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• Rinske Albertina Tot, Harlingen, Friesland, Nederland
• Dirk Antoon Everaert, Aalst
• Patricia Wilhelmina Braafhart, Fremont,Michican, Verenigde Staten († 1966)
• Wilhelmina Borsje († 2002)
• Miranda Zwinkels († 2005)
• Hennie de Jong, Pingjum († 1983)
• Monique Leegwater, Borne
• Wilhelmus Maria van Boven, Den Dungen († 2018)
• Aafje Bruijn, Enkhuizen
• Evert Arjen Kiestra, Leeuwarden († 2004)

• Adam van de Corput (81), Breda
• Arnolda Johanna van Teeffelen (82), Tiel
• augustine marie SODMON (82), lens (62)
• Antonia Henderina STROOTMAN (0), Breda
• Anna Mathea den Mulder (76), Blitterswijck, Limburg, Nederland
• Antje Eilander (85), Abbekerk
• Aaltje Snoek (71), Urk
• Albertha van 't Ende (89)
• Adriana Johanna van den Haak (78), Montfoort/UTR
• aaltje Snoek (71), Urk

• 1964 » Jacques Songo'o, Cameroonian footballer and coach
• 1964 » Lee Dixon, English footballer and journalist
• 1964 » Rob Lowe, American actor and producer
• 1964 » Stefano Borgonovo, Italian footballer († 2013)
• 1965 » Andrew Hudson, South African cricketer
• 1966 » Andrew Rosindell, English journalist and politician
• 1967 » Barry Minkow, American pastor and businessman
• 1967 » Billy Corgan, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, pianist, and producer
• 1967 » Jason Alchin, Australian rugby league player
• 1968 » Eri Nitta, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress

• 1956 » Fred Allen, American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and author (b. 1894)
• 1956 » Irène Joliot-Curie, French physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
• 1957 » Ramon Magsaysay, Filipino captain and politician, 7th President of the Philippines (b. 1907)
• 1958 » Bertha De Vriese, Belgian physician (b. 1877)
• 1958 » John Pius Boland, Irish tennis player and politician (b. 1870)
• 1961 » Susanna M. Salter, American activist and politician (b. 1860)
• 1965 » Amos Alonzo Stagg, American football player and coach (b. 1862)
• 1974 » Louis Kahn, American architect and academic, designed Jatiyo Sangsad Bhaban (b. 1901)
• 1976 » Luchino Visconti, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1906)
• 1981 » Paul Dean, American baseball player (b. 1913)

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.
• 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.
• March 4 » In an interview in the London Evening Standard, The Beatles' John Lennon declares that the band is "more popular than Jesus now".
• March 17 » Off the coast of Spain in the Mediterranean, the DSVAlvin submarine finds a missing American hydrogen bomb.
• May 16 » The Communist Party of China issues the "May 16 Notice", marking the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.
• July 4 » U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Freedom of Information Act into United States law. The act went into effect the next year.
• August 22 » Labor movements NFWA and AWOC merge to become the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC), predecessor of the United Farm Workers.

The temperature on March 17, 1966 was between 6.2 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.