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• Henricus Christianus Joseph (René) Koppen van, Oss, NB, Nederland († 1998)
• Lisa Gay Messersmith, New Orleans, Orlean Parish, Louisiana, Verenigde Staten († 2011)
• Marcel Braak, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Danny Ferson
• Jelle van Urk († 2020)

• Arend Willem Pieter Brugman (60)
• (Maria) Elisabeth Schmeitz (65), Maastricht
• Anna Christina Robertus (57), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aletta Adriana Maria Beemer (85), Utrecht, Nederland
• Bauke Klaas Singer (78), Enkhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Benjiman F Robillard (74), Cohoes, Albany, New York
• Anna Maria Geraerts (81)
• Anna Susanna Cronje (57), Breyton, South Africa
• * Doris Gwendlyn Reed (52), St Clair
• Schwartz, 's-Gravenhage

• 1962 » Lisa Randall, American physicist and academic
• 1963 » Bruce Smith, American football player
• 1963 » Dizzy Reed, American keyboard player and songwriter
• 1964 » Patti Webster, American publicist and author († 2013)
• 1964 » Uday Hussein, Iraqi commander († 2003)
• 1966 » Kurt Browning, Canadian figure skater, choreographer, and sportscaster
• 1966 » Troy Kemp, Bahamian high jumper
• 1968 » Frank Müller, German decathlete
• 1969 » Christopher Largen, American journalist and author († 2012)
• 1969 » Haki Doku, Albanian cyclist

• 1959 » Ethel Barrymore, American actress (b. 1879)
• 1963 » Pedro Armendáriz, Mexican-American actor (b. 1912)
• 1964 » Giorgio Morandi, Italian painter (b. 1890)
• 1967 » Beat Fehr, Swiss race car driver (b. 1942)
• 1967 » Geki, Italian race car driver (b. 1937)
• 1971 » Paul Karrer, Russian-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889)
• 1971 » Thomas Gomez, American actor (b. 1905)
• 1974 » Georgy Zhukov, Russian marshal and politician, Minister of Defence for the Soviet Union (b. 1896)
• 1974 » Júlio César de Mello e Souza, Brazilian mathematician and academic (b. 1896)
• 1975 » Hugo Bergmann, German-Israeli philosopher and author (b. 1883)

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.
• January 31 » The Soviet Union launches the unmanned Luna 9 spacecraft as part of the Luna program.
• March 17 » Off the coast of Spain in the Mediterranean, the DSVAlvin submarine finds a missing American hydrogen bomb.
• June 13 » The United States Supreme Court rules in Miranda v. Arizona that the police must inform suspects of their rights before questioning them.
• August 10 » The Heron Road Bridge collapses while being built, killing nine workers in the deadliest construction accident in both Ottawa and Ontario.
• September 16 » The Metropolitan Opera House opens at Lincoln Center in New York City with the world premiere of Samuel Barber's opera Antony and Cleopatra.
• November 28 » Michel Micombero overthrows the monarchy of Burundi and makes himself the first president.

The temperature on June 18, 1966 was between 11.7 °C and 20.9 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 28.5 mm of rain during 8.2 hours. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (16%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.