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• Robert Dillema († 2000)
• Rudolphus Paulus Kostermans
• N.N. van Blokland, Amsterdam († 1966)
• Jacqueline Rolinka Gerarda Koosdr Hassefras, Grootschermer († 2014)
• Peter Christian Kunz, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bianca Meekel, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Miguel Angel Serrato Gaytan, Allende, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Mexico († 2015)
• Johannes Doorgeest, Raalte, Overijsel, Nederland
• Paul David van Raalten, Den Haag (ZH-NLD) († 1966)

• Apolonia van Eijk (52), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• * Franciscus Cornelius (Frans) van den Brand (71), Vlijmen
• Adriana Vermetten (91), Gilze en Rijen
• "Gustave" Clément Alexandre Marie Joseph della Faille de Leverghem (94), Anvers, Belgique
• Arend Jan Weijenberg (87), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• aart van PROOIJEN (53), heinenoord
• Apollonia van Eijk (52), Rotterdam
• Antonius Bernardus EISING (26)
• Cornelis Lacet (65), 's-Hertogenbosch, Br, The Netherlands
• Apolonia Louisa Catharina van Rooijen (78), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1964 » Alex Caffi, Italian race car driver
• 1964 » Bonnie Blair, American speed skater
• 1964 » Courtney Pine, English saxophonist and clarinet player
• 1964 » Isabel Noronha, Mozambican film director
• 1964 » Jo Churchill, British politician
• 1966 » Brian Watts, Canadian golfer
• 1966 » Jerry Cantrell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1966 » Peter Jones, English businessman
• 1967 » Miki Berenyi, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1968 » Prince Eudes, Duke of Angoulême

• 1954 » Walter Mead, English cricketer (b. 1868)
• 1956 » Louis Bromfield, American environmentalist and author (b. 1896)
• 1962 » Walter W. Bacon, American accountant and politician, 60th Governor of Delaware (b. 1880)
• 1964 » Sigfrid Edström, Swedish businessman, 4th President of the International Olympic Committee (b. 1870)
• 1965 » Farouk of Egypt (b. 1920)
• 1973 » Johannes Aavik, Estonian philologist and poet (b. 1880)
• 1977 » Carlos Pace, Brazilian race car driver (b. 1944)
• 1977 » Marien Ngouabi, Congolese politician, President of the Republic of the Congo (b. 1938)
• 1978 » Leigh Brackett, American author and screenwriter (b. 1915)
• 1978 » Peggy Wood, American actress (b. 1892)

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.
• February 23 » In Syria, Ba'ath Party member Salah Jadid leads an intra-party military coup that replaces the previous government of General Amin al-Hafiz, also a Baathist.
• June 8 » An F-104 Starfighter collides with XB-70 Valkyrie prototype no. 2, destroying both aircraft during a photo shoot near Edwards Air Force Base. Joseph A. Walker, a NASA test pilot, and Carl Cross, a United States Air Force test pilot, are both killed.
• August 23 » Lunar Orbiter 1 takes the first photograph of Earth from orbit around the Moon.
• 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 4 » Basutoland becomes independent from the United Kingdom and is renamed Lesotho.
• October 21 » A colliery spoil tip collapses on the village of Aberfan in Wales, killing 144 people, mostly schoolchildren.

The temperature on March 18, 1966 was between 4.3 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 5.2 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (4%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.