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• Carol Jean van Holland, Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa († 1983)
• Ronny Lauwaerts, Zottegem, Oost-Vlaanderen, België († 2016)
• Maria Hendrika Fokker, Leimuiden (Gem. Kaag en Braassem), Zuid-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Kees Schouw
• Friedrich Berentzen, Haselünne († 2023)
• Ottorino Monaci († 1980)
• Bernardus Christianus Maria Rongen, Heide, Limburg, Nederland
• N. N. Kunder de, Goes († 1966)
• Raymond Cornelis Borst, New Plymouth (N.Z.) († 1966)
• Raymon Cornelis Borst, New Plymouth (New Zeeland) († 1966)

• cornelia van stijn (64), rotterdam
• Berend Mulder (70), Nieuw Schoonebeek
• Adriaantje Arendje Hordijk (66), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Arie van den Barselaar (72), Uxbridge, Ontario, Canada
• Berend Thomassen (68), Zutphen
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Pigmans (81), Tilburg (NBr.)
• Anthony John Bowman (72)
• Christianus Marinus van Hienen (60), Hilversum
• Arie Jacobus Lans (73), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaantje Arendje van Laren (66), Rotterdam

• 1963 » Marc Girardelli, Austrian-Luxembourgian skier
• 1963 » Martín Torrijos, Panamanian economist and politician, 35th President of Panama
• 1964 » Wendy Williams, American talk show host
• 1965 » Vesselina Kasarova, Bulgarian soprano
• 1966 » Dan O'Brien, American decathlete and coach
• 1967 » Vin Diesel, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1968 » Grant Bowler, New Zealand-Australian actor
• 1968 » Scott Gourley, Australian rugby player
• 1969 » Elizabeth Gilbert, American author
• 1969 » The Great Sasuke, Japanese wrestler and politician

• 1950 » Carl Clinton Van Doren, American critic and biographer (b. 1885)
• 1952 » Paul Saintenoy, Belgian architect and historian (b. 1862)
• 1954 » Machine Gun Kelly, American gangster (b. 1895)
• 1966 » Bobby Fuller, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1942)
• 1968 » Corneille Heymans, Belgian physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)
• 1969 » Mary Jo Kopechne, American educator and secretary (b. 1940)
• 1973 » Jack Hawkins, English actor (b. 1910)
• 1975 » Vaughn Bodē, American illustrator (b. 1941)
• 1981 » Sonja Branting-Westerståhl, Swedish lawyer (b. 1890)
• 1982 » Roman Jakobson, Russian–American linguist and theorist (b. 1896)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Peter
4. Hendrik
5. Robert
6. Cornelis
7. John
8. Ronald
9. Paul
10. Pieter
11. Marcel
12. Willem
13. Johan
14. Jacob
15. David
16. Michael

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 17 » Palomares incident: A B-52 bomber collides with a KC-135 Stratotanker over Spain, killing seven airmen, and dropping three 70-kiloton nuclear bombs near the town of Palomares and another one into the sea.
• May 21 » The Ulster Volunteer Force declares war on the Irish Republican Army in Northern Ireland.
• June 13 » The United States Supreme Court rules in Miranda v. Arizona that the police must inform suspects of their rights before questioning them.
• July 15 » Vietnam War: The United States and South Vietnam begin Operation Hastings to push the North Vietnamese out of the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone.
• August 23 » Lunar Orbiter 1 takes the first photograph of Earth from orbit around the Moon.
• September 8 » The landmark American science fiction television series Star Trek premieres with its first-aired episode, "The Man Trap".

The temperature on July 18, 1966 was between 6.4 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain during 4.2 hours. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.