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• Joseph Hubertus Elisabeth Collijn († 2018)
• Gerard van Amerongen, Ede, Gelderland, Nederland († 1974)
• Kevin D Ruddy († 2022)

• Adriaan Hoogesteger (77), Goes
• Antje de Boer (79), Appingedam
• Antonia van den Hurk (71), Deurne, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arie de Ronde (82), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bontje Tabes Visser (89), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands
• Arie de Ronde (82), Ermelo/GL
• Anje Poelstra (95), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Benő Benjamin Bezalel Fischer (87), London, England
• Augustus de Roover (87), Baal, Vlaams-Brabant, België
• Barend Reijersen (78), Putten

• 1964 » Caroline Rhea, Canadian actress and comedian
• 1964 » Davis Love III, American golfer and sportscaster
• 1964 » John Swinney, Scottish businessman and politician, Deputy First Minister of Scotland
• 1965 » Patricio Pouchulu, Argentinian architect and educator
• 1966 » Ali Boumnijel, Tunisian footballer
• 1966 » Marc Ford, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1967 » Dana Barros, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1967 » Michael Eisen, American biologist and academic
• 1967 » Olga Tañón, Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter
• 1968 » Ted Washington, American football player

• 1959 » Eduard van Beinum, Dutch pianist, violinist, and conductor (b. 1901)
• 1961 » John A. Bennett, American soldier (b. 1935)
• 1962 » Culbert Olson, American lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of California (b. 1876)
• 1966 » Abdul Salam Arif, Iraqi colonel and politician, 2nd President of Iraq (b. 1921)
• 1966 » Carlo Carrà, Italian painter (b. 1881)
• 1966 » Georges Duhamel, French soldier and author (b. 1884)
• 1967 » Nicole Berger, French actress (b. 1934)
• 1969 » Alfred Karindi, Estonian pianist and composer (b. 1901)
• 1971 » Juhan Smuul, Estonian author, poet, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
• 1971 » Michel Brière, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1949)

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.
• March 1 » The Ba'ath Party takes power in Syria.
• June 8 » The National Football League and American Football League announced a merger effective in 1970.
• 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.
• August 10 » The Heron Road Bridge collapses while being built, killing nine workers in the deadliest construction accident in both Ottawa and Ontario.
• October 21 » A colliery spoil tip collapses on the village of Aberfan in Wales, killing 144 people, mostly schoolchildren.
• December 5 » The musical I Do! I Do!, starring Mary Martin and Robert Preston opens at the 46th Street Theatre, in New York City, and closes on June 15, 1968, after 560 performances.

The temperature on April 13, 1966 was between -0.6 °C and 3.6 °C and averaged 2.1 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.