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• Jeroen Hendrik Antonius (Jeroen) Schothuis, Hengelo, 7550, Nederland († 2017)
• Allana Michelle Everet, Strathroy, Ontario, Canada
• Greetje van Kruistum, Veenendaal († 1975)
• Jaenette Lusink, Ruurlo
• Harry van Diepen, Spanbroek († 1966)
• Damien van CAILLIE, Liège, 62063, Liège, Belgique († 1971)
• Pamela Pearson
• Gerrit Hogenhout, Valburg († 2024)
• Johannes Nicolai († 1966)
• Philippine baronne de Mévius, Namur († 2019)

• Albertus de Groot (52), Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Cornelis Vermeij (78)
• Antonius van der Heijden (81), Deurne
• Anna Clara Croes (81), Aruba
• Adriaantje van der Weele (80), Zierikzee
• Annechien Tiems (63)
• Cornelia Algonda Heijmans (56), Den Bosch
• Anna Catharina Hubertina Houtmortels (82), Wessem
• Cornelia Gerarda Maria Ostendorf (67), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Altje ' Alice' Meyer (94), Buffalo Center, Iowa

• 1953 » Carlos Queiroz, Portuguese footballer and manager
• 1953 » Sinan Çetin, Turkish actor, director, and producer
• 1954 » Catherine Bach, American actress
• 1954 » Ron Howard, American actor, director, and producer
• 1956 » Dalia Grybauskaitė, Lithuanian politician, 6th President of Lithuania
• 1956 » Tim Daly, American actor, director, and producer
• 1958 » Nik Kershaw, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1959 » Nick Griffin, English politician
• 1961 » Mike Rozier, American football player
• 1966 » Zack Snyder, American director, producer, and screenwriter

• 1952 » Mariano Azuela, Mexican physician and author (b. 1873)
• 1966 » Fritz Houtermans, Polish-German physicist and academic (b. 1903)
• 1974 » Bobby Timmons, American pianist and composer (b. 1935)
• 1976 » Jean Martinon, French conductor and composer (b. 1910)
• 1978 » Paul Scott, English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1920)
• 1979 » Mustafa Barzani, Iraqi-Kurdistan politician (b. 1903)
• 1980 » Dixie Dean, English footballer (b. 1907)
• 1980 » Wilhelmina Cooper, Dutch-American model and businesswoman, founded Wilhelmina Models (b. 1940)
• 1983 » Arthur Koestler, Hungarian-English journalist and author (b. 1905)
• 1984 » Jackie Coogan, American actor (b. 1914)

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.
• May 30 » Former Congolese Prime Minister, Évariste Kimba, and several other politicians are publicly executed in Kinshasa on the orders of President Joseph Mobutu.
• July 2 » France conducts its first nuclear weapon test in the Pacific, on Moruroa Atoll.
• August 22 » Labor movements NFWA and AWOC merge to become the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC), predecessor of the United Farm Workers.
• October 1 » West Coast Airlines Flight 956 crashes with no survivors in Oregon. This accident marks the first loss of a DC-9.
• October 14 » The city of Montreal begins the operation of its underground Montreal Metro rapid transit system.
• October 17 » The 23rd Street Fire in New York City kills 12 firefighters.

The temperature on March 1, 1966 was between -0.8 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (31%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.