About the day » Saturday July 2, 1966Calender converter

• Maria Angela Theodora Petit, Ulvenhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1966)
• Arendje Janna Kuijt, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2018)
• Arendje Janna Kuijt, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2018)
• Carolijne Wilhelmina Beatrijs Maria Huijbregts, Eindhoven
• Willem Cornelis Kranenburg, Geervliet
• Inger Marie Larson, Modesto, Stanislaus, California, Verenigde Staten († 2010)
• Eduart Stronkhorst († 2003)
• René de Liefde († 2008)
• Hendrik Jan GLAS, Assen Drenthe Netherlands († 2003)
• Gerrit Vugteveen, Hardenberg († 1967)

• Alice Kate Thwaites (90)
• Anne Hijlkema (59), Groningen, Gr, Nederland
• Adrianus Gerardus van der Lans (63)
• Arie de Jong (62), De Lier
• Carel Hermanus Catharinus RIS (76), Rotterdam (Z.-H.), Neth
• Arie Albinus Koster (82), IJmuiden
• Auguste Victoria Prinses van Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (75), Münchhof, Baden-Württemberg
• carel hermanus catharinus RIS (76), rotterdam
• Dirk Engel (50), Soest, Nederland
• Dennis LeRoy Netten (21), Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa

• 1961 » Clark Kellogg, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1962 » Neil Williams, English cricketer († 2006)
• 1964 » Alan Tait, English-Scottish rugby player and coach
• 1964 » Joe Magrane, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1964 » Jose Canseco, Cuban-American baseball player and mixed martial artist
• 1964 » Ozzie Canseco, Cuban-American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 1965 » Norbert Röttgen, German lawyer and politician
• 1969 » Tim Rodber, English rugby player
• 1970 » Derrick Adkins, American hurdler
• 1970 » Steve Morrow, Northern Irish footballer and manager

• 1961 » Ernest Hemingway, American novelist, short story writer, and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
• 1963 » Alicia Patterson, American publisher, co-founded Newsday (b. 1906)
• 1964 » Fireball Roberts, American race car driver (b. 1929)
• 1966 » Jan Brzechwa, Polish poet and author (b. 1900)
• 1970 » Jessie Street, Australian suffragette and feminist (b. 1889)
• 1972 » Joseph Fielding Smith, American religious leader, 10th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1876)
• 1973 » Betty Grable, American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1916)
• 1973 » Ferdinand Schörner, German field marshal (b. 1892)
• 1973 » George McBride, American baseball player and manager (b. 1880)
• 1975 » James Robertson Justice, English actor (b. 1907)

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.
• March 8 » Nelson's Pillar in Dublin, Ireland, destroyed by a bomb.
• May 16 » The Communist Party of China issues the "May 16 Notice", marking the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.
• May 30 » Former Congolese Prime Minister, Évariste Kimba, and several other politicians are publicly executed in Kinshasa on the orders of President Joseph Mobutu.
• June 14 » The Vatican announces the abolition of the Index Librorum Prohibitorum ("index of prohibited books"), which was originally instituted in 1557.
• November 24 » Bulgarian TABSO Flight 101 crashes near Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, killing all 82 people on board.
• November 28 » Michel Micombero overthrows the monarchy of Burundi and makes himself the first president.

The temperature on July 2, 1966 was between 7.9 °C and 24.4 °C and averaged 17.6 °C. There was 11.6 hours of sunshine (70%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.