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• Caroline van der Laar († 2016)
• Bastiaan Maria, Enschede
• Auke Ton van Hilten, Uithoorn
• Petrus Vervloed, Den Bommel († 1986)
• Dennis Eugene Cruise, Wesley, Kossuth Co., IA († 1992)
• Nancy Jean SEEKMAN († 1966)
• Wietze Meijer, Haulerwijk, Friesland, Nederland († 1995)

• Anna Maria Cools (86), Wuustwezel, 2990, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Antonia Hendrika Johanna Robbertsen (66)
• Alida Johanna Kullberg (83), Ede, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aiko HAZELHOFF (72), Wagenborgen (Termunten) Groningen Netherlands
• Catharina Margaretha Bonvie (74), Amsterdam
• Arizona Catherine Smith (91), Indianapolis, Indiana
• Aiko Hazelof (72), Termunten, Groningen, Nederland
• Cornelia Hendrika Sonneveld (77), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Charles William Clough (35), Sackville, New South Wales, Australia
• * Johannes van Griensven (50), Boxtel

• 1960 » Adam Clayton, English-born Irish musician and songwriter
• 1960 » Joe Ranft, American animator, screenwriter, and voice actor († 2005)
• 1963 » Vance Johnson, American football player
• 1964 » Will Clark, American baseball player
• 1966 » Chico Science, Brazilian singer-songwriter († 1997)
• 1967 » Andrés Escobar, Colombian footballer († 1994)
• 1967 » Pieter Vink, Dutch footballer and referee
• 1970 » Tim Story, American director and producer
• 1971 » Allan Nielsen, Danish international footballer, midfielder and manager
• 1971 » Annabeth Gish, American actress

• 1943 » Stephen Vincent Benét, American poet, short story writer, and novelist (b. 1898)
• 1946 » Werner von Blomberg, German field marshal (b. 1878)
• 1962 » Anne Acheson, Irish sculptor († 1882)
• 1965 » Fan Noli, Albanian-American bishop and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Albania (b. 1882)
• 1965 » Vittorio Jano, Italian engineer (b. 1891)
• 1971 » Rockwell Kent, American painter and illustrator (b. 1882)
• 1972 » Tony Ray-Jones, English photographer (b. 1941)
• 1975 » Ivo Andrić, Yugoslav novelist, poet, and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)
• 1976 » Ole Haugsrud, American sports executive (b. 1900)
• 1983 » Paul Citroen, German-Dutch illustrator and educator (b. 1896)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Peter
4. Hendrik
5. Robert
6. Cornelis
7. John
8. Ronald
9. Paul
10. Pieter
11. Marcel
12. Willem
13. Johan
14. Jacob
15. David
16. Michael

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.
• April 26 » A new government is formed in the Republic of the Congo, led by Ambroise Noumazalaye.
• June 2 » Surveyor program: Surveyor 1 lands in Oceanus Procellarum on the Moon, becoming the first U.S. spacecraft to soft-land on another world.
• June 14 » The Vatican announces the abolition of the Index Librorum Prohibitorum ("index of prohibited books"), which was originally instituted in 1557.
• July 30 » England defeats West Germany to win the 1966 FIFA World Cup at Wembley Stadium after extra time.
• September 6 » Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd, the architect of apartheid, is stabbed to death in Cape Town, South Africa during a parliamentary meeting.
• December 8 » The Greek ship SSHeraklion sinks in a storm in the Aegean Sea, killing over 200.

The temperature on March 13, 1966 was between -0.5 °C and 6.0 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (33%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.