About the day » Thursday March 24, 1966Calender converter

• Rita Engels († 2007)
• Axel Querton, Uccle († 2018)
• Simon Schilder († 1994)
• Carolina Theresia Cloosterman, Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Christiaan Tessemaker 9, Oene, Nederland († 2017)
• Maria Antonia Rengerlina Tijhuis, Amersfoort († 2012)
• Martin Gritter († 1993)
• Mathias Johannes Aldegondus Maria van der Krabbe, Venray,, Limburg, Nederland († 1968)
• John Jay Bosch, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2009)
• Richard Cornelus Bernardus Obdam, Obdam

• ANNA MARIA WILHELMINA SPAANS (81), SCHEVENINGEN (GEMEENTE 'S-GRAVENHAGE)
• Adriaan Rentier (63), Nieuwerkerk
• Anna Mary Jones (96), Bucks Co, Pennsylvania
• Antje van Veen (55), Ede, Geldrland, Nederland
• Annigje Profijt (91), Groningen
• Anna Elisabeth Gothe (76), Geleen
• Anna Maria Janssen (75), Venray, Limburg, Nederland
• Adrianus Gerardus Kokje (73), Rotterdam
• Beredina Hermina Helena Oude Hilbert (69)
• Aldert Karel Meesters (24), Winschoten

• 1962 » Angèle Dubeau, Canadian violinist
• 1962 » Star Jones, African-American lawyer, journalist, and talk show host
• 1963 » Raimond van der Gouw, Dutch footballer and coach
• 1963 » Torsten Voss, German decathlete and bobsledder
• 1963 » Vadym Tyshchenko, Ukrainian footballer and manager († 2015)
• 1965 » The Undertaker, American wrestler and actor
• 1966 » Floyd Heard, American sprinter and coach
• 1967 » Diann Roffe, American skier
• 1968 » Minarti Timur, Indonesian badminton player
• 1969 » Stephan Eberharter, Austrian skier

• 1951 » Lorna Hodgkinson, Australian educator and educational psychologist (b. 1887)
• 1953 » Mary of Teck (b. 1867)
• 1962 » Auguste Piccard, Swiss physicist and explorer (b. 1884)
• 1962 » Jean Goldkette, French-American pianist and bandleader (b. 1899)
• 1968 » Alice Guy-Blaché, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1873)
• 1971 » Arne Jacobsen, Danish architect, designed the Radisson Blu Royal Hotel and Aarhus City Hall (b. 1902)
• 1971 » Arthur Metcalfe, Australian public servant (b. 1895)
• 1976 » Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, English field marshal (b. 1887)
• 1978 » Park Mok-wol, influential Korean poet and academic (b. 1916)
• 1980 » Óscar Romero, Salvadoran archbishop (b. 1917)

• 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 10 » Tashkent Declaration, a peace agreement between India and Pakistan signed that resolved the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
• February 28 » A NASA T-38 Talon crashes into the McDonnell Aircraft factory while attempting a poor-visibility landing at Lambert Field, St. Louis, killing astronauts Elliot See and Charles Bassett.
• March 1 » The Ba'ath Party takes power in Syria.
• July 18 » A racially charged incident in a bar sparks the six-day Hough riots in Cleveland, Ohio; 1,700 Ohio National Guard troops intervene to restore order.
• August 16 » Vietnam War: The House Un-American Activities Committee begins investigations of Americans who have aided the Viet Cong. The committee intends to introduce legislation making these activities illegal. Anti-war demonstrators disrupt the meeting and 50 people are arrested.
• September 9 » The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act is signed into law by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson.

The temperature on March 24, 1966 was between 0.5 °C and 7.3 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was 5.5 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (29%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.