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• Peter Heijnen, Geldrop, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1985)
• Paulien Schotpoort, Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland († 2009)
• Wilhelmus Hyacinthus Maria Maes, Nijmegen († 1966)
• Wilhelmus Hyacintus Maria Maes, Nijmegen († 1966)
• N.n. Driesen, Noordoostpolder († 1966)
• Jacob Jan (Jaco) Bras, goes († 2021)
• Jacob Ales Westerhuis († 1990)
• René Hendriks Robijn († 2016)
• Grietje Lassche († 2013)
• Tony Klaus Isensee, Amsterdam, Ned

• Alida Anna Maria Bibo (78), Zutphen
• Bernardus Johannes van Velthuijsen (71), Gorinchem
• Berendje ZONDAG (84), Valthermond (Odoorn), Drenthe, Nederland
• Camille Joseph Deforce (68), Ingelmunster, België
• Adriana van Ooijik (69), Rhenen
• Anna Onink (73), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina BERGHMANS (86), Mol Belgie
• Albert Joseph Meersschaut (81), Gentbrugge
• Bontje Bontjes Kingma (77), Mettemich, Duitsland
• Aldert Meijer (42), Groningen, Nederland

• 1963 » Paul Mercurio, Australian actor and dancer
• 1964 » Mark Hoban, English accountant and politician
• 1965 » Jean-Christophe Lafaille, French mountaineer († 2006)
• 1965 » Patty Fendick, American tennis player and coach
• 1965 » Steven T. Seagle, American author and screenwriter
• 1965 » Tom Barrasso, American ice hockey player and coach
• 1965 » William McNamara, American actor and producer
• 1966 » Nick Firestone, American race car driver
• 1966 » Roger Black, English runner and journalist
• 1968 » César Sampaio, Brazilian footballer

• 1952 » Wallace H. White, Jr., American lawyer and politician (b. 1877)
• 1956 » Ralph DePalma, Italian-American race car driver and actor (b. 1884)
• 1968 » Grover Lowdermilk, American baseball player (b. 1885)
• 1970 » Semyon Timoshenko, Soviet Commander during the Winter War and the Eastern Front of World War II (b. 1894)
• 1975 » Percy Alliss, English golfer (b. 1897)
• 1976 » Paul Strand, American photographer and director (b. 1890)
• 1978 » Astrid Allwyn, American actress (b. 1905)
• 1978 » Charles Herbert Best, American-Canadian physiologist and biochemist, co-discovered Insulin (b. 1899)
• 1980 » Jesse Owens, American sprinter and long jumper (b. 1913)
• 1980 » Vladimír Holan, Czech poet and author (b. 1905)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Peter
4. Hendrik
5. Robert
6. Cornelis
7. John
8. Paul
9. Ronald
10. Pieter
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.
• 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 19 » 1965–66 Texas Western Miners men's basketball team wins the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament.
• 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.
• July 24 » Michael Pelkey makes the first BASE jump from El Capitan along with Brian Schubert. Both came out with broken bones. BASE jumping has now been banned from El Cap.
• November 8 » Former Massachusetts Attorney General Edward Brooke becomes the first African American elected to the United States Senate since Reconstruction.
• November 28 » Michel Micombero overthrows the monarchy of Burundi and makes himself the first president.

The temperature on March 31, 1966 was between 5.6 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 5.3 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (10%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.