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• João Paulo Machado Quental, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil († 1993)
• Ellen SCHMEITINK, Emmeloord, Nederland, Flevoland, NO Polder
• Carlo Steegmans, Hasselt, België († 1995)
• Sandra Witman, Abcoude
• Hilda Keijzer († 2025)

• Anna Marta Karlsdatter Keiseraas (94), Trondheim, Trondheim, Sor-Trondelag, Norway
• Albertus Gerhardus Wessel (59), Coevorden
• Albertus Jeremias Eduard, Bertus van Binsbergen (75), Arnhem GLD
• Antje Wouterse (65), Rolde
• Antonius Marinus Aarhuis (72), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Jeremias Eduard van Binsbergen (75), Arnhem
• Albert van den Berg (Horstra) (81), IJhorst
• Antonius Marinus Pietersz Aarhuis (72), Amsterdam
• Anna Maria Louisa Pellens (65), Breda 4800, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alberta Bragonje (84), Oosterbeek (GL)

• 1963 » Bret Michaels, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1964 » Davide Pinato, Italian footballer
• 1964 » Rockwell, American singer-songwriter and musician
• 1965 » Robyn Malcolm, New Zealand actress
• 1965 » Sunetra Gupta, Indian epidemiologist, author, and academic
• 1967 » Naoko Takeuchi, Japanese manga artist, creator of Sailor Moon
• 1968 » Kahimi Karie, Japanese singer
• 1968 » Mark McGrath, American singer-songwriter and television host
• 1968 » Sabrina Salerno, Italian singer-songwriter, actress, and producer
• 1968 » Terje Riis-Johansen, Norwegian politician, Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy

• 1957 » Ernst Nobs, Swiss politician (b. 1886)
• 1959 » Lester Young, American saxophonist and clarinet player (b. 1909)
• 1962 » Arthur Compton, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)
• 1962 » Charles Bartliff, American soccer player (b. 1886)
• 1966 » Abe Saperstein, American basketball player and coach (b. 1902)
• 1969 » Miles Malleson, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1888)
• 1969 » Musashiyama Takeshi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 33rd Yokozuna (b. 1909)
• 1970 » Tarjei Vesaas, Norwegian author and poet (b. 1897)
• 1971 » Jean-Pierre Monseré, Belgian cyclist (b. 1948)
• 1972 » Aleksandr Ivanovich Laktionov, Russian painter and educator (b. 1910)

• 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 15 » The First Nigerian Republic, led by Abubakar Tafawa Balewa is overthrown in a military coup d'état.
• February 26 » Apollo program: Launch of AS-201, the first flight of the Saturn IB rocket
• March 1 » The Ba'ath Party takes power in Syria.
• August 1 » Purges of intellectuals and imperialists becomes official China policy at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.
• September 30 » Bechuanaland declares its independence, and becomes the Republic of Botswana.
• November 15 » A Boeing 727 carrying Pan Am Flight 708 crashes near Berlin, Germany, killing all three people on board.

The temperature on March 15, 1966 was between 0.7 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.