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April 5, 1966Born on Wednesday April 6, 1966
- Gijsbertus Theodorus HONKOOP, Grootebroek, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1968)
- Timothy J. van der Weit
- Aart Pesselse († 1986)
- Ad Schoonus, Haaren, Nederland († 1992)
- nn Santegoets, Goirle († 1966)
- Chris Vermaelen
- Chantal Christine PARADIS, Haubourdin,59320,Nord,Nord-Pas-de-Calais,FRANCE († 1966)
- Ronald Wilfried Mario Zandee, Oost Souburg († 1968)
- Angela Sue Winchenbach († 2016)
- Doodgeboren kind Santegoets, Goirle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1966)
Died on Wednesday April 6, 1966
- Bastiaantje de Bel (96), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Alice Robinson (87), Thames, Waikato, New Zealand
- Annette Jaoba van Brenen, Utrecht
- Anna van Dijken (94), Leek, Groningen, Nederland
- Andries van Buuren (83), Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- * Gerrit den Besten (91), Leerdam
- Andries Cornelis Hoven van den (74), Drunen
- Albert Grady Mars MrgGibson (61), Sumter, Georgia
- Bernard Hermann Heinrich - Bernard Herman Henry Schepers (68), Shawnee, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States
- Bernard Petrus Marie Bollen (67), Haarlem
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from April 6, 1966 at Delpher
- De waarheid
- Amigoe di Curacao : weekblad voor de Curacaosche eilanden
- Friese koerier : onafhankelijk dagblad voor Friesland en aangrenzende gebieden
- Nieuwsblad van het Noorden
- Leeuwarder courant : hoofdblad van Friesland
- Het vrije volk : democratisch-socialistisch dagblad
- Limburgsch dagblad
- Gereformeerd gezinsblad / hoofdred. P. Jongeling
- De Telegraaf
- De tijd : dagblad voor Nederland
Born on April 6
- 1965 » Black Francis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1965 » Sterling Sharpe, American football player and sportscaster
- 1966 » Vince Flynn, American author († 2013)
- 1966 » Young Man Kang, South Korean-American director and producer
- 1967 » Jonathan Firth, English actor
- 1967 » Julian Anderson, English composer and educator
- 1967 » Kathleen Barr, Canadian voice actress and singer
- 1967 » Tanya Byron, English psychologist and academic
- 1968 » Affonso Giaffone, Brazilian race car driver
- 1968 » Archon Fung, American political scientist, author, and academic
Died on April 6
- 1953 » Idris Davies, Welsh poet and author (b. 1905)
- 1959 » Leo Aryeh Mayer, Polish-Israeli scholar and academic (b. 1895)
- 1961 » Jules Bordet, Belgian microbiologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1870)
- 1963 » Otto Struve, Ukrainian-American astronomer and academic (b. 1897)
- 1970 » Maurice Stokes, American basketball player (b. 1933)
- 1971 » Igor Stravinsky, Russian-American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1882)
- 1974 » Hudson Fysh, Australian pilot and businessman, co-founded Qantas Airways Limited (b. 1895)
- 1974 » Willem Marinus Dudok, Dutch architect (b. 1884)
- 1977 » Kōichi Kido, Japanese politician, 13th Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan (b. 1889)
- 1979 » Ivan Vasilyov, Bulgarian architect, designed the SS. Cyril and Methodius National Library (b. 1893)
Names that were popular for boys in 1966
- Johannes
- Jan
- Maria
- Cornelis
- Peter
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Pieter
- John
- Robert
- Petrus
- Paul
- Johan
- Antonius
- Gerardus
- Adrianus
Names that were popular for girls in 1966
- Maria
- Johanna
- Elisabeth
- Cornelia
- Anna
- Wilhelmina
- Monique
- Marie
- Petronella
- Catharina
- Ann
- Adriana
- Hendrika
- Petra
- Yvonne
- Jolanda
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1966
- 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.
- 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.
- July 8 » King Mwambutsa IV Bangiriceng of Burundi is deposed by his son Prince Charles Ndizi.
- July 18 » Human spaceflight: Gemini 10 is launched from Cape Kennedy on a 70-hour mission that includes docking with an orbiting Agena target vehicle.
- August 10 » The Heron Road Bridge collapses while being built, killing nine workers in the deadliest construction accident in both Ottawa and Ontario.
- October 22 » The Supremes become the first all-female music group to attain a No. 1 selling album (The Supremes A' Go-Go).
The weather on Wednesday April 6, 1966
The temperature on April 6, 1966 was between 6.0 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 10.5 mm of rain during 5.6 hours. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (15%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI