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• Arnolda Maria Geurts, Dodewaard (Gelderland) Nederland)
• Leonardus (Leo) Peterse († 1994)
• Joseph Michiel M van de Wiel, Vlijmen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Jantine Kornelia Kracht, Hoogkerk
• Marjan Haverdings, Haren, Groningen, Nederland († 2010)
• Annita Dijkshoorn, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1966)

• Cornelia den Heijer (66), Scheveningen
• Arend Borger (75), Vriezenveen
• Anna Margaretha Schmitz (75), Musselkanaal
• Alida Maria Bruin (79), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Arit Olaus Madsen Sølsnes (83), Namsos
• Boene Poortinga (78), Pella, Marion County, Iowa
• Boene (Bertha) Poortinga (78), Pella (Marion), Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Maria Josephine Hubertine Rikmenspoel (72), Maastricht
• Antonius Gerardus Johannes De Wolf (70), Amstelveen NL
• Anthonie Johannes de Vos Burchart (67), Fox Worth, Texas, Verenigde Staten

• 1962 » Colin Anderson, English footballer
• 1963 » Bill Wennington, Canadian basketball player
• 1963 » Colin Scotts, Australian-American football player
• 1963 » Cornelia Ullrich, German hurdler
• 1963 » Jet Li, Chinese-Singaporean martial artist, actor, and producer
• 1965 » Kevin James, American actor and comedian
• 1965 » Susannah Harker, English actress
• 1967 » Glenn Thomas Jacobs, American professional wrestler, actor, businessman and politician
• 1967 » Marianne Jean-Baptiste, English actress and singer-songwriter
• 1967 » Toomas Tõniste, Estonian sailor and politician

• 1956 » Edward Arnold, American actor (b. 1890)
• 1957 » Gichin Funakoshi, Japanese martial artist, founded Shotokan (b. 1868)
• 1964 » E. J. Pratt, Canadian poet and author (b. 1882)
• 1968 » John Heartfield, German illustrator and photographer (b. 1891)
• 1969 » Morihei Ueshiba, Japanese martial artist, founded aikido (b. 1883)
• 1970 » Erik Bergman, Swedish minister and author (b. 1886)
• 1970 » Gypsy Rose Lee, American actress, striptease dancer, and writer (b. 1911)
• 1973 » Irene Ryan, American actress and philanthropist (b. 1902)
• 1976 » Sid James, South African-English actor (b. 1913)
• 1976 » Sidney Franklin, American bullfighter (b. 1903)

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 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 4 » In an interview in the London Evening Standard, The Beatles' John Lennon declares that the band is "more popular than Jesus now".
• July 10 » The Chicago Freedom Movement, led by Martin Luther King, Jr., holds a rally at Soldier Field in Chicago. As many as 60,000 people attend.
• 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.
• November 15 » A Boeing 727 carrying Pan Am Flight 708 crashes near Berlin, Germany, killing all three people on board.

The temperature on April 26, 1966 was between 1.3 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 10.8 °C. There was 13.1 hours of sunshine (90%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.