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• Adrianus Theodorus van Schaik, Den Helder († 2007)
• Yolande Maria van Oostveen, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Coenradina Geertruida Kelder, Meppel († 1966)
• Heidy Damen († 2022)
• Jan Doll († 2013)
• Roland Reijntjes, Maassluis († 1966)
• Geno Paul Boozer, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio († 1966)
• Jan van Klaveren, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2020)
• Ronald Reijntjes, Maassluis († 1966)
• Gustav Emil Hoogvorst, Leusden († 1994)

• * Pietertje van Heteren (86), Sliedrecht
• Cornelis van Beek (21), Doorn
• Cornelis Jan van den Berg (60), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• Christianus Josephus Meers (84), Bilzen (B)
• Albertus Hermannus Filart (68), Nijverdal, Overijssel, Nederland
• Albertje Kamminga (84), Zevenhuizen (Leek)
• Cornelis Hendrik van Caem (85), Breda
• Adrianus de Wit (77), Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• adrianus de GEUS (53)
• Anna Jacoba Leijnse (66), Breda,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1963 » Debbie Wiseman, English composer and conductor
• 1963 » Lisa Nowak, American commander and astronaut
• 1965 » Linda Evangelista, Canadian model
• 1966 » Jonathan Edwards, English triple jumper
• 1967 » Eion Crossan, New Zealand rugby player
• 1968 » Al Murray, English comedian and television host
• 1968 » Tatyana Shikolenko, Russian javelin thrower
• 1969 » Dennis Bergkamp, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1969 » John Scalzi, American author and blogger
• 1970 » Gabriela Montero, Venezuelan-American pianist

• 1945 » Konrad Henlein, Czech soldier and politician (b. 1898)
• 1945 » Richard Glücks, German SS officer (b. 1889)
• 1950 » Belle da Costa Greene, American librarian and bibliographer (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Yury Olesha, Russian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1899)
• 1964 » Mikhail Larionov, Russian painter, illustrator, and set designer (b. 1881)
• 1965 » Hubertus van Mook, Dutch politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1894)
• 1968 » Scotty Beckett, American actor and singer (b. 1929)
• 1974 » Hal Mohr, American director and cinematographer (b. 1894)
• 1977 » Joan Crawford, American actress (year of birth disputed)
• 1982 » Peter Weiss, German playwright and painter (b. 1916)

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 » Venera 3 Soviet space probe crashes on Venus becoming the first spacecraft to land on another planet's surface.
• June 2 » Surveyor program: Surveyor 1 lands in Oceanus Procellarum on the Moon, becoming the first U.S. spacecraft to soft-land on another world.
• July 6 » Malawi becomes a republic, with Hastings Banda as its first President.
• September 30 » Bechuanaland declares its independence, and becomes the Republic of Botswana.
• October 4 » Basutoland becomes independent from the United Kingdom and is renamed Lesotho.
• October 5 » A reactor at the Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station near Detroit suffers a partial meltdown.

The temperature on May 10, 1966 was between 5.6 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (10%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.