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• Petra Brinkhorst
• Petra Laurentien Brinkhorst, Leiden, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Tom Gerard Robert Dehullu, Kortrijk († 1969)
• Karim Nasra, Antwerpen († 1986)
• Maria Helena Siebum, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1967)
• Deborah Van Lier
• Maria Helena (Elly) Siebum, Zwartemeer, Drenthe, Nederland († 1967)

• Antonius Dekkers (42), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe
• Arie STARKENBURG (72), Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Klop (95), Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• August John Schlagenhaft (81), Washington County, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• Carel Johannes Antonius Ravelli (84), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Johanna Maria Meijer (76), Hengelo
• Coenraad Constant Mahieu (77), Den Helder
• Antonia Johanna Maria Meijer (76), Hengelo,Gemeente Hengelo,Overijssel,Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Hubertina Aben (77), Roermond L. NL
• Cornelia Schrier (75)

• 1963 » George Hickenlooper, American director and producer († 2010)
• 1963 » Ludovic Orban, Romanian engineer, and politician, 68th Prime Minister of Romania
• 1963 » Mike Myers, Canadian-American actor, singer, producer, and screenwriter
• 1964 » David Shaw, Canadian-American ice hockey player
• 1965 » Yahya Jammeh, Gambian colonel and politician, President of the Gambia
• 1967 » Luc Nilis, Belgian footballer and manager
• 1967 » Mark Rosewater, Head designer of Magic: the Gathering
• 1968 » Kendall Gill, American basketball player, boxer, and sportscaster
• 1969 » Anne Heche, American actress
• 1969 » Glen Drover, Canadian guitarist and songwriter

• 1951 » Paula von Preradović, Croatian poet and author (b. 1887)
• 1954 » Robert Capa, Hungarian photographer and journalist (b. 1913)
• 1957 » Leo Goodwin, American swimmer, diver, and water polo player (b. 1883)
• 1968 » Georg von Küchler, German field marshal (b. 1881)
• 1970 » Tom Patey, Scottish mountaineer and author (b. 1932)
• 1977 » Yevgenia Ginzburg, Russian author (b. 1904)
• 1979 » Amédée Gordini, Italian-born French racing driver and sports car manufacturer (b. 1899)
• 1979 » Itzhak Bentov, Czech-Israeli engineer, mystic, and author (b. 1923)
• 1981 » Fredric Warburg, English author and publisher (b. 1898)
• 1981 » Ruby Payne-Scott, Australian physicist and astronomer (b. 1912)

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 10 » Military Prime Minister of South Vietnam Nguyễn Cao Kỳ sacked rival General Nguyễn Chánh Thi, precipitating large-scale civil and military dissension in parts of the nation.
• 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.
• June 8 » Topeka, Kansas, is devastated by a tornado that registers as an "F5" on the Fujita scale: The first to exceed US$100million in damages. Sixteen people are killed, hundreds more injured, and thousands of homes damaged or destroyed.
• 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.
• November 8 » Former Massachusetts Attorney General Edward Brooke becomes the first African American elected to the United States Senate since Reconstruction.
• December 5 » The musical I Do! I Do!, starring Mary Martin and Robert Preston opens at the 46th Street Theatre, in New York City, and closes on June 15, 1968, after 560 performances.

The temperature on May 25, 1966 was between 8.6 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 10.4 mm of rain during 11.4 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (7%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.