About the day » Monday May 23, 1966Calender converter

• Gerda Kleijer, Ermelo († 1966)
• Edwin van Mierlo, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland († 1989)
• Bruce Richard Van De Streek, Thief River Falls-Minn, Verenigde Staten († 1983)
• Daniel Boissevain, Apeldoorn
• Bruce H. VAN DE STREEK († 1983)
• Eva Maria Andringa, Heumen (Gld), Gelderland, Nederland († 1966)
• Edwin Johannes van Mierlo, Zwolle, 8011, Nederland († 1981)
• Albert Kersten, Haps († 2009)
• Johannes Everardus Titus Franciscus van der Beek, Bloemendaal, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2009)
• Bakker, Alkmaar

• Alford Carlton Dewhirst (87), Ruthven, Essex, Ontario
• Andr√© Van De Poll (81), Noordwijk aan Zee
• Albert Désiré Joseph DELANSAY (76), Vermelles,62980,Pas-de-Calais,Nord-Pas-de-Calais,FRANCE
• August Lodewijk Segers (85), Aartselaar
• André van de Poll (81), Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• André VAN DE POLL (81), Noordwijk aan Zee Zuid-Holland Netherlands
• Bertrand Henri de Gréaulme (80), Le Foeil, Côtes-d'Armor, France
• Alphonse Joseph Renè Lormans (71), Hasselt (B)
• Anthonie Johannes Wilhelmus Kooijman (86), 's-Gravenhage
• André Poll, van de (81), Noordwijk

• 1964 » Ruth Metzler, Swiss lawyer and politician
• 1965 » Manuel Sanchís Hontiyuelo, Spanish footballer
• 1965 » Melissa McBride, American actress
• 1965 » Paul Sironen, Australian rugby league player
• 1965 » Tom Tykwer, German director, producer, screenwriter, and composer
• 1966 » Gary Roberts, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1966 » Graeme Hick, Zimbabwean-English cricketer and coach
• 1967 » Anna Ibrisagic, Swedish politician
• 1967 » Luís Roberto Alves, Mexican footballer
• 1968 » Guinevere Turner, American actress and screenwriter

• 1956 » Gustav Suits, Latvian-Estonian poet and politician (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Georges Claude, French engineer and inventor, created Neon lighting (b. 1870)
• 1962 » Louis Coatalen, French engineer (b. 1879)
• 1963 » August Jakobson, Estonian author and politician (b. 1904)
• 1965 » David Smith, American sculptor (b. 1906)
• 1975 » Moms Mabley, American comedian and actor (b. 1894)
• 1979 » S. Selvanayagam, Sri Lankan geographer and academic (b. 1932)
• 1981 » Gene Green, American baseball player (b. 1933)
• 1981 » George Jessel, American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1898)
• 1981 » Rayner Heppenstall, English author and poet (b. 1911)

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.
• May 30 » Former Congolese Prime Minister, Évariste Kimba, and several other politicians are publicly executed in Kinshasa on the orders of President Joseph Mobutu.
• June 8 » An F-104 Starfighter collides with XB-70 Valkyrie prototype no. 2, destroying both aircraft during a photo shoot near Edwards Air Force Base. Joseph A. Walker, a NASA test pilot, and Carl Cross, a United States Air Force test pilot, are both killed.
• July 2 » France conducts its first nuclear weapon test in the Pacific, on Moruroa Atoll.
• 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.
• October 21 » A colliery spoil tip collapses on the village of Aberfan in Wales, killing 144 people, mostly schoolchildren.

The temperature on May 23, 1966 was between 8.8 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 11.8 hours of sunshine (74%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.