1879)
• 1972 » Henry Gerber, German-American activist, founded the Society for Human Rights (b. 1892)
• 1972 » Roberto Clemente, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and Marine (b. 1934)
• 1978 » Basil Wolverton, American illustrator (b. 1909)
• 1980 » Marshall McLuhan, Canadian philosopher and theorist (b. 1911)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Peter
4. Hendrik
5. Robert
6. Cornelis
7. John
8. Pieter
9. Paul
10. Ronald
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 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.
• June 8 » The National Football League and American Football League announced a merger effective in 1970.
• August 1 » Purges of intellectuals and imperialists becomes official China policy at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.
• October 10 » The Beach Boys release one of their biggest singles, ranked the 6th greatest song by Rolling Stone, "Good Vibrations".
• November 8 » U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs into law an antitrust exemption allowing the National Football League to merge with the upstart American Football League.
• December 24 » A Canadair CL-44 chartered by the United States military crashes into a small village in South Vietnam, killing 129.

The temperature on December 31, 1966 was between 2.5 °C and 10.5 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 12.6 mm of rain during 8.1 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.