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• Reindert Cornelis Vliegenthart, Katwijk († 1968)
• Corné Ariëns († 2000)
• Ricardo Houte, Ieper († 2000)
• Hendrikus Arnold Maria Philippen, Sittard (Sittard-Geleen), Limburg, Nederland
• Ansgar Kemme († 1985)
• Nelda Germany
• Anton Van Dongen, Raamsdonksveer, Provincie Noord Brabant Nederland († 1988)
• Anton van Dongen, Raamsdonksveer, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1988)
• Daylon Lee Uhlenhopp († 1966)
• Shirley Maria Catharina Antonia Adriana van Loon, Breda

• Anke Woldien Edr Ploeger (76), Noordbroek, Groningen, Nederland
• * Cornelia Maria # Kandelaars (80), Veghel
• Cornelia Maria Goedhart (84), Waalwijk
• (Buurke), J. M. Constant Moiës (91), Opheers, Belgiê
• Anna Lucille Hoyt (79), Penn Yan, Yates Co., New York, United States
• Anke Woldiena Everts Ploeger (76), Oosterbroek
• Clara van der Linden (79), Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cora Lee Young Linch (77), Atlanta, Georgia
• Cornelia Christina Bijleveld (72), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• * Cornelia Maria Kandelaars (80), Veghel

• 1964 » Miguel Induráin, Spanish cyclist
• 1964 » Phil Hellmuth, American poker player
• 1965 » Claude Lemieux, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1965 » Michel Desjoyeaux, French sailor
• 1965 » Sherri Stoner, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
• 1966 » Jyrki Lumme, Finnish ice hockey player
• 1967 » Will Ferrell, American actor, comedian, and producer
• 1968 » Barry Sanders, American football player
• 1968 » Dhanraj Pillay, Indian field hockey player and manager
• 1968 » Larry Sanger, American philosopher and businessman, co-founded Wikipedia and Citizendium

• 1949 » Vyacheslav Ivanov, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1866)
• 1953 » Hilaire Belloc, French-born British writer and historian (b. 1870)
• 1954 » Herms Niel, German soldier, trombonist, and composer (b. 1888)
• 1960 » Albert Kesselring, German field marshal (b. 1881)
• 1960 » John P. Marquand, American author (b. 1893)
• 1964 » Rauf Orbay, Turkish colonel and politician, Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1881)
• 1965 » Boris Artzybasheff, Ukrainian-American illustrator (b.1899)
• 1969 » James Scott Douglas, English-born Scottish race car driver and 6th Baronet Douglas (b. 1930)
• 1981 » Harry Chapin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1942)
• 1982 » Charles Robberts Swart, South African lawyer and politician, 1st State President of South Africa (b. 1894)

• 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 1 » Venera 3 Soviet space probe crashes on Venus becoming the first spacecraft to land on another planet's surface.
• March 17 » Off the coast of Spain in the Mediterranean, the DSVAlvin submarine finds a missing American hydrogen bomb.
• 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.
• August 26 » The South African Border War starts with the battle at Omugulugwombashe.
• September 12 » Gemini 11, the penultimate mission of NASA's Gemini program, and the current human altitude record holder (except for the Apollo lunar missions).

The temperature on July 16, 1966 was between 10.8 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 11.2 mm of rain during 6.8 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (6%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.