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• HENDRIKJE NIESJE VAN GARDEREN, ERMELO († 2017)
• Christiaan Maria Johan Martin Wesseling († 1990)
• Annemieke Derks († 1970)
• Peter Dresselhuizen († 2008)
• Christiaan Maria Johan (Martin) Wesseling, Barger Compascuum, Drenthe, Nederland († 1990)
• Lubbigje Anna Maria Derks, Hardenberg († 1970)
• Nick Gerard Saelens, Brugge († 1970)

• Anna Elisabeth Bozuwa (65), Baarn, Nederland
• Adélaïde Palmyre PALATE (66), Gembloux, 5030, Namur, Belgique
• Catharina Maria van der Kleij (89), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Berendina LENSINK (84), Gendringen, Nederland, Gelderland, Ulft
• Anna Maria Heijmans (79), Oss
• Alberdina Willemina Scholten (49), Zutphen, Nederland
• Aagje Engelbertusdr Blok (71), Velsen
• Adrianus Tetteroo (81), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Christiaan Petrus Marie Coenen (72), Schiedam (Schiedam), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Wilhelmina EMAUS (52), Emmeloord, Gemeente Noordoostpolder, Flevoland, Nederland

• 1964 » Pierre Morel, French director and cinematographer
• 1965 » Renée Simonsen, Danish model and writer
• 1965 » Stacy Wilson, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1966 » Bebel Gilberto, American-Brazilian singer-songwriter
• 1966 » Deborah Kara Unger, Canadian actress
• 1966 » Stephen Baldwin, American actor
• 1967 » Bill Shorten, Australian politician
• 1967 » Mireille Bousquet-Mélou, French mathematician
• 1968 » Catherine Tate, English actress and screenwriter
• 1968 » Tony Hawk, American skateboarder and actor

• 1963 » Richard Girulatis, German footballer and manager (b. 1878)
• 1963 » Robert Kerr, Irish-Canadian sprinter and coach (b. 1882)
• 1964 » Agnes Forbes Blackadder, Scottish medical doctor (b. 1875)
• 1966 » Felix Steiner, Russian-German SS officer (b. 1896)
• 1967 » John Masefield, English poet and author (b. 1878)
• 1970 » Nelly Sachs, German poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
• 1971 » Heinie Manush, American baseball player and coach (b. 1901)
• 1973 » Art Pollard, American race car driver (b. 1927)
• 1973 » Frances Marion, American screenwriter, novelist and journalist (b. 1888)
• 1974 » Wayne Maki, Canadian National Hockey League player (b. 1944)

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 31 » The Soviet Union launches Luna 10 which later becomes the first space probe to enter orbit around the Moon.
• April 26 » A new government is formed in the Republic of the Congo, led by Ambroise Noumazalaye.
• July 15 » Vietnam War: The United States and South Vietnam begin Operation Hastings to push the North Vietnamese out of the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone.
• July 18 » A racially charged incident in a bar sparks the six-day Hough riots in Cleveland, Ohio; 1,700 Ohio National Guard troops intervene to restore order.
• August 1 » Charles Whitman kills 16 people at the University of Texas at Austin before being killed by the police.
• August 1 » Purges of intellectuals and imperialists becomes official China policy at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.

The temperature on May 12, 1966 was between 10.3 °C and 21.3 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (37%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.