About the day » Monday June 27, 1966Calender converter

• Raymond Ferdinand Henneman, Heemskerk († 1988)
• Maria Johanna Cornelia Sterkens, Breda
• Angelie Johanna Henrica Antonia Broeren, Den Dungen († 1997)
• Raymond Ferdinand Henneman, Heemskerk († 2007)
• Patricia Antonia Petronella Kalkman, Den Haag († 1967)
• Jan Wever, Groningen († 1966)
• Geoffroy Marie Ghislain de VILLENFAGNE de LOËN, Ixelles, 21009, Région Bruxelles-Capitale, Belgique († 1966)

• Adele Gertrud Weger (55), Siebengewald
• Alberta Johanna Mulder (69), Zwolle
• Annie Honeyman (64), Woodcot Hospital, Stonehaven, Kincardineshire, Scotland
• Ardella Schockey (63), NOVINGER, MISSOURI
• Aaltje Hamersma (1), Kootstertille, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Catharina Maria OVERDUIN (85), Oegstgeest, ZH, Nederland
• Bernard Eilander (76), Epe, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alberta Johanna Mulder (69), Zwolle
• Bert J van Maanen (55), Maurice, Sioux County, Iowa
• Columbus Tyler Jamison (78), San Augustine Co., Texas

• 1965 » Óscar Vega, Spanish boxer
• 1965 » S. Manikavasagam, Malaysian politician and social activist
• 1965 » Simon Sebag Montefiore, English journalist, historian, and author
• 1966 » Aigars Kalvītis, Latvian politician, businessman, and former Prime Minister of Latvia
• 1966 » Jörg Bergen, German footballer and manager
• 1966 » J.J. Abrams, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1966 » Jeff Conine, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1967 » George Hamilton, Northern Irish police officer
• 1967 » Sylvie Fréchette, Canadian swimmer and coach
• 1967 » Vasiliy Kaptyukh, Belarusian discus thrower

• 1946 » Wanda Gág, American author and illustrator (b. 1893)
• 1949 » Frank Smythe, English botanist and mountaineer (b. 1900)
• 1950 » Milada Horáková, Czech politician, victim of judicial murder (b. 1901)
• 1952 » Max Dehn, German-American mathematician and academic (b. 1878)
• 1957 » Hermann Buhl, Austrian soldier and mountaineer (b. 1924)
• 1960 » Lottie Dod, English tennis player, golfer, and archer (b. 1871)
• 1962 » Paul Viiding, Estonian author, poet, and critic (b. 1904)
• 1967 » Jaan Lattik, Estonian pastor and politician, 9th Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia (b. 1878)
• 1970 » Daniel Kinsey, American hurdler and scholar (b. 1902)
• 1975 » G.I. Taylor, English mathematician and physicist (b. 1886)

• 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.
• May 6 » Myra Hindley and Ian Brady are sentenced to life imprisonment for the Moors murders in England.
• 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.
• 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 18 » Human spaceflight: Gemini 10 is launched from Cape Kennedy on a 70-hour mission that includes docking with an orbiting Agena target vehicle.
• November 13 » In response to Fatah raids against Israelis near the West Bank border, Israel launches an attack on the village of As-Samu.
• November 30 » Barbados becomes independent from the United Kingdom.

The temperature on June 27, 1966 was between 13.5 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 24.6 mm of rain during 16.5 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.