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• Jose Maria Teunissen, Nijmegen († 1966)
• Cynthia Krommenhoek, USA († 1971)
• Emmy de Leeuw, Roermond, Roermond († 2011)
• Judith Pronk, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2016)
• Lorinda Maria BERLESE († 2010)
• Nina Gerarda Teunissen, Nijmegen († 1966)
• Riekelt de Vries, Den Helder († 1993)

• Achiel Richard Leonce Van de Vyver (61), Aalst, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Afke Gabri�lle Boon (72), Utrecht, Nederland
• Annie Viktoria Karlsson (76)
• Adriana Lodewijkx (68), Bergen op Zoom, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Adriaan CLARISSE (65), Vlissingen
• Bote Groustra (56), Laren, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Bastiana van Holst (79), Rotterdam
• Anna Maria van Haaren (76), Maastricht NLD, Limburg, Nederland
• Beert van den Berg (87), Doornspijk
• Berendina Arnolli (72), Haren, Groningen, Nederland

• 1963 » D. L. Hughley, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1964 » Linda Pearson, Scottish sport shooter
• 1965 » Allan Bateman, Welsh rugby player
• 1965 » Jim Knight, English politician
• 1966 » Alan Davies, English comedian, actor and screenwriter
• 1967 » Connie Britton, American actress
• 1967 » Glenn Greenwald, American journalist and author
• 1967 » Julio Bocca, Argentinian ballet dancer and director
• 1967 » Shuler Hensley, American actor and singer
• 1968 » Moira Kelly, American actress and director

• 1961 » George Formby, English singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1904)
• 1964 » Paul of Greece (b. 1901)
• 1965 » Margaret Dumont, American actress (b. 1889)
• 1967 » John Haden Badley, English author and educator, founded the Bedales School (b. 1865)
• 1967 » Nelson Eddy, American actor and singer (b. 1901)
• 1967 » Zoltán Kodály, Hungarian composer, linguist, and philosopher (b. 1882)
• 1970 » William Hopper, American actor (b. 1915)
• 1973 » Pearl S. Buck, American novelist, essayist, short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)
• 1974 » Ernest Becker, American anthropologist and author (b. 1924)
• 1976 » Maxie Rosenbloom, American boxer (b. 1903)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Peter
4. Hendrik
5. Robert
6. Cornelis
7. John
8. Pieter
9. Ronald
10. Paul
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.
• March 4 » A Canadian Pacific Air Lines DC-8-43 explodes on landing at Tokyo International Airport, killing 64 people.
• 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 16 » Launch of Gemini 8, the 12th manned American space flight and first space docking with an Agena Target Vehicle.
• July 6 » Malawi becomes a republic, with Hastings Banda as its first President.
• September 9 » The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act is signed into law by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson.
• December 27 » The Cave of Swallows, the largest known cave shaft in the world, is discovered in Aquismón, San Luis Potosí, Mexico.

The temperature on March 6, 1966 was between -0.4 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (38%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.