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• Wendy Bellaard († 1987)
• Aart Willem van Maren, Buren († 1994)
• levenloos geboren kind († 1966)
• Elisabeth Maria Lidwina Dusseldorp, Schiedam
• marcel willem henri (marcel) houben, helden-grashoek
• Ewoud Schaap, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2014)
• Willem Hendrik Heystek, Durban, R.S.A. († 1997)
• Christian Goos, Breda († 1996)

• "Serge" Marie Paulin Roger Frédéric Rodrigue Roussel de Courcy (80), Paris
• Adolf Gimberg (81), 's Gravenhage
• Berend Boekholt (78)
• Charles Kooima (57), Sioux Valley (Jackson), Minnesota, Verenigde Staten
• Albert Coenen (79), Roermond,, Limburg, Nederland
• Berend Doorten (83), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Christiaan Johannes van Beekum (62), Voorburg, zuid Holland
• Anna_Didrika_Wilhelmina Chrisstoffels (78)
• Carolina Cesar (81)
• Arend Rink (77), Klazienaveen, Emmen

• 1965 » Dan Jansen, American speed skater and sportscaster
• 1965 » Dara O'Kearney, Irish runner and poker player
• 1965 » Dermontti Dawson, American football player and coach
• 1966 » Diane Modahl, English runner
• 1966 » Jason Patric, American actor
• 1966 » Ken Clark, American football player († 2013)
• 1966 » Mohammed Ghazy Al-Akhras, Iraqi journalist and author
• 1966 » Tory Burch, American fashion designer and philanthropist
• 1967 » Dorothea Röschmann, German soprano and actress
• 1967 » Eric Stefani, American keyboard player and composer

• 1956 » Bob Sweikert, American race car driver (b. 1926)
• 1956 » Paul Rostock, German surgeon and academic (b. 1892)
• 1956 » Percival Perry, 1st Baron Perry, English businessman (b. 1878)
• 1957 » Dorothy Richardson, English journalist and author (b. 1873)
• 1957 » J. R. Williams, Canadian-American cartoonist (b. 1888)
• 1961 » Jeff Chandler, American actor (b. 1918)
• 1963 » Aleksander Kesküla, Estonian politician (b. 1882)
• 1968 » José Nasazzi, Uruguayan footballer and manager (b. 1901)
• 1974 » Refik Koraltan, Turkish lawyer and politician, 8th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (b. 1889)
• 1975 » James Phinney Baxter III, American historian and academic (b. 1893)

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.
• February 4 » All Nippon Airways Flight 60 plunges into Tokyo Bay, killing 133.
• March 1 » The Ba'ath Party takes power in Syria.
• May 15 » After a policy dispute, Prime Minister Nguyễn Cao Kỳ of South Vietnam's ruling junta launches a military attack on the forces of General Tôn Thất Đính, forcing him to abandon his command.
• May 26 » British Guiana gains independence, becoming Guyana.
• August 1 » Purges of intellectuals and imperialists becomes official China policy at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.
• October 4 » Basutoland becomes independent from the United Kingdom and is renamed Lesotho.

The temperature on June 17, 1966 was between 14.0 °C and 27.9 °C and averaged 19.5 °C. There was 11.6 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (51%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.