About the day » Friday March 11, 1966Calender converter

• François Jacobus Pop, Amstelveen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2010)
• Hubertus Anna Helmuth BUSCH, Sittard,Gemeente Sittard-Geleen,LIMBURG,NEDERLAND
• Maria Anna Hendrika (Marike) van der Wardt, Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1966)
• Ton Sleutjes, 's-Hertogenbosch († 1966)
• JOHANNUS PAULUS ANNA MAAT, Pynacker, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Donald CYR, Edmondston, Nouveau-Brunswick, Canada († 2005)
• Afra Tol
• Sabine VERHEYEN, Zottegem, 9620, Oost-Vlaanderen, Vlaanderen, België
• René Bonen († 2011)

• * Henri Frederik Visscher (74), Rotterdam
• Antonia Roelofsen (94), Amerongen, Nederland
• Alice Sophie Oudhoff (83), Amsterdam
• Albert Broeksma (87), Grand Rapids
• Carrie Lee Walker (71), La Follette, Campbell County, Tennessee, Verenigde Staten
• Allegonda Josephina Poulusse (83), Kaatsheuvel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Barta Nieuwenhuis (92), Valburg
• Cornelis Jansz Muntjewerf (80), Den Helder
• Donald M Reinhart (35), Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, Verenigde Staten
• Age Jans Post (100), Groningen

• 1965 » Allan Vainola, Estonian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1965 » Jenny Packham, English fashion designer
• 1965 » Jesse Jackson, Jr., American lawyer and politician
• 1965 » Nigel Adkins, English footballer and manager
• 1965 » Wallace Langham, American actor
• 1966 » Ilias Zouros, Greek basketball player and coach
• 1966 » John Thompson III, American basketball player and coach
• 1966 » Robbie Brookside, English wrestler and trainer
• 1967 » Brad Carson, American lawyer and politician, United States Under Secretary of the Army
• 1967 » John Barrowman, Scottish-American actor and singer

• 1959 » Lester Dent, American author (b. 1904)
• 1960 » Roy Chapman Andrews, American paleontologist and explorer (b. 1884)
• 1965 » Harry Altham, English cricketer, historian and coach (b. 1888)
• 1967 » Geraldine Farrar, American soprano and actress (b. 1882)
• 1968 » Haşim İşcan, Turkish educator and politician, 18th Mayor of İstanbul (b. 1898)
• 1969 » John Daly, Irish runner (b. 1880)
• 1969 » John Wyndham, English soldier and author (b. 1903)
• 1970 » Erle Stanley Gardner, American lawyer and author (b. 1889)
• 1971 » Philo Farnsworth, American inventor (b. 1906)
• 1971 » Whitney Young, American activist (b. 1921)

• 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 26 » British Guiana gains independence, becoming Guyana.
• September 16 » The Metropolitan Opera House opens at Lincoln Center in New York City with the world premiere of Samuel Barber's opera Antony and Cleopatra.
• October 22 » The Soviet Union launches Luna 12.
• 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.
• November 15 » Project Gemini: Gemini 12 completes the program's final mission, when it splashes down safely in the Atlantic Ocean.
• November 24 » Bulgarian TABSO Flight 101 crashes near Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, killing all 82 people on board.

The temperature on March 11, 1966 was between 3.3 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (14%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.